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    Drawing Birds
    Drawing Birds
    Drawing Birds
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    Drawing Birds

    By Raymond Sheppard

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    Throughout history, people have been obsessed with bird imagery, from carvings on the temple walls of ancient Egypt to modern-day murals, posters, and even tattoos. This helpful instructional volume by a renowned artist and teacher offers a wealth of well-illustrated advice on depicting all manner of birds. British illustrator Raymond Sheppard was celebrated for his nature and animal studies, and this book combines two of his most valuable guides, How to Draw Birds (1940) and More Birds to Draw (1956).
    Suitable for beginners as well as advanced artists, this single-volume edition of Sheppard's two great guides provides in-depth studies of the shapes and visual construction of a variety of birds, from domestic fowl to birds on the wing. Topics include anatomy; the representation of wings, feathers, and flight; and details for drawing beaks, feet, and plumage. Common birds such as thrushes, redwings, blackbirds, and starlings appear here, along with many other species, in addition to ducks in and out of the water and birds of prey such as the barn owl, buzzard, and golden eagle. Written with clarity and infectious enthusiasm, Drawing Birds offers an abundance of pointers that will benefit amateur and professional artists alike.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateJan 10, 2018
    ISBN9780486828183
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      Drawing Birds - Raymond Sheppard

      DRAWING BIRDS

      Raymond Sheppard

      DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.

      Mineola, New York

      Copyright

      Copyright © 2018 by Dover Publications, Inc.

      All rights reserved.

      Bibliographical Note

      This Dover edition, first published in 2018, is a republication in one volume of the following works by Raymond Sheppard: How to Draw Birds (The Studio Publications, Inc.: London and New York, 1943) and More Birds to Draw (The Studio Publications: London and New York, 1956). The text has been newly reset.

      International Standard Book Number

      ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82032-3

      ISBN-10: 0-486-82032-7

      Manufactured in the United States by LSC Communications

      82032701    2018

      www.doverpublications.com

      CONTENTS

      How to Draw Birds

      Introduction

      A Method of Approach

      Mute Swan

      A Talk about Anatomy and Construction

      Skeleton of Bird

      Wings, Feathers and Flight

      Bones and Feathers

      Types of Wings

      Tail Feathers

      Beaks

      Types of Beaks

      Feet

      Types of Feet

      Ducks

      Drawings of Ducks

      Ducks in the Water

      Drawings of Ducks in the Water

      Well-known Birds seen from the Breakfast Table

      Missel Thrush

      Thrushes, Redwings and Blackbird

      Starlings

      Studies of Starlings

      Birds of Wood and Hedgerow

      Blackcap

      Nuthatch

      Bullfinch

      Oyster-Catcher and Curlew

      Studies of Oyster-Catcher and Curlew

      Heron

      Studies of Heron

      Kingfisher

      Studies of Kingfisher

      Partridge

      Studies of Partridges

      Domestic Fowl

      Cockerels

      Raven

      Studies of a Raven

      Three Birds of Prey—Barn Owl, Buzzard and Golden Eagle

      Barn Owl

      Common Buzzard

      Golden Eagle

      On the Wing—Gull, Duck, Swallow and Kestrel

      Herring Gull and Black-backed Gull

      Wild Duck

      Swallows

      Kestrel

      More Birds to Draw

      Introduction

      Laughing Jackass

      Simple Shapes and Structure

      Making a Start

      Finches

      Blue Tits and Great Tits

      Queen Alexandra’s Parakeets

      Flightless Birds

      The Cassowary

      The Dodo

      Penguins

      Drawing with a Brush

      Pheasants

      Kalij Pheasant

      Turkey

      Guinea Fowl

      Some Nests

      Greenfinch and Weaver Birds

      Baby Birds

      Domestic Ducklings and Chickens

      The Study of Detail

      Doves and Pigeons

      Great Bird of Paradise

      Australian Lyre Bird

      How Birds Fly

      Drawing at a Rookery

      Magpies

      Jays

      Kestrels and Condors

      Owls

      Background Studies

      Java Sparrows

      Blackbird

      Nightingale

      Great Spotted Woodpecker

      Pictures from Your Studies

      HOW TO DRAW BIRDS

      INTRODUCTION

      Quite recently I was asked by someone, why I liked drawing birds so much. Well, I had never really considered why—I just drew them, but when you really come to think of it, you know, there are a lot of amazing and interesting things about birds that most people don’t realise.

      Just think of all the varieties of plumage, in what lovely patterns this is arranged, on some birds so indescribably delicate. But did you know that all this pattern, so lovely in itself, is there to serve the bird a very useful purpose? It is really a sort of camouflage, about which we have heard such a lot recently, a protective coloration which merges itself into the bird’s natural background of rushes, grass or stones, and as long as the bird is motionless it is invisible to its enemies. I expect our camouflage experts have learnt a lot from the study of these protective patterns and colours of birds. This colour, too, is never quite the same. I was watching some lapwings the other day by a lakeside, and sometimes their dark backs appeared quite grey, and then perhaps the light would catch one, and it seemed to glisten like shot silk with

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