--- product_id: 6995607 title: "The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals" price: "225 zł" currency: PLN in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pl/products/6995607-the-weatherly-guide-to-drawing-animals store_origin: PL region: Poland --- # The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals **Price:** 225 zł **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals - **How much does it cost?** 225 zł with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/6995607-the-weatherly-guide-to-drawing-animals) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals on desertcart.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders Review: There Is No Magic Wand! - This book is light on text and large on illustrations. But the text that exists is meant to be read, not just skimmed! This is NOT a book for beginners. You really need to already have fundamental drawing skills mastered before tackling the exercises in this book. One thing Joe Weatherly stresses is that there is no 'magic wand' or short cuts. You get better at drawing by drawing! Always carry a sketchbook with you and draw from life. If you don't have animals handy, draw people. If you don't have people or animals handy, draw landscapes. They are all built from similar organic shapes. Include multiple sketches per page. And sketch in ink, rather than pencil. If you use pencil, you will spend half of your time erasing and redrawing! Sketching in ink forces you to really look at what you're drawing before you put a line to paper. Because of this, your drawings will be more accurate. (They will look like crap when you first start, but after a week or so, you will see a definite improvement as you adjust to working in ink.) I have been carrying a sketchbook around with me for 2 months now and I always have a couple of pens on me. I sketch people in restaurants, malls, parks, on street corners, in WalMart, wherever I can sit and sketch. Because I'm dealing with people in motion, I focus on gesture drawings that are done in 30 to 60 seconds. These gesture drawings capture a pose, clothing style, or hair style. After all, even at the zoo, animals are usually in motion and they don't stop and pose. You will fill a page or two with gesture drawings, do a few studies of feet and paws and faces and distinctive fur or feather features, and base your finished drawing off of these gesture drawings and pictorial notes. Mr. Weatherly stresses drawing from life, NOT photos. Photos will result in flat drawings and paintings. Drawing from life gives depth to your drawings and paintings. Photos are good a reference for animal marking patterns or a basic pose, but not to draw from. Since Mr. Weatherly is the guy Dreamworks and Disney hires to train their artists how to draw animals, he knows his stuff. He guides you through approaches to gesture drawings, how to observe animals, common shapes used in most animals, using contour lines to create depth, basics of anatomy, and much much more. Joe Weatherly has spent over 25 years walking the path ahead of you. His animal drawings and paintings are known around the world. And this book is the map he has created so you can follow in his footsteps. You will spend several months mastering the exercises and skills in the first half of the book before moving on to the second half of the book. Again, there is no magic wand, just the pen in your hand and the paper in your sketchbook. If you want to learn to draw animals, draw, draw, draw, and draw some more! Depending on your skill level, expect to spend six months to a year (maybe more) working through this book. Expect to draw daily. Expect a museum trip or two to draw animal skeletons and create your own library of anatomy reference sketches. Visit stables, dairies, kennels and zoos. Drawing people helps you draw animals and vice versa. Draw from life. Draw from your imagination. Draw from your gesture drawings and reference sketches. Draw, draw, draw, draw, draw! Did you think this was going to be easy??? There is no magic wand! Review: Useful. - Very helpful. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #87,728 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #29 in Weather (Books) #490 in Drawing (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (331) | | Dimensions | 8.5 x 0.5 x 10.75 inches | | ISBN-10 | 097103141X | | ISBN-13 | 978-0971031418 | | Item Weight | 1.05 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 166 pages | | Publication date | April 8, 2003 | | Publisher | Weatherly Studio | ## Images ![The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81kkLuWTpFL.jpg) ![The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81hduP-prsL.jpg) ![The Weatherly Guide to Drawing Animals - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41Nl66YeXqL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ There Is No Magic Wand! *by W***M on May 10, 2011* This book is light on text and large on illustrations. But the text that exists is meant to be read, not just skimmed! This is NOT a book for beginners. You really need to already have fundamental drawing skills mastered before tackling the exercises in this book. One thing Joe Weatherly stresses is that there is no 'magic wand' or short cuts. You get better at drawing by drawing! Always carry a sketchbook with you and draw from life. If you don't have animals handy, draw people. If you don't have people or animals handy, draw landscapes. They are all built from similar organic shapes. Include multiple sketches per page. And sketch in ink, rather than pencil. If you use pencil, you will spend half of your time erasing and redrawing! Sketching in ink forces you to really look at what you're drawing before you put a line to paper. Because of this, your drawings will be more accurate. (They will look like crap when you first start, but after a week or so, you will see a definite improvement as you adjust to working in ink.) I have been carrying a sketchbook around with me for 2 months now and I always have a couple of pens on me. I sketch people in restaurants, malls, parks, on street corners, in WalMart, wherever I can sit and sketch. Because I'm dealing with people in motion, I focus on gesture drawings that are done in 30 to 60 seconds. These gesture drawings capture a pose, clothing style, or hair style. After all, even at the zoo, animals are usually in motion and they don't stop and pose. You will fill a page or two with gesture drawings, do a few studies of feet and paws and faces and distinctive fur or feather features, and base your finished drawing off of these gesture drawings and pictorial notes. Mr. Weatherly stresses drawing from life, NOT photos. Photos will result in flat drawings and paintings. Drawing from life gives depth to your drawings and paintings. Photos are good a reference for animal marking patterns or a basic pose, but not to draw from. Since Mr. Weatherly is the guy Dreamworks and Disney hires to train their artists how to draw animals, he knows his stuff. He guides you through approaches to gesture drawings, how to observe animals, common shapes used in most animals, using contour lines to create depth, basics of anatomy, and much much more. Joe Weatherly has spent over 25 years walking the path ahead of you. His animal drawings and paintings are known around the world. And this book is the map he has created so you can follow in his footsteps. You will spend several months mastering the exercises and skills in the first half of the book before moving on to the second half of the book. Again, there is no magic wand, just the pen in your hand and the paper in your sketchbook. If you want to learn to draw animals, draw, draw, draw, and draw some more! Depending on your skill level, expect to spend six months to a year (maybe more) working through this book. Expect to draw daily. Expect a museum trip or two to draw animal skeletons and create your own library of anatomy reference sketches. Visit stables, dairies, kennels and zoos. Drawing people helps you draw animals and vice versa. Draw from life. Draw from your imagination. Draw from your gesture drawings and reference sketches. Draw, draw, draw, draw, draw! Did you think this was going to be easy??? There is no magic wand! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Useful. *by A***R on March 31, 2026* Very helpful. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Worth the money. *by S***G on August 22, 2025* This a great guide to improving your drawing skills and learning correct proportions to use. The author covers so many important details that will and can only assist you in leveling up your skills. 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