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Song Bird sings five stars
I purchased this book to see how the author approaches drawing birds, and I am finding it very inspirational and full of excellent details and tips for the beginner or experienced artist. I studied drawing and painting at a major art school and have spent hundreds of hours drawing from life, yet I have never given any serious artistic study to birds in spite of my fascination with birds and considerable knowledge of them. Perhaps I was “chicken” because birds do not hold still and pose for you and are usually only possible to draw in bits and pieces unless you are in a nature lab which has stuffed birds. They are useful too, but you can’t capture the energy and spirit of living birds this way. With John Muir Law’s book I can benefit from the knowledge that he has acquired from observing and drawing birds for many years.The author offers an outstanding analysis of the form, anatomy and movement of birds in colorful and clear drawings accompanied by concise but detailed explanation. Key drawing basics are covered in the book for beginning artists to get them into the drawing process without worrying about results. In fact, this book focuses on the process of drawing with birds as the specific subject. The importance of direct observation and field sketching is stressed in the book, and the author has included techniques for addressing the challenges of capturing these unpredictable subjects. As true with any subject, you will learn and understand more about birds by drawing them as you observe them even if you do not aspire to skilled work.The book is well organized, thoughtful, and really a lot of fun! Highly recommend for the bird watcher, naturalist, artist, or all of these in the same person.

Love this book
I just purchased this book and it arrived last week. Three years ago I started drawing birds. I purchased Drawing Birds with Colored Pencils by Kaaren Poole. This was a very good start for me with zero art training. Taught me the basics. I also purchased Colored Pencil Painting Bible by Alyona Nickelsen. This was also helpful. I have been experimenting with Odorless Paint Thinner, which really can give you some great results when using colored pencils. However, I have tried some of her lessons, and my fruits do not turn out looking exactly like hers. I am sure it is because of my skill level and the fact that I have never had any art training. This book has very easy instructions. I started with drawing the cardinal and the warbler. I had been drawing from pictures and photographs only. Using a compass to get my proportions. With Laws technique, 1) posture 2) proportions and 3) angles I was able to draw these birds without using a compass and they turned out decent. Not perfect, but decent. I am going to try to draw a bird a day like he suggests. Already, just into a few pages of this book, I have experienced some of the mistakes he refers to, like making a bird’s eye too big can make it too cute. Fine is you are doing a cartoon looking bird for a card, but I want my birds to look realistic. I just feel like if this book is helping me, it could really help someone that has some skills. I appreciate the fact that he states in his introduction that you are not born with this skill of being an artist, but it takes work and practice. Really if you have a desire to do something and the passion to do it, I guess you can do just about anything. It gives me hope that one day my pictures may look as good as his, maybe? Also, looking forward to trying to draw birds as I am watching them. I didn’t think I could do that, but now with this explanation, it may be possible for me. I am thrilled that my pictures are improving and they are beyond stick figure drawing. Looking forward to completing this book and I am sure it is something I am going to refer to over and over again. Highly recommend this book. I would love to take a class from him.

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