The Art of Animal Drawing: Construction, Action Analysis, Caricature by Ken Hultgren.

Want to draw more than horses? This is a wonderful book that provides a LOT of drawing material and instruction. He uses horses in most of the instructional sections, and includes the skeletal and muscular structure of the horses. Horses are shown in a variety of poses and angles. And, he shows horses' legs in different positions (that's the part I find the most challenging to draw accurately).

A former Disney animator, Hultgren provides instruction and examples for drawing animals both realistically and as caricatures. Use of line, brush technique, establishing mood, conveying action, much more. Construction drawings reveal development process in creating animal figures. Many chapters on drawing individual animal forms — dogs, cats, horses, deer, cows, foxes, kangaroos. 53 halftones, 706 line illustrations.

Contents:

• Tips on Drawing Animals
• Mood and Feeling
• The Use of Line
• Action Analysis
• Brush Technique
• The Horse Family
• The Deer Family
• The Cat Family
• Cows and Bulls
• Giraffes
• Camels
• Gorillas
• Pigs
• Dogs
• Foxes
• Kangaroos
• Rabbits
• Squirrels
• Elephants
• The Bear Family
• Composition in Animal Grouping

Originally published in 1950.

Retail $10.95

Paperback: 144

8 3/8 x 11 inches