Ready, Set, Draw!: Wild Animals

By Juan Calle and William Potter

Can you draw a fearsome tiger pouncing towards its prey, or an elegant flamingo dabbling in crystal blue waters? With this book... sure you can!

Ready, Set, Draw is a series of vibrant, dynamic and accessible practical art books for readers aged 8+. Each spread of these books presents a super-clear step-by-step guide to drawing a different animal. The guides start out with simple shapes, but build up to high-impact colour artworks that young readers will be proud to display on their walls.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
• Release date: Oct 18, 2019
• ISBN: 9781838579050

Juan Calle

Juan Calle founded Liberum Donum Studios (Bogotá, Colombia) which works on TV, film, and video games. Juan created the children's book Good Dream, Bad Dream and illustrated The Year of the Rooster and The Asian Hall of Fame series: The Discovery of Ramen and The Discovery of Fireworks & Gunpowder.

Book preview

CHIMPANZEE

This jungle ape has arms longer than its legs and thick, dark hair.

1. Draw a torso, then add circles for the head and joints. Sketch long arms and shorter legs.

2. Lightly draw a shaggy outline over the frame. Shape the face and position the ears.

3. Softly sketch lines of fur. Add facial features, fingers, and toes.

4. Paint your chimp with different shades of fur and a pale brown face, ears, hands, and feet.

TOP TIP

The chimp’s hands and feet are much like a human’s, with the same joints, opposable thumbs, and fingernails — but they have longer digits and thick hair on the back.

TAPIR

This mammal from Asia has a body like a large pig, with a half-black and half-white pattern.

1. Build up the body by joining a circle for the head to two ovals above the front and back legs. Add a trunk.

2. Give your tapir eyes and round ears. The front feet have four toes, and the back have three.

3. Sketch the folds in the tapir’s thick skin around its belly, legs, and shoulders.

4. Paint your tapir's black fur, with a large patch of pale fur over its rear.

WILD FACT!

With its black-and-white pattern, a sleeping tapir can be mistaken for a large white rock by predators hunting after dark.

PANTHER

This large, black-furred cat crouches to keep a low profile as it sneaks up on its prey.

1. Sketch a curved body between two ovals. Add legs, making sure they bend in the correct way. The head is formed of two circles.