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The Creature Garden

An Illustrator's Guide to Beautiful Beasts & Fictional Fauna

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Pub Date May 29 2018 | Archive Date Apr 03 2018


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Description

The Creature Garden is an illustrator’s step-by-step sourcebook for drawing and painting 50 real and imagined creatures in a whimsical folk-art style. With an embossed cover, striking endpapers, and extraordinary interior illustrations, this beautifully crafted book is a unique piece of art in itself.

Husband-and-wife illustrator team Harry and Zanna Goldhawk, the founders of Papio Press, teach you how to make vibrant paintings of these beautiful beasts and fictional fauna:
  • Mammals, including big cats, wolves, sloths, and red pandas
  • Marine life, including whales, sea dragons, narwhals, and giant Pacific octopi
  • Birds, including peacocks, cranes, owls, and flamingos
  • Insects, including butterflies, moths, bumblebees, and damselflies
  • Mythical creatures, including mermaids, unicorns, dragons, phoenixes, centaurs, and hippogriffs
  • And more!
The Creature Garden begins with the basics, first instructing you on which tools to use, how to create patterns, the importance of keeping a sketchbook, and even avoiding comparison with other artists. The book then navigates through each illustration in a step-by-step manner that is manageable and easy to understand. Each project carefully guides you through each phase of the artistic process, from creating an outline to adding a realistic animal pattern.

You’ll also learn how to draw botanical patterns from different environments—the garden, forest, jungle, and ocean—that enable you to surround your animal drawings with a natural environment.

Full of lush warmth and fairy-tale wonder, The Creature Garden is a wonderful addition to the repertoire of both seasoned artists and novices alike.
The Creature Garden is an illustrator’s step-by-step sourcebook for drawing and painting 50 real and imagined creatures in a whimsical folk-art style. With an embossed cover, striking endpapers, and...

Marketing Plan

 
Campaign Focus:
Feature this as a a unique take on drawing animals with a mythical beast-focused approach. In addition to providing technique tutorials, this title provides information and folklore on the beasts in question, offering a comprehensive study at of both the style and the background behind mythical folk art animals found in no other book of its kind.
 
Key Selling Points:

  • This interesting take on the successful category of animal art instruction stands out both in style and in the inclusion of facts about animals both real and mythical.
  • This is unique take on drawing has charming sidebars about each of the animals and plant featured.

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Campaign Focus:
Feature this as a a unique take on drawing animals with a mythical beast-focused approach. In addition to providing technique tutorials, this title provides information and folklore...


Available Editions

EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781631064272
PRICE $25.00 (USD)
PAGES 160

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