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Drawing Birds
John Busby
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Description for Drawing Birds
Paperback. In this work, John Busby conveys his own remarkable ability to capture the grace and motion of living birds, illustrating his ideas and suggestions with many examples of his own work. Series: RSPB. Num Pages: 144 pages, 80+ colour & 50+ b/w drawings. BIC Classification: AFF; WFA; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 524. Series: RSPB. 144 pages, 80+ colour & 50+ b/w drawings. In this work, John Busby conveys his own remarkable ability to capture the grace and motion of living birds, illustrating his ideas and suggestions with many examples of his own work. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AFF; WFA; WNCB. Dimension: 251 x 209 x 11. Weight: 530.
This is a fully revised and updated new version of a popular RSPB handbook to the art and joy of drawing birds. John Busby beautifully conveys his own remarkable ability to capture the grace and motion of living birds, illustrating his ideas and suggestions with many examples of his own work. He also uses illustrations from over 45 other talented bird artists to demonstrate a variety of principles and techniques. The text covers a wealth of topics, including choice of media, sketching from life, composition and different ways of interpreting the subject matter. This is a beautiful and inspiring book ... Read more
This is a fully revised and updated new version of a popular RSPB handbook to the art and joy of drawing birds. John Busby beautifully conveys his own remarkable ability to capture the grace and motion of living birds, illustrating his ideas and suggestions with many examples of his own work. He also uses illustrations from over 45 other talented bird artists to demonstrate a variety of principles and techniques. The text covers a wealth of topics, including choice of media, sketching from life, composition and different ways of interpreting the subject matter. This is a beautiful and inspiring book ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
RSPB
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780713668162
SKU
V9780713668162
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-5
About John Busby
John Busby is a well-known and much-loved bird artist, with a wonderfully light, intuitive drawing style. His many other books include Birds of Mallorca (Helm) and a series of bird-finding guides (Arlequin), as well as the first editon of Drawing Birds (RSPB)
Reviews for Drawing Birds
"I wholeheartedly recommed this book to anyone who is interested in etiher birds, illustrating them, or both." Hobby Greenhouse (Summer 2006) '..beautifully illustrated book..' '..offer[s] sound advice of experienced and aspiring artists.' Birder's World (October 2007)