Extinct And Endangered Animals You Can Draw (ready, Set, Draw!)

This Page Left Blank Intentionally j Millbrook Press / Minneapolis The images in this book are used with the permission of: © iStockphoto.com/Dzianis Miraniuk, p. 4; © iStockphoto.com, pp. 4, 5, 7, 31; © iStockphoto.com/JR Trice, p. 5; © iStockphoto.com/Boris Yankov, p. 5; © iStockphoto.com/Juan Jose Gutierrez Barrow, p. 9; © iStockphoto.com/Joop Ridder, p. 11; © iStockphoto.com/Glenn Frank, p. 15; © iStockphoto.com/Dan Brandenburg, p. 19; © iStockphoto.com/Tarikh Jumeer, p. 23; © iStockphoto.com/James Goldsworthy, p. 27. Front cover: © Michaela Stejskalova/Shutterstock Images (hand); © iStockphoto.com/Juan Jose Gutierrez Barrow (leaf); © iStockphoto.com/James Goldsworthy (snow). Edited by Mari Kesselring Text and illustrations copyright © 2010 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Millbrook Press A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A. Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brecke, Nicole.  Extinct and endangered animals you can draw / by Nicole Brecke and Patricia M. Stockland ; illustrations by Nicole Brecke. p. cm. — (Ready, set, draw!) Includes index. ISBN: 978–0–7613–4165–9 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)  1. Extinct animals in art—Juvenile literature. 2. Endangered species in art—Juvenile literature. 3. Drawing—Technique—Juvenile literature. I. Stockland, Patricia M. II. Title. NC780.5.B74 2010 743.6—dc22 2009018141 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 – BP – 12/15/09 eISBN 978-0-7613-5979-1 table of contents About This Book 4 Helpful Hints 5 How to Draw a quagga 6 How to Draw a PANAMANIAN GOLDEN FROG 8 How to Draw a black rhinoceros 10 How to Draw a SABER-TOOTHed cat 12 How to Draw a mountain gORILLA 16 How to Draw a DOdo bird 20 How to Draw a WOoLLY MAMMOTH 24 How to Draw a giant panda 28 Further Reading 32 Index 32 ABout this BOOK Gorillas, dodos, and rhinos! Round up a herd of exotic animals. With the help of this book, you can begin drawing these extinct and endangered creatures. Sketch a panda. Or draw a quagga. Soon you’ll know how to create many amazing animals. Follow these steps to create each animal. Each drawing begins with a basic form. The form is made up of a line and a couple of shapes. These lines and shapes will help you make your drawing the correct size. A First, read all the steps and look at the pictures. Then use a pencil to lightly draw the line and shapes shown in RED. You will erase these lines later. b Next, draw the lines shown in BLUE. c Keep going! Once you have completed a step, the color of the line changes to BLACK. Follow the BLUE line until you’re done. WHAT YOU WILL 4 NEED h a rp pencil s en er colored penc ils helpful hints Be creative. Use your imagination. Read about pandas, saber-toothed cats, and woolly mammoths. Then follow the steps to sketch your own book of exciting animals. Practice drawing different lines and shapes. All your drawings will start with these. e r a se r pencil paper Use very light pencil lines when you are drawing. Helpful tips and hints will offer you good ideas on making the most of your sketch. Colors are exciting. Try to use a variety of shades. This will add value, or depth, to your finished drawings. Keep practicing, and have fun! 5 Quagg