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Draw 30: Cats

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Part of Draw 30

Hardcover
8.5"W x 6.13"H x 0.41"D   | 9 oz | 52 per carton
On sale Oct 29, 2024 | 64 Pages | 9781800921863

Learn to draw a cuddly collection of 30 characterful cats in 6 easy stages!

In no more than 6 simple stages, Polly Pinder shows you how to draw and color 30 cats and kittens. Make up your own menagerie of feline friends – from a slinky Siamese to a puffed-up Persian; a tabby on the prowl to a tortoiseshell with a shiny bell.

Purr-fect for budding artists of all ages, each cute kitten is developed in no more than 6 easy stages, from a rough sketch of the basic shapes to a full-color pet portrait in watercolor or colored pencil – whatever medium you choose.

Within the book's easy-to-follow landscape format, see the cats come to life across the pages, then recreate them yourself on paper or in your sketchbook.

The book contains material previously published in How to Draw Cats (2008), PLUS 5 pretty kitties drawn specially for this new volume!
Polly Pinder studied graphics at Leeds Art College in the UK. She has written and illustrated a number of books on a variety of other subjects including cake decoration and growing herbs, papermaking and paper crafts. She has also designed bed linen and wallpapers, and the graphics for a wallpaper book based on newly-discovered eighteenth-century wallpapers.
Polly now works from her pottery studio creating beautiful, small-batch candle holders and large food platters.
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Ginger kitten
Sphynx
Bengal
Ragdoll
The waiting game
Tabby
Manx
Long-haired Persian
Longing for a tickle
Tabby on the prowl
Something tasty up there!
Ginger Tom
Siamese
Who, me?
Egyptian Mau
Long-haired tortoiseshell
Burmese
Siamese sitting pretty
Sleepy cat
Curious cat
Ginger Tom sitting
Snoozing cat
Cat on the lookout
Catching butterflies
Face wash
Curious kitten
Tortoiseshell with a bell
Feeding time
Snuggling and dozing
Ready to pounce
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About

Learn to draw a cuddly collection of 30 characterful cats in 6 easy stages!

In no more than 6 simple stages, Polly Pinder shows you how to draw and color 30 cats and kittens. Make up your own menagerie of feline friends – from a slinky Siamese to a puffed-up Persian; a tabby on the prowl to a tortoiseshell with a shiny bell.

Purr-fect for budding artists of all ages, each cute kitten is developed in no more than 6 easy stages, from a rough sketch of the basic shapes to a full-color pet portrait in watercolor or colored pencil – whatever medium you choose.

Within the book's easy-to-follow landscape format, see the cats come to life across the pages, then recreate them yourself on paper or in your sketchbook.

The book contains material previously published in How to Draw Cats (2008), PLUS 5 pretty kitties drawn specially for this new volume!

Creators

Polly Pinder studied graphics at Leeds Art College in the UK. She has written and illustrated a number of books on a variety of other subjects including cake decoration and growing herbs, papermaking and paper crafts. She has also designed bed linen and wallpapers, and the graphics for a wallpaper book based on newly-discovered eighteenth-century wallpapers.
Polly now works from her pottery studio creating beautiful, small-batch candle holders and large food platters.

Table of Contents

Ginger kitten
Sphynx
Bengal
Ragdoll
The waiting game
Tabby
Manx
Long-haired Persian
Longing for a tickle
Tabby on the prowl
Something tasty up there!
Ginger Tom
Siamese
Who, me?
Egyptian Mau
Long-haired tortoiseshell
Burmese
Siamese sitting pretty
Sleepy cat
Curious cat
Ginger Tom sitting
Snoozing cat
Cat on the lookout
Catching butterflies
Face wash
Curious kitten
Tortoiseshell with a bell
Feeding time
Snuggling and dozing
Ready to pounce

Photos

Full cover
TOC
Sample spread
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