Books on how to draw birds plus related books from Amazon UK, USA and Canada

Books on how to draw birds and related subjects some with sample pages

Draw Birds by David Brown

USA UK Canada (Paperback book 2004)

USA UK Canada (Alternative edition)

Draw Birds by David Brown (How to draw birds) Books on how to draw birds and related subjects

Art - draw 50 birds step by step by Lee J. Ames with Tony D'Adamo (How to draw birds) Books on how to draw birds and related subjects

The step-by-step way to draw chickadees, peacocks, toucans, mallards, and many more or our feathered friends. Frontcover

Books on drawing birds

Samples : view sample pages of Draw 50 Birds (US Page)

Art - draw 50 birds step by step by Lee J. Ames with Tony D'Adamo

Step-by-step examples show how to draw cardinals, herons, owls, robins, flamingos, mallards, penguins, hummingbirds, puffins, woodpeckers, loons, peacocks, and swans. (Source: Amazon UK 8 December 2005)

USA UK Canada (Paperback book 2003)

USA UK Canada (Hardback book 2003)

How to Draw Birds by John Green

Easy-to-follow guide for beginning artists of all ages shows how to create recognizable likenesses of a strutting peacock, graceful swan, a duck afloat as well as a cardinal, penguin, toucan, an owl, ostrich and 22 other avian creatures. Simple diagrams not only reveal how to draw figures but also demonstrate the fundamentals of shape and dimension. (Source: Amazon US 8 December 2005)

USA UK Canada (Paperback book 1999)

How to Draw Birds by John Green Books on how to draw birds for children and related subjects

Books on drawing birds

Birds - Drawing in Color by Lee Hammond (How to draw birds with colored pencil) Books on how to draw birds and related subjects

Books on drawing birds

Samples : view sample pages from Birds - Drawing in Color (US Page)

Birds - Drawing in Color by Lee Hammond

This volume provides start-to-finish instructions for drawing birds that help readers to break down complex images into an assembly of easily rendered shapes. Advice is also provided on fine details such as anatomy, colour, markings, beaks, feet and feathers, and about the five elements of shading. (Source: Amazon UK 8 December 2005)

Chapters include: getting started; the different looks of colored pencils; technique; graphing; beaks, feet and feathers; verithin pencils; prismacolor pencils; prismacolor pencils on suede and velour; blending with studio pencils and, finally, watercolor pencils.

USA UK Canada (Paperback book 2001)

RSPB Drawing Birds by John Busby with forward by Bill Oddie

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. (Source: Amazon UK 8 December 2005)

Note: if you are looking for a quick book to teach you how to draw birds this is possibly not for you, if you want an analysis of bird drawing it could be just the thing!

Chapters include: Birds on the brain, how birds are seen in art; Birds in the eye, ways of looking at birds; Birds in the hand, anatomy; Birds in the bush, drawing in the field; Birds in water (swimming birds, reflections, rivers and seas); Birds in the air, drawing birds in flight; and Birds on the page; composition and colour.

USA UK Canada (2004)

USA UK Canada (2005)

RSPB Drawing Birds by John Busby with forward by Bill Oddie (Bird Drawing) Books on how to draw birds and related subjects

Books on drawing birds

Samples : view sample pages of another edition of Drawing Birds (US Page)

Watercolor Basics - Drawing and Painting Birds by Shirley Porter (How to drawing and paint birds with watercolor) Books on how to draw birds and related subjects

Shirley Porter

Books on drawing and painting birds using watercolors

Samples : view sample pages of Watercolor Basics - Drawing and Painting Birds (US Page)

Watercolor Basics - Drawing and Painting Birds by Shirley Porter

Chapters include :

Drawing birds. The supplies and techniques you need to get started drawing birds, as well as a look at the proportions and details that will make your birds recognizable and lively.

Painting birds. The supplies and techniques you need to get started painting birds, followed by nine simple step-by-step exercies using what you've learned to paint a variety of birds. Painting on Pre-Wet Paper, Painting on Wet Paper, Painting on Dry Paper, Painting a Loose Background, Underpainting with Yellow, Painting Simple Patterns, Painting Intricate Patterns, Painting an Open Wing and Painting a Frontal View.

Painting familiar attitudes and poses. Practice bringing a variety of birds to life by painting along with these eight step-by-step exercies: Traditional Perching Pose, Unusual Perching Pose, Nesting, Pecking, Full Flight, Lifting Off, Flocks and Ruffled Feathers.

Painting birds and backgounds. Seven informative step-by-step exercises explore different ways to set a variety of birds into different surroundings: Realistic Backgound (Middle distance), Realistic Background (Close-up), Representational Background, Imagined Background, Two Different Directions, Realistic Bird and Background and Imagined Bird and Background.

USA UK Canada (Paperback book 2001)