Wildlife Painting Basics: Wolves, Foxes and Coyotes

Book Description
Wolves are currently the most popular wild animal subject among painters. This book provides all the information beginning wildlife painters need to know how to paint realistic and accurate wolves, red foxes and coyotes. Beginning chapters focus on basic paint handling techniques, wolf anatomy and proportions, behavior, attitudes, moods and movement, as well as natural habitats. The second half of the book consists of a detailed range of steps that enable readers to complete wolf, fox and coyote paintings from start to finish. The book also offers two appendices filled with recommended books, videos and Web sites to inspire artists to learn the most about these admirable creatures.

About the Author
Jan Martin McGuire is a member of the exclusive Society of Animal Artists. Her work has been exhibited in shows in the U.S. and Canada and has hung in museums including the Smithsonian, Leigh Yawkey Woodson and Natural History Museum of London. Her paintings have been published in National Wildlife Federation, Wildlife Art, American Artist, and Best of Wildlife Art, among others. She lives in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and her work is represented in galleries in Wyoming, Arizona, California and New Jersey.


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Wolves are currently the most popular wild animal subject among painters. This book provides all the information beginning wildlife painters need to know how to paint realistic and accurate wolves, red foxes and coyotes. Beginning chapters focus on basic paint handling techniques, wolf anatomy and proportions, behavior, attitudes, moods and movement, as well as natural habitats. The second half of the book consists of a detailed range of steps that enable readers to complete wolf, fox and coyote paintings from start to finish. The book also offers two appendices filled with recommended books, videos and Web sites to inspire artists to learn the most about these admirable creatures.Jan Martin McGuire is a member of the exclusive Society of Animal Artists. Her work has been exhibited in shows in the U.S. and Canada and has hung in museums including the Smithsonian, Leigh Yawkey Woodson and Natural History Museum of London. Her paintings have been published in National Wildlife Federation, Wildlife Art, American Artist, and Best of Wildlife Art, among others. She lives in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and her work is represented in galleries in Wyoming, Arizona, California and New Jersey.


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