Kids and young adults love to draw, and a consistently favorite subject is animals and pets, such as cats, dogs, and even the dream pet: horses. Getting the basic shapes right is the first step, and it can be a challenge. Idiot's Guide: Drawing Pets shows readers step by step how to create accurate likenesses of their favorite animals.

In this book readers get:

-- How-to steps for creating 50 of the most popular pets, with plenty of varieties of dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens, in addition to favorite fish, birds, reptiles, and rodents-even horses.

-- Materials and methods needed for simple animal drawings.

-- Tutorials on patterns and shadings to make basic drawings more realistic.

-- Tips on drawing from life and from photos.

-- New strokes shown in second color, making the process easy and fun to learn.

-- Help with rendering more complex poses and mastering more difficult body parts.

-- The right combination of text and images to make learning to draw easy for people of all learning styles.