Vic shares his love of drawing and painting wild animals, showing how to capture the personality and distinctive features of a variety of creatures. Using simple steps and plenty of detail, this book shows you how to create beautiful artworks, from drawing the basic shapes through to realising your favourite animals in your preferred medium.

* Expert advice on drawing and painting eyes, noses, paws, fur, hooves and horns

* Six step-by-step projects, from tigers to timberwolves, and pandas to chimpanzees

* In-depth instruction in pastels, acrylics, coloured pencils, watercolour, charcoal and more

* Dozens of inspirational pictures



Vic Bearcroft has been named Winner of the Endangered Species category in the BBC WILDLIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2012 competition for his painting of 'Makaku' which is featured in this book.