It is next to impossible to find a rigid, straight line in the outline of any animal. Nature seldom uses a straight line. And so hen drawing animals, neither should you.
Here are some tips for drawing realistic animals:
The Horse - The body and legs of the horse fit into a square, with the head and neck extending out of one corner. The legs start downward from the midpoint of the square. Divide the main square again into four equal smaller squares. The length of the head will be about three fourths of one these smaller squares. Get these proportions right and you’re halfway done.
Simple Ideas for Breaking the Dangerous Icons in Your Art
You may be surprised by what I am about to tell you, at least partly. The two lines with the least variation are a perfectly straight line and a circle. A perfectly straight line has obviously no variety at all. But the circle, you ask? Yes, the circle. A circle curves at exactly the same ratio all along, has no variation of its curvature, it is of all curves the one with the least possible variety. These two lines are, therefore, two of the dullest, and are rarely used in drawings except to enhance the beauty and variety of other lines.
Shading is an important skill for every artist to develop. Shading requires certain tools and steps to be developed in order to master.
The ability to shade is determined on how well you can see value relationships, along with a basic understanding of how light works. Value, or how light or dark something is, is relative.