Includes bibliographical references (pages 111).

Introduction -- What you need -- Your materials -- Setting up to draw -- Drawing from life -- Drawing from photos -- Learning to draw -- Attitudes and techniques -- Looking -- Core skills of drawing -- Observational measuring -- Visual language -- Making marks -- Light and shadow -- Life studies vs. photographs -- Drawing horses -- Beginning and improving -- Stage 1 : establish the pose -- Stage 2 : construct -- Parallel stage : anatomy -- Negative spaces -- Parallel stage : problem-solving -- Stage 3 : elaborate -- Putting it all together -- putting it into practice -- Practice the technique -- Quick sketches -- Anatomy of a horse -- Negative spaces -- Draw a horse in 15 minutes -- Draw it from memory -- Making pictures -- Foreshortening and perspective -- Going into detail -- Anatomy of the head -- Faces -- Eyes -- Ears -- The nose and muzzle -- Legs and hooves -- Forequarters and neck -- Hindquarters -- Manes and tails -- Age and gender -- Gaits and movement -- Horses and humans -- Different breeds -- Exploring drawing.

Surely the most visually impressive of animals, the horse has always been a favorite subject for artists of all kinds and also one of the most challenging. With this book, you'll pick up the essentials of equine art in no time. You'll understand how the skeleton and musculature are expressed in a horses posture and mass; how to observe a horses pose, and capture it realistically; how to show the fall of the mane and tail to express movement. This book is packed with foolproof step-by-step work-throughs created by a gifted teacher of drawing. A logical structure to the lessons will ensure that your drawing skills will benefit from these exercises, and that you'll soon be able to create your very own convincing portraits of this most beautiful and beloved animal.