Draw Ocean Animals Paperback – January 1, 1994

I have purchased many of the "How to Draw" genre of books as an elementary art teacher looking to stimulate my students and enhance the lessons I teach. I am always looking for books that can work for younger students but do not simplify the object so much as to be unrealistic and cartoon-like. I was very pleased with this book in particular. It has everything I want in this type of book. It simplifies to basic geometric shapes enough to allow almost anyone to achieve good realistic results. It is also very comprehensive in that it really does cover a large number of ocean animals. It also includes drawing tips on contours, shading and patterns which many of these books do not offer. These would allow a student to go farther and discover more aspects to drawing than blind copying. I highly recommend this book.

This is a great book, many sea animals made easy to draw. It is great for both children and adults as well. I bought this book for myself. I'm a marine life artist and sometimes I have trouble sketching in my animal subjects onto the canvas. Getting the shape anatomically correct can be tricky, and this book really helps me. I have learned how to draw a certain few sea animals better than I could before...thanks to this book! It makes drawing very easy! There are a few animals that I felt could be more realistic. I think the author made it that way to entertain children. For adults, you may need to modify them for realism. Anyway, there are a few tips of the trade that do come in handy for me. I do recommend this book. It is good.

I bought this for an 11 year old girl who loves to learn about marine life, particularly sharks. She is also very creative and likes to draw, so this seemed like a perfect fit. She loved it! I gave her a set of colored pencils and a sketch pad to round out the gift, but it was this book that made it a hit. She followed the step-by-step instructions and was able to draw awesome looking sharks surprisingly quickly. The steps are simple yet effective.

My seven year old loves these how to draw books, and wanted one for ocean animals. This is great; he will sit for hours drawing out of this book and the rainforest animals book. I love to see him creating instead of sitting in front of a computer or tv screen. Great purchase!

Drawing book was requested by my 9-year old grandson.

Great for kids with a desire to learn how to draw. Great instruction and simple illustration.

My boys (7 and 10) Love the water and Love to draw so this was a hit! Lots of options to choose from. Steps are easy to follow.

Grandson loved it and it will keep him busy for hours and hours and he's turning out to be a great little artist because of the book

Amazing how easy is to draw following the instructions, starting sometimes with two simple circles

Looks fun. Bought it for a Christmas present!