I Can Draw Magical Creatures

50 Pages·2006·18.638 MB·English

by  Carrie Love

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Find out how to draw all kinds
of fantastic creatures with this
1 step-by-step guide
Start with simple outlines to create your
own amazing drawings
Get expert advice on tools and
techniques, plus ideas and inspiration
to make all your pictures unique and
fun to draw
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From to ,
use colors and shading to bring your
magical creatures
to life!
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$7.99 USA
$9.99 Canada
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ISBN 0-7566-1986-6 50799 rinte
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Dwiwscowv.edr km.ocroem at 9 780756 619862 lovakia DK Publishing, Inc.
I can draw
Contents
LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH,
MELBOURNE, and DELHI
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Designed by Penny Lamprell &
Laura Roberts-Jensen
Illustrated by Clare Wilson
& the Peter Bull Art Studio
Written and edited by
Carrie Love & Lorrie Mack Useful stuff 4
US editor Margaret Parrish
Photography by Andy Crawford
Flower fairy 6
Publishing manager Susan Leonard
Production Seyhan Esen-Yagmurlu
Jacket designer Karen Hood Ballerina fairy 8
DTP designer Almudena Díaz
Consultant Emma Drew
First American Edition, 2006
Published in the United States by
DK Publishing, Inc., 375 Hudson Street
New York, New York 10014
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Copyright © 2006 Dorling Kindersley
Limited
All rights reserved. No part of this
publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted in any form
or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise,
without the prior written permission of the
copyright owner. Published in Great Britain
by Dorling Kindersley Limited.
Tooth fairy 10
A Cataloging-in-Publication record for
this book is available from the
Fairy faces 12
Library of Congress.
ISBN-13 978-0-7566-1986-2 Mermaid 14
ISBN-10 0-7566-1986-6

Color reproduction by ICON,
United Kingdom
Printed and bound in Slovakia
by Tlaciarne BB S.R.O.
Discover more at
www.dk.com
Elf 30
Magical colors 16 Elf parade 32
Princess 18 Wizard 34
Prince 20
Expressions 36
Witch 38
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Shading 22
Unicorn 24
Dragon 26
Giant 40
Texture 42
Body parts 44
Scale 46
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✺ Index 48
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More dragons 28
Useful stuff
Oil pastels
for coloring
in your
drawings.
C
with the
REATE YOUR OWN MAGIC
tools below. Bring your drawings to
life with colors and shading.
Soft pastels
can create a
gentle look
which is good
for fairies and
princesses.
No. 2 pencil
4B soft pencil
For shading
effects, use an
charcoal
eraser or your
fi nger to smudge
soft pastels and
colored
charcoal.
paper
sketch pad
colored
pencils
Color in a
drawing with
water-soluble
colored pencils.
Use a wet
paintbrush to
soften the color
pencil
and make it look
sharpener
more like paint.
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References
Stuck for ideas? Take a look
around you and see what
inspiration you can get from
toys, magazines, and
newspapers.
feathers
pictures from
magazines,
postcards, and
books
felt-tip
toy fi gures
pen for
and puppets
strong
for reference
color
ballpoint
pen for
strong
outlines
jewels
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1 Use a large oval 2 Give the fairy
for the fairy’s wings and a
head, and smaller wand. Draw in
circles for her her hands,
joints, hands, arms, and legs.
and feet. Lines
make up her
arms and legs.
Flower fairy
I
see how
AM A FLOWER FAIRY,
I fl utter my wings. I am as
pretty as a petal. I sprinkle
magical fairy dust with my wand.
✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿✿ ✿ ✿ ✿ ✿✿✿
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3 Add eyes, hair, a
mouth, and a
nose. Decorate
Use shading to
your fairy with a
decorate your
pretty dress
fairy’s dress.
and striped
stockings.
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1
Start with
some circles
and lines.
2 Draw arms,
hands, wings,
feet, and legs.
3
Draw in your
ballerina’s face,
hair, and dress.
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Ballerina fairy
H
dancing
ERE IS THE LOVELY
fairy, so light on her toes.
Make her dance around your page.
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