Step into the spell-binding world of folk tales and magic with this wonderful guide to drawing unicorns and other mystical creatures, illustrated in full-colour
Renowned artist Peter Gray takes readers through step-by-step drawing projects to create an array of enchanting animals, including unicorns, gryphons, centaurs, dragons and Pegasus, the winged horse. Taking inspiration from flowers and the natural world, readers will learn how to create environments for all these creatures that sparkle and delight.
Includes:
Step-by-step instructions from initial shapes to full-colour artwork.
A varied range of types of unicorns and other magical creatures.
Detailed instruction on how to draw mythical beasts in all their power and beauty.
This accessible drawing guide is perfect for anyone who wants to create their own fantasy worlds.
Peter Gray is long established as an illustrator of books, magazines and newspapers with occasional forays into such fields as film storyboards and costume design, advertising and animation projects. Peter is also the author of many books for adults and children, which have been published in many languages all around the world.Since graduating from Loughborough College of Art and Design with a specialist degree in illustration, Peter Gray has contributed illustrations to many books, of wide-ranging subject matter, from classic fiction to educational and historical, for UK publishers Penguin Longman and Oxford University Press and Ernst Klett in Germany.
Outside book publishing, Peter has worked on storyboards and costume design for the film industry, most recently on Oliver Stone's blockbuster Alexander, and regularly contributes illustrations to national newspapers (Financial Times, Sunday Times) and magazines (The Spectator, Readers' Digest). He lives in Suffolk, UK.