Category: Drawing Mammals

Learn how to block in the shape of the gray fox’s body and head. In this workshop John Muir Laws explains how to make key guidelines that help you describe the proportions and angles of the fox, standing and sitting, and the head from the 3/4 angle. Read More

Caribou? Reindeer? Learn to draw Rangifer tarandus and learn some pretty cool details of their life history. This workshop will help you draw rooftop wildlife this evening! Santa hats encouraged. Get ready to sketch rooftop fauna and learn a little about the ecology and conservation of reindeer (caribou). Download the caribou skeleton worksheet to use Read More

Join John Muir Laws and the Wolf Conservation Center for a look at wolf stewardship, and how to draw these majestic creatures. In this video, John Muir Laws shows how to block in the basic body shapes and fur masses. You can download the free wolf skeleton worksheet here. After the instruction, we sketched from Read More

Happy Haloween! Join me for a deep dive into bat anatomy and how to draw the textures of wings and fur. We will compare the structure of bat bodies with our own to help make sense of what we see and to help us remember it. We will give some special love to fruit bats Read More

Learn to draw marine mammals! In this workshop, we focus on differences in overall body shape and details of face structure. Make your seal look like a seal and your otter look like an otter! Read More

Join John Muir Laws and the Whale Museum as we explore the natural history of Orca and how to draw these magnificent animals. Learn the general shape of the body and the key contrasting patterns that make the Orca so distinctive. Read More

Learn how to draw mammals as they hop, canter, lope, and gallop. Understanding the order and synchronization of leg movements allows the artist to effectively use reference materials to draw animals in motion. Follow this link to get the gaits reference sheet described in the workshop. Read More