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20 Ways to Draw a Cat and 44 Other Awesome Animals: A Sketchbook for Artists, Designers, and Doodlers Paperback – Illustrated, May 1, 2013

by Julia Kuo (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 144 ratings
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This inspiring sketchbook is part of the new 20 Ways series from Quarry Books, designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustration fun. 

Each spread features 20 inspiring illustrated examples of 45 themes--cat, giraffe, seal, elephant, whale and much, much more--over 900 drawings, with blank space for you to draw your take on 20 Ways to Draw a Cat. This is not a step-by-step technique book--rather, the stylized animals are simplified, modernized, and reduced to the most basic elements, showing you how simple abstract shapes and forms meld to create the building blocks of any item that you want to draw.

Each of the 20 interpretations provides a different, interesting approach to drawing a single item, providing loads of inspiration for your own drawing. Presented in the author’s uniquely creative style, this engaging and motivational practice book provides a new take on the world of sketching, doodling, and designing.
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    May 1, 2013
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"This series takes a novel, minimalist approach to art instruction. Each “20 Ways” title provides 45 spreads that are each filled with 20 small drawings on a given theme. REaders will find no step-by-step exercises here; however, each spread offers a variety of styles and techniques. Drawings range from the realistic to the cartoonish to the decorative, with a few rendered in color. The variety of drawing types is intended to inspire readers to experiment on their own. ASpiring artists can either copy drawings directly from the book or create their own variations on a theme. The latest two volumes in the series focus on nature and animals. 20 Ways To Draw a Tree presents many sophisticated, modern drawings of plants and flowers, executed with a surprising array of materials. Despite the title, 20 Ways To Draw a Cat includes all sorts of animals, such as hedgehogs, buffalo, fish, and zebras. VERDICT While Tree will appeal to teens or adult readers, Cat is most appropriate for younger audiences." - Library Journal

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Julia Kuo splits her time between Cleveland, Ohio, and Taipei, Taiwan. She grew up in Los Angeles, California, and attended Washington University in St. Louis for illustration and marketing. Julia illustrates children’s books, concert posters, and CD covers, designs stationery and journals, and paints in her free time. One recent gallery show featured paintings of street fashion shots from Face Hunter. Julia’s clients include American Greetings, the New York Times, the Home Shopping Network, Little Brown and Co., Capitol Records, Tiny Prints, and Universal Music Group. Her illustrations have been honored in American Illustration, CMYK Magazine, and Creative Quarterly. Visit her online at juliakuo.com.

Julia is also the author of 20 Ways to Draw a Dress and 44 Other Fabulous Fashions and Accessories and 20 Ways to Draw a Cat and 44 Other Awesome Animals.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quarry Books (May 1, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 159253838X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592538386
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.6 x 0.25 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 144 ratings

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Julia Kuo is a Taiwanese-American illustrator who has worked with the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Google. She has taught illustration courses at Columbia College Chicago and at her alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis. Julia was the visual arm of Chicago’s 2017 March for Science and has had the honor of being an artist-in-residence at Banff Centre for the Arts in 2014 and in 2017. She is the recipient of a 2019-2020 Gray Center Mellon Collaborative Fellowship. When she's not drawing, you can find her climbing or hiking.

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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i purchased this book hoping that it would teach me different ways to draw animals. the title and intro page implies as such. instead what you get is illustrated references of different ways the animals can be drawn. there are no sketch lines to follow and you are to use tracing paper to 'learn" to draw the different ways or you can draw them your own way. the pages in this book kind of reminds of a coloring book and i am glad that i bought it used.
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Maryanne Watson
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2022
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Nice little doodle book, perfect for young and old alike. There are lots of different animals. Glad I purchased. Well worth the money
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Jerry D. Gill
5.0 out of 5 stars Learn to draw
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2022
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Nice learn to draw book. I’m copying every animal because it’s good eye hand coordination. Lots of easy drawings.
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Helene Knott
4.0 out of 5 stars Good inspiration
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2014
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As an artist myself, I didn't think I needed this book, I can draw very well myself. Amazon kept dangling this in front of me and I finally decided to check a copy out from the Library to see it before committing to buy a copy. What I like about it is not really the illustrations themselves, many are too 'cutesy' or simplistic for my taste, but the way seeing what the author drew made me 'think outside of the box'. When I draw, I do simplify objects to make them suitable for quilting and embroidery but I've been locked into an attempt to make things too realistic. The drawings the author/artist made for this book exemplifies taking a complex object and creating a caricature (in a sense) of it. Not a style of drawing I had explored much, but seeing these illustrations has opened some windows in my mind and I found myself sketching subjects in a way that was rare for me to do previously. Be warned, this is not a step by step 'how to draw' manual like some art books are; this is more a sort of 'gallery' of examples by subject (all of the ones in this book are animals, she has others that focus on flowers or trees...). There are 20 illustrations for each animal, and each drawing is refreshingly different from the others. I found them very inspirational to give me a different perspective on drawing and simplification.
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Kelly K
5.0 out of 5 stars has become illuminated scripture in my arsenal of artistic ideas
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2014
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this book continuously inspires me. but even though there are blank spaces intended for my own doodles, I cannot bring myself to disgrace the blank pages of this perfect book. I want all of the series. Julia is a fantastic artist.
UPDATE: April, 2017
I am still using this regularly in my studio as a top reference material and for whimsical inspiration for my animal paintings of all sorts. It also is helping my nearly 9 year old child with his drawing and tracing. As originally stated in my first review, Even though there are blank places for you to draw in this precious parchment, doing so would be to scorch that which has become illuminated scripture in my arsenal of artistic ideas. And that just ain't right.
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J. Wo
5.0 out of 5 stars I love these books
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2018
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I love these books. They are really fun and help motivate me to draw when I don't feel like drawing something difficult. Love it. People complain that there is no step by step instructions but that 's what I like about it. They're such simple drawings that you don't need the step by step. Some are a little tougher than others, but most are easy. I really like it.
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G. Recipient
3.0 out of 5 stars It’s cute but no instructions
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2021
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I like the doodles in this book, but I was expecting more instructions of drawing. It’s really just a bunch of pictures and only like two pages of cats. Most the book is other stuff.
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..katy..
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2014
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I love this book! It doesn't have the step-by-step directions, but most of the drawings are straight forward enough that the steps are not needed. This is also a great book for tracing! If you are looking for step-by-step directions, check out Illustration School: Let's Draw Cute Animals (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159253645X/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_4), I have that book as well and love!
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Gemma
5.0 out of 5 stars Really nice book for sketching animals
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2013
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I bought this book because of our recently adopted kittens. My granddaughter and I love to color and draw and I thought it would be helpful to have some easy images to work from. I can recommend this book if you want to encourage your creative side.
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JuKu
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, but
Reviewed in Germany on December 22, 2020
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... you might want to invest only a few Euros more for the book "20 ways to draw everything". It includes the full content of this book.
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Henrietta Byrne
5.0 out of 5 stars Simple but effective drawing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2020
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Lovely book with some great ideas for drawing.
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JDarb
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous drawing books! Can't wait to collect them all ...
Reviewed in Canada on April 17, 2017
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Fabulous drawing books! Can't wait to collect them all!! Arrived before expected and as described.
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Felicidad Martínez-Pais Loscertales
4.0 out of 5 stars Ideas para dibujar animales
Reviewed in Spain on June 22, 2015
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Muchas sugerencias para dibujar gatos y "otros bichos". No incluye pasos para hacer los dibujos, pero tampoco son necesarios ya que son muy sintéticos.
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Cheerioh
5.0 out of 5 stars génial pour faire du dessin simplement et que ça ressemble à quelque chose
Reviewed in France on July 26, 2014
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Voilà ce livre c'est super simple: 45 doubles pages de dessins d'animaux de toutes sortes. Il y a toutes sortes de dessins, de styles différents mais faciles à reproduire exactement comme le montre la couverture. Le format est pratique car il reste bien ouvert. C'est vraiment un très bon livre. On peut acheter la version anglaise car c'est sans texte.
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