Photographs are valuable reference tools that most artists use. Complex subjects are generally easier to draw from photos--plus other factors, such as weather, movement, and lighting, can make drawing from life nearly impossible. Children and animals, for example, rarely sit still when you want them to, making it much easier to draw them from photographs. However, many beginning artists aren't confident in their picture-taking skills, or they don't know how to translate their photos into drawings. That's where this innovative book comes in In no time, beginning artists will be drawing animals, people, landscapes, and still lifes that look real enough to reach out and touch