Draw Horses With Sam Savitt: A Digital Horse Drawing Guide
Draw Horses With Sam Savitt is a practical guide to drawing horses in motion and at rest. This digital PDF download presents a structured approach to equine anatomy, proportions, movement, and drawing technique.
Sam Savitt explains how to observe the horse beyond a photographic outline. The book shows how bone structure, muscles, age, size, conformation, condition, and breed affect the finished drawing.
Access this digital book by instant download after purchase. It is supplied as a PDF for use with compatible reading and document apps.
Book Overview
Written by equine artist Sam Savitt, this art instruction book begins with the parts of the horse and its skeletal and muscular systems. It then examines the horse in motion, variations among horses, riding types, and practical drawing techniques.
The guide covers both anatomy and observation. Its step-by-step approach is suited to artists, horse enthusiasts, and readers studying realistic animal drawing.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- The names and locations of the horse’s principal body parts.
- Skeletal structure, muscular systems, the head, ears, eyes, nostrils, mouth, legs, feet, and body.
- Movement including the walk, trot, gallop, canter, pace, amble, jump, fall, buck, rear, shy, roll, and graze.
- Conformation, markings, conformation faults, growth from youth to old age, and relative heights.
- Breed discussions covering the Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, Morgan, Saddle Horse, Arabian, draft horses, and ponies.
- Different types of riding, including hunt-seat, stock-seat, saddle-seat equitation, dressage, polo, and fox hunting.
- Drawing methods including overlays, action drawing, corrections, silhouettes, riders in the saddle, and photographs.
Why This Book Matters
Draw Horses With Sam Savitt connects artistic practice with close observation of equine form and movement. Its attention to anatomy helps readers understand why accurate horse drawing requires more than copying a visible outline.
The book is relevant to artists, painters, sculptors, and horse enthusiasts who want a focused reference for body structure, posture, motion, and breed variation.
Book Details
| Author | Sam Savitt |
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| Title | Draw Horses with Sam Savitt |
| Format | |
| File Type | |
| File Size | 121.2 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 127117287 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 98 |
| Print length | 95 pages |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Publication date | May 5, 1981 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| ASIN | 0670282596 |
| ISBN-10 | 9780670282593 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0670282593 |
| Item Weight | 20 pounds |
| Rating | 4.5 out of 5 stars |
| Review count | 19 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,308,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) |
| Category rank | #1,380 in Figure Drawing Guides |
| Category rank | #2,450 in Plant & Animal Art (Books) |
| Current listing price | EUR 104.09 |
Device Compatibility
This is a digital download, and no physical copy will be shipped. Access is available after purchase.
The PDF works with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps. Printing is not promised.
FAQ
When can I access the book?
Access is available after purchase through instant download.
Will I receive a physical copy?
No. This product is a digital PDF download with no physical shipping.
Which devices can open the file?
The PDF can be used with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps.
Download Draw Horses With Sam Savitt for a focused reference on equine anatomy, movement, and drawing technique.
Verified Bibliographic Details
| Page Count | 98 |
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