Create enchanting fairy illustrations with this inspiring, full-colour workbook, complete with expert advice, step-by-step-projects and practice pages.

Abounding in story books and animation, fairies source of constant wonder. Artist Peter Gray takes readers through step-by-step drawing projects to create an array of enchanting fairies. Taking inspiration from flowers and the natural world, readers will learn how to create fairy and elf faces, beautiful clothing, and wings which sparkle and flutter.

Chapters include:
• Fairy faces: features, hair and headdresses
• Fairy figures: proportions, poses and fairies in flight
• Fairy fashions: styles, wings and color
• Fairy folk: Elfin fairies, child fairies and dark fairies
• Fairy flora and fauna: flowers, small features and forest scenes

Each project is accompanied by practice pages that allow readers to try out their skills.

ABOUT THE SERIES: I Can Draw teaches a variety of specialist drawing styles, aimed at beginners or those wishing to hone their skills. With step-by-step instructions and practice grids to try out new techniques, these full-colour drawing guides will help artists bring their ideas to life.

Peter Gray is long established as an illustrator of books, magazines and newspapers with occasional forays into 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. Peter has also worked on storyboards and costume design for the film industry and regularly contributes illustrations to national newspapers (Financial Times, Sunday Times) and magazines (The Spectator, Readers' Digest).