In this delightfully illustrated book Susie Wynne shows how to draw and paint a range of popular pets in watercolour – dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, horses – in step-by-step detail.

Learning how to paint your pet has great popular appeal. The Daily Mail weekend colour supplement has already featured Susie Wynne’s work twice and this brought in a huge postbag.

Susie specializes in painting people’s pets and over the years she has perfected her drawing and watercolour techniques to capture the unique personality of her animal subjects. Most doting owners want some permanent record of their pet, and in this book Susie shares the secrets of her success.

She starts by taking photographs of the animals, then does a loose pencil sketch and gradually builds up the right body proportions and the texture of the fur in watercolour. Susie believes the important thing is to capture the animal’s character and personality and that to do this you have to get to know the animal first.

Draw and Paint Your Pet includes plenty of practical instruction and thirteen full step-by-step demonstration paintings of dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea-pigs and horses.