This book in the successful Artist's Reference series presents hundreds of high-quality colour photographs for artists to use, taken with their needs in mind. Subjects include hoofed, predatory and small mammals; aquatic wildlife; and African wildlife. There are four step-by-step demos by the author and guest artists in major media, painted from photos from the book with instructions on how they used those photos. A special introductory section discusses basic anatomy and how readers can take their own photos.