I have just received a copy of this wonderful new book ,’Taming Wildlife with pastel pencils’, via Amazon. WOW what a fantastic, beautiful book, well laid out and with some fantastic subjects to paint/draw. But not only that, there are video instructions to follow along with, on Lucy's website, now surely that’s a first.This book is just what I have been looking for, as there aren’t many books that I know of that deal just with pastel pencils...

Absolutely love this book. Clear step by step instructions to produce stunning animal portraits. Just what I needed to extend and deepen my knowledge of work with pastels. Superb on line tutorials are a really helpful bonus. The author kindly followed up my purchase with a personal Christmas card, customer care can’t be faulted and neither can the book. Highly recommend.

This is without doubt the most inspiring book on pastel pencils I have ever read. Clear concise and written in such a charming way. I find it difficult to put this book down. I am so so pleased I purchased taming wildlife, it has made a huge difference to my artwork. Many many thanks for this wonderful publication.

An amazing book, it takes you along every step on creating an animal with pastel pencil. With clear pictures so you can see every step in detail. Extra focus on difficult parts of the animal body, like the paws and the eyes. Recommend it for the beginner, novice and the more experienced artist.

I haven't come across a book examining the medium of pastel pencils before, so it's a first for me. The artwork is stunning and the projects are interesting whether you are a novice or a more experienced artist. If you enjoy painting wildlife in pastel pencils, or indeed in any medium, you will love this book. Lucy shares her experience in a most generous fashion, you can't fail to learn from her. I shall enjoy working my way through it.

This book is really well written. Fantastic easy to follow, step by step instructions. Also very well backed up by the website and the online videos. I've have found my calling with pastel pencils. So I say, thanks to the author, Lucy

I was so impressed with this book, the quality and value for money are equal to other well known artists' online tutorials such as Jason Morgan and you actually get a printed book too. Thank you Lucy!

I was interested in Lucy’s taming wildlife book prior to its release as I own her book on drawing wildlife which is also extremely informative but is in black and white. From opening the first page of her new book I was completely blown away by the beautiful coloured artwork. The first section of the book is very detailed explaining the materials required and addition helpful informatio...