| My
art teacher used to say that drawing was taking a line for
a walk, and this book could be said to be a departure from
(or a companion to) all the coloring books out there. Instead
of coloring in other people's work you get to draw the pictures
yourself first!
Maybe this sounds a little daunting, as surely you need to
be able to draw? Anybody can draw if you think about it in
the broadest sense of making a mark, and this is just what
this book encourages you to do. Each page has a fun frame
with a suggestion on it as to what to draw, and it starts
you off gently with a helpful color wheel and some basic color
theory. Get to play with this by drawing what it would look
like if one color met another, or adding details to partly
drawn images. Then make some lines, draw pictures of feelings,
take a line for several different types of walks and have
a go at drawing a cat in as few lines as possible. All of
this is a world away from all the other how to draw books
I have seen, and there are no sets of diagrams that go from
a jumble of lines to a professional-looking finished drawing
with not enough in between! This is a much more freestyle
approach to drawing that is unexpected and less about drawing
things than loosening up and having fun. There are 96 pages
of good quality, bright white paper which is printed both
sides, but if you use waterbased pens and don't linger too
long or press too hard, you ought to be all right (not paints
or permanent markers though). Amongst all the unusual ideas
are plenty of useful tips and things to try, such as drawing
from memory, copying, observing and conveying things like
emotion and movement. Try different effects with a variety
of ordinary drawing tools and use all of your imagination
when you have a go at drawing things like circles running
a marathon, a man-eating boat and yourself as an animal. This
book is not like anything else out there; expect lots of fun
and sure to appeal to those addicted to coloring books as
well as anybody who wishes that they could draw.
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