Book Review
I really liked this book because the author writes like he is talking
in person to the child who is learning to draw. The numbered
lessons have a fun quality with fun exercises to do and there are
cartoon illustrations to go along with the lessons. The writing
is very positive and empowering for budding young artists.
The author is trying to teach with a sense of humor while still
getting the child to complete the lesson at hand. To keep
the child interested there are occasionally short exercises called
Motivators! It is a cartoon drawn by another child with the
name and age of the child printed next to the cartoon so children
have and idea of what others have accomplished and what they too
can do. Also provided in this book are small art attacks (simple
drawing lessons i.e. Leaning Twinkies art attack # 128 page, 156),
which are other examples of drawings done by children. There
are spaces for children to draw (daily drawing journal spaces provided
throughout the book). I really liked the drawing contest idea
because it challenges the children's abilities and the idea pages
for teachers at the back of the book to help keep children drawing
in a number of fun and interesting ways. The author is really
writing/drawing this book for children to learn how to draw, getting
children to keep drawing, have fun drawing and to love doing it. |
