About the Book

What do children hope to create when they put pencil to paper? An accurate likeness of the things they see, of course. With this imaginative, informative, and amply-illustrated guide to drawing, it's amazingly easy for kids to make those art dreams come true. After a brief overview of tools and materials, the entertaining hands-on activities begin with contour drawing techniques. With the help of lots of exercises, budding artists will learn the basic elements of shapes (lines, dots, circles) and see how to combine them to make familiar forms. They'll find out how to produce the illusion of volume with shading techniques; create perspective; accurately recreate landscapes, people, animals, and nature; develop interesting compositions; and more.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 112 pages

Series: Art for Kids

Publisher: Lark Books (NC) (May. 31st, 2005)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1579905870

ISBN-13: 9781579905873

Dimensions: 8.80 x 10.36 x 0.65 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.61 lbs

• Categories: Drawing Children's Books