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Summary: The most memorable book I owned as a child!
Review: My mother ordered this book for me a long time ago when I was a child- and to this day it remains in my memory as one of the most valuable books of my childhood. The techniques are simple and easy- step-by-step basic geometric shapes are assembled to create all kinds of animals, reptiles, birds and even a dragon! I am thrilled to discover it is still in print! I highly recommend it to anyone who would like to learn to draw without a lot frustration and complicated ideas. (It is geared for children, but I think adults could use these techniques too).
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Summary: A lot of fun!
Review: This book is a lot of fun for kids (and, I imagine, kids and their parents)--I remember it well from my childhood. The Emberley books use about two dozen simple shapes (dots, lines, right and equilateral triangles, and so on) to draw a wide variety of animals, vehicles, monsters, and any number of other things. The drawings are demonstrated step by step, with witty twists and variations. One strong suggestion: the drawings come out a lot better if you use colored pencils, since the demonstration drawings in the books are printed in color.
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Summary: A lot of fun!
Review: This book is a lot of fun for kids (and, I imagine, kids and their parents)--I remember it well from my childhood. The Emberley books use about two dozen simple shapes (dots, lines, right and equilateral triangles, and so on) to draw a wide variety of animals, vehicles, monsters, and any number of other things. The drawings are demonstrated step by step, with witty twists and variations. One strong suggestion: the drawings come out a lot better if you use colored pencils, since the demonstration drawings in the books are printed in color.
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Summary: A Champion of Creativity
Review: Those wretched art classes to which we were all subjected as children left me in daily agony - and of course wouldn't my older sister just have to be a spectacularly gifted artist. My mother took pity on my suffering and bought me this wonderful book when I was six. It was a balm to my artistic handicap and an immeasurable boost to my confidence when I finally drew the dragon! Looking back now, I believe that Mr. Emberley's books would benefit any child, whether naturally artistic or crying over watercolor class. In an era when children's imaginations are saturated with Disney and TV cartoon notions of art, Mr. Emberley can give them simple tools with which to carve a path back to their own creativity.
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Summary: A Family Favorite!
Review: When I was in first grade, I had an art teacher who tried to show us how to draw using circles, lines, perspective, and so on, and I remember distinctly the experience of knowing that I could draw circles (and to an extent, straight lines) but there was no way I could put them together in a way that would look anything like the teacher's work.This book was my salvation. Within these pages you'll find instructions on how to draw all kinds of creatures, from the lowly ant to an elaborate dragon, all by adding easy shapes (traingles, circles, linnes) one-at-a-time. There is considerable truth in this book (and the author's others, which I unfortunately didn't discover until recently). How simplicity can communicate. How you can tackle something big by working in small steps. How you can make something you imagine come to like. To this day I can take pleasure in drawing pictures, even though they're simple and I've never taken an art class since first grade, and I attribute a lot of that joy to this book. And nothing compares to giving a frustrated five-year-old an Emberly book and watching his face light up as he realizes that maybe he can make his drawings more than just scribbles. This book (and the others) cannot be recommend too highly.
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