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Donovan Bixley's draw some awesome, drawing tips & ideas for budding artists

eng

illustrations

no index present

9-11 years

non fiction

Donovan Bixley's draw some awesome

drawing tips & ideas for budding artists

Donovan brings his unique style to teaching kids (and grownups!) to draw. In a book that spans levels of skill, Donovan takes his readers through warmup exercises, mark making, sketchbooks, imagination exercises, inspirational shapes, drawing animals, faces, character creation, detail, copying, perspective, thumbnails, shading, shadows, composition, making an illustration, and even drawing a unicorn. Of course he does it with humour as well as skill

Introduction -- Warm-up exercises -- How to draw simple animals -- Mark making -- Sketchbooks -- Faces -- Drawing expressions -- How I draw a Māuisaurus -- Creating characters -- Fruity characters -- Character details -- Exercises for your imagination -- Everyday inspiration -- How I draw a Flying Furballs biplane -- Inspiration from artists -- Perspective -- Roughs -- Shading -- Shadows -- How I draw a unicorn ... and more -- Composition -- Composition exercise -- Making an illustration

juvenile

Draw some awesome