This is a wonderful guide for any age to learn to be comfortable with making art. A truly useful tool.
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This is just one example of the extraordinary accomplishments of Mona Brookes's students. Donna Alberson, age seven, looked in the mirror and drew the stick-figure type self-portrait on the left. On the same day, she received information from Mona contained in this book and saw herself with new eyes. She was able to draw the self-portrait on the right in the more realistic and detailed style. Mona will teach you to: Create...
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I am 33 years old and have absolutely no artistic ability - or so I thought. I've always been interested in learning how to draw, but no matter what books I consulted, I still couldn't get it. The techniques presented there assumed you already knew some basics, but I didn't. My mother even told me that drawing is inherited, and since there is nobody in my family who draws, I felt I had no chance.Then I found this book. The...
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The book is great; HOWEVER, my intelligent six year old was not mature enough for the lessons in this book. I meticulously read the directions (and followed same), but my daughter (who loves to create and draw) did not like the lessons because she has yet to perfect her fine motor skills (she likes to create stories but does not like the physical act of writing). I would suggest using this book for an older child (eight...
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Woo-hoo! "Drawing With Children" is back!As an elementary art instructor, I used Mona Brookes' "Drawing With Children" with great success. My students' drawings entered a new dimension when I began to use this mimetic method of art instruction to help them identify, and then draw, what we called "drawing Legos:" the little pieces that can be combined to make a whole object. While this method may be viewed as limiting creativity,...
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