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Drawing Is ...: Your Guide to Scribbled Adventures

by Elizabeth Haidle

A starting point for drawing—and starting again

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A starting point for drawing—and starting again

Drawing Is ... treats drawing as both a hands-on activity and a way to think while making marks. Elizabeth Haidle’s guide invites readers to follow scribbles, try artful exercises, and move between doodling, intentional sketching, and fresh experiments. Its prompts center on the experience of drawing itself, including what happens when a picture disappoints and the artist begins again. The materials are deliberately simple: a surface, a drawing tool, a dot, and a line. With no particular skill level required, the book frames drawing as an open-ended practice built from small acts of looking and making.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 9–12 interested in drawing and art activities
  • Beginning or returning drawers who want prompts for experimentation
  • Adults and children curious about the process of making pictures

Themes

Drawing as a processCreative experimentationScribbling and sketchingPersistence in art-making

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Book overview

An inspiring and affirming book on drawing and how to think about drawing, for kids and all curious humans ages 8 and up.
For fans of Wreck This Journal, Wreck This Picture Book and Making Comics.


What happens when you pick up a pencil? How do you talk to yourself about drawing while you're drawing? Where do your scribbles start and where do they lead?

Are you ready to find out?

With acclaimed art and editorial director of Illustoria and author-illustrator Elizabeth Haidle as your guide through the world of art, Drawing Is . . . is an essential and captivating guide to drawing, brimming with artful exercises and perfect for anyone seeking a creative adventure.

If you've ever picked up a pencil, drawn, stopped drawing, started again, doodled without purpose, sketched with intention, been disappointed with your art and thrown it out, yet turned the page to try a new experiment . . . this book is for you.

All you need is a drawing surface. A drawing tool. A dot. And a line. Whatever your skill level, you're invited to draw along.
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