Timely Take-Aways for Life-Long Learning: Drawing

Timely Take-Aways for Life-Long Learning:
Drawing

Whether seeking ideas for building confidence in young artists or exploring new how-to-draw series, several new drawing books are available for educators.

Drawing Workshop for Kids: Process Art Experiences for Building Creativity and Confidence
Samara Caughey, Apr 2021, Quarry Books, an imprint of Quarto Group
Themes: Art, Techniques, Drawing, Creativity

DRAWING WORKSHOP FOR KIDS shares both warm-up drawing activities along with drawing workshops to inspire children to explore and develop their own style.

Take-aways: Children benefit from both quick, exploration-type assignments as well as longer drawing workshops.

Drawing is for Everyone 
Kateri Ewing, Jul 2021, Quarry Books, an imprint of Quarto Group
Themes: Art, Techniques, Drawing, Creativity

DRAWING IS FOR EVERYONE builds drawing skills and confidence through 21 lessons with pencil, colored pencil, and ink.

Take-aways: Ewings suggests building both seeing-based and abstract drawing skills through engaging in a daily habit and following four guiding principles.

The Urban Sketching Handbook Series

Panoramas and Vertical Vistas: Techniques for Drawing on Location from Urban Perspectives, Mario Linhares, Sep 2021, Quarry Books/Quarto Group

Understanding Light: Portraying Light Effects in On-Location Drawing and Painting, Katie Woodward, Dec 2021, Quarry Books/Quarto Group

Themes: Art, Techniques, Drawing

THE URBAN SKETCHING HANDBOOK series provides artists with practical instruction focusing on creative techniques, tips, and advice for on-location sketching. Each title focuses a different sketching technique.

Take-aways: It’s useful to investigate how specific techniques are reflected in the works of masters when building sketching skills in new areas.

Ten-Step Drawing Series

Everyday Things: Learn To Draw 60 Ordinary Items in Ten Easy Steps!

Justine Lecouffe, Sep 2021, Walter Foster Pub.Quarto Group

Manga: Learn To Draw 30 Manga Characters & Animals in Ten Easy Steps! Chie Kutsuwada, Sep 2021, Walter Foster Pub./Quarto Group

Themes: Art, Techniques, Drawing

The TEN-STEP DRAWING series provides easy-to-follow instructions that encourage new artists to start drawing. Books in the series focus on drawing animals, flowers, people, nature, dogs, cats, and more. 

Take-aways: This simple, step-by-step approach is likely to increase the success of reluctant students, while teaching basic drawing techniques.

Whether helping educators keep up-to-date in their subject-areas, promoting student reading in the content-areas, or simply encouraging nonfiction leisure reading, teacher librarians need to be aware of the best new titles across the curriculum and how to activate life-long learning. - Annette Lamb