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Step-by-step drawing books for kids

In a How to Draw book every character is built in six small steps. Your child adds one new line at a time, compares it with the picture, then draws the whole character again in the space beside it.

  • Best first drawing book for ages 5 and up
  • Teaches how characters are built from simple shapes
  • Practice space next to every lesson
  • Short lessons: one character is one sitting

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Real pages from How to Draw: Baby Animals.

A page from How to Draw: Baby Animals
How to Draw: Baby Animals, page sample 1
A page from How to Draw: Baby Animals
How to Draw: Baby Animals, page sample 2
A page from How to Draw: Baby Animals
How to Draw: Baby Animals, page sample 3

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Step by step or grid?

Step by step (How to Draw)Grid (Draw by Grid)
What your kid doesAdds one new line or shape at a time, in six steps, then draws the whole character again.Copies the picture one lettered square at a time onto a matching blank grid.
Feels likeLearning how a cartoonist builds a character.A calm drawing puzzle.
Best forA first drawing book, ages 5 and up.Careful, patient kids and anyone who likes accuracy.
BuildsSeeing shapes inside characters, following directions, confidence.Observation, proportion and pencil control.

See the grid drawing books, or try Shape Drawing Challenge for kids who want to invent their own characters.

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