Books in Learn to Draw Manga series

Manga is the comic book. Manga characters have very unique features unlike any other cartoon. The eyes and head are enlarged, the facial features are simplified, and the backgrounds are often highly detailed. If you’ve watched enough anime or read enough manga the style should be ingrained into your memory.This guide will teach you how to draw in the manga art style from beginning to end—even if you have zero drawing experience!

Drawing is the cat’s meow! With the step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions and full-color illustrations, any cat-lover can learn to draw 26 different lifelike kitties of all shapes and sizes. As kids follow along with the clear illustrations, they’ll learn to develop their drawings from basic shapes to finished masterpieces. And fun facts about the featured breeds add extra entertainment value. With the award-winning Cats & Kittens, kids will be drawing their own cattery full of cats and kittens in no time!

Many kids spend a lot of time being in a car, and others see them driving around on streets and on TV. This book shows young artists how to draw more detailed cars by breaking them down into basic shapes first. Along with the easy-to-follow instructions, this book includes interesting information about each of the cars they can draw. Kids will learn about eight different cars featured in this book, ranging from the first motor car ever to a modern hot rod. This book also includes colorful spreads and a supportive glossary for expanding vocabularies. Kids will love learning how to draw more detailed cars while also learning cool facts about the vehicles in their artwork.

Drawing a whale can seem difficult, especially for a small child. But if he or she starts with a rectangle, it can be incredibly easy!Learn to Draw with Rectangles is a book for every aspiring artist. With simple step-by-step instructions, this fun and helpful guide based on three simple ideas--looking, drawing, and learning--teaches kids how to transform everyday shapes into rockets, trains, lighthouses, and other charming pictures. Want to draw an alien? Just start with a rectangle and add some squiggles for wiggly arms and legs. Want to draw a ship? Start with a rectangle, then add triangles, squares, and squiggles for a chimney and some smoke. And if kids want to draw robots, they can start with rectangles and add some circles for eyes and an antenna. With a special pen and pages that wipe clean, kids can practice their favorite shapes until they’re perfect.Learn to Draw with Rectangles helps kids lay the foundation for a lifetime of creativity!

In Places, houses, rooms, and animal habitats are featured. Some pages show places that are partially completed (such as a kid's bedroom) and left for the child to fill in, and in others, light direction is given to help the child make his or her own creation. The sequence of activities moves from home (inside and out) to neighborhood places, and then further afield--a house for a bird, a rabbit, a horse, a car, a fire engine, etc. Throughout, artistic license rules!