Books with title Funny Cartooning for Kids

You don’t have to be a great artist to be a good cartoonist. Because cartoons are based in humor, not art; the secret to their success is to think funny. In this handy guide, you’ll find detailed instructions for creating cartoon people and animals. With a little practice you’ll be drawing adults and children, creatures, and more. “A fun, funny, instruction book for all ages.”—Copley News Service.

Other cartooning guides only teach kids techniques—this one helps them think funny so they can draw funny! Cartoon master Mike Artell presents an entertaining lesson, with lots of laugh-out-loud images to demonstrate every point. As children try out his imaginative exercises, they'll learn why exaggeration adds humor, simplifying details makes a character “cartoony,” and doing the opposite of what's expected is so effective.

Other guides to cartooning only help kids draw—this one also shows them how to think funny! That’s because a good cartoon always makes the reader smile...and that requires a clever idea and an understanding of what elements make a picture witty. Cartoon master Mike Artell presents an entertaining lesson, with plenty of laugh-out-loud images to demonstrate his every point. As children try out a series of imaginative exercises, they’ll learn why exaggeration adds humor, why simplifying details makes a character “cartoony,” and why doing the opposite of what’s expected can be so effective, and why having animals do “human” things is so amusing. Best of all, there really are no hard and fast rules—so budding cartoonists can have fun getting creative.

You don?t have to be a great artist to be a good cartoonist. Because cartoons are based in humor, not art; the secret to their success is to think funny. In this handy guide, you?ll find detailed instructions for creating cartoon people and animals. With a little practice you?ll be drawing adults and children, creatures, and more. ?A fun, funny, instruction book for all ages.??Copley News Service.

You don’t have to be a great artist to be a good cartoonist. Because cartoons are based in humor, not art; the secret to their success is to think funny. In this handy guide, you’ll find detailed instructions for creating cartoon people and animals. With a little practice you’ll be drawing adults and children, creatures, and more. “A fun, funny, instruction book for all ages.”—Copley News Service.

Pick up a pencil and join in the fun!Cartooning for Kids is the perfect book for kids who love cartoons and comics and want to create their very own. With timeless tricks of the trade and tips for beginners, this book has become a perennial bestseller. A vibrant new cover refreshes this popular staple of the children’s section.With inspiring energy and easy-to-follow steps, Marge Lightfoot presents the basics of sketching people, animals, superheroes, and scenery. Budding cartoonists will have rewarding results as they create characters who run, jump, and zoom across their pages. Whatever children can imagine, this book will guide them toward making the invisible not only visible, but full of movement, color, texture, and emotion.Colorfully illustrated by Lightfoot herself, Cartooning for Kids is sure to motivate young artists to tell stories, develop a sense of artistic expression, and, most of all, have fun!

Pick up a pen and join in the fun! Here's the perfect book for kids who love cartoons and comics and want to create their very own. Professional cartoonist and cartooning teacher Marge Lightfoot presents the basics in this clear and delightfully illustrated how-to book packed with helpful diagrams and hints for the beginner. Inside you will learn how to draw animals and people, how to split your story into several frames, how to create a caption or speech balloon, and much more. You'll find how to make cartoon greeting cards, posters and other wacky creations, too!

You don’t have to be a great artist to be a good cartoonist. Because cartoons are based in humor, not art; the secret to their success is to think funny. In this handy guide, you’ll find detailed instructions for creating cartoon people and animals. With a little practice you’ll be drawing adults and children, creatures, and more. “A fun, funny, instruction book for all ages.”—Copley News Service.