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Synopsis
You can draw a face, two flowers, a duck, or a ram. Start with a finger-, thumb-, hand-, or fist print, then follow the colored pencil -- step by step. It's easy!
Kristin Harris - Children's Literature
Kids love to draw. Just the act of drawing is satisfying to young children. As they get older and their motor skills develop, so does their interest in perfecting their drawing skills. The "Drawing is Easy" series is a very clever approach that uses templates or other device to help kids develop those abilities. In this case a template is not traced, but a fingerprint is made on the paper. Four steps are illustrated for drawing each one of the ten creatures/objects in each volume. The format is simple and easy to follow. The page with the instructions is divided into quadrants with the fingerprint highlighted in the center of the page. The four-step illustrations show the fingerprint as the starting point for the drawing. Lines are added to the fingerprint to create the drawing. A few lines and dots are added to a thumbprint to turn it into a spider, bee fly or mosquito. Two horizontal thumbprints and a few lines become a frog, pig or bird. A finger and a thumbprint together are a boy running or a juggler. Many fingerprints become a garden with two flowers. An entire handprint becomes a duck or giraffe. It would be important to use only nontoxic paints for this artwork. The final drawings are loose and interpretive, encouraging exploration and experimentation. 2003, Gareth Stevens Publishing, Ages 4 to 10.