. . . You can order them down below.
These pictures to draw came from these Dover books. . . .
. . . You can order them down below.
I started drawing when I was a little boy. I drew my dog. His name was Duke. He was a puppy then. He was a Dalmatian. He was white with black spots.
I liked drawing a lot.
I had my favorite kinds of pencils, with good erasers. It's very frustrating to have a bad eraser on your pencil -- it smudges everything and rips the paper!
I had a set of colored pencils. I had a plastic drawing tool, too. It had a ruler and a protractor and lots of little circles. That helped a lot.
I drew airplanes. I drew a lot of airplanes. And I drew rockets, too.
Mostly, I liked drawing the airplanes that had a lot of colors. But sometimes I drew shiny silver airplanes. For a while, I colored them with a silver pencil I had then. But then I realized I could use my sky-blue pencil, and it looked even more silvery than silver! Colors can trick you like that, sometimes!And I copied pictures from comic books. My favorite comic back then was Sgt. Rock. It was a comic book about an American soldier in World War 2. By copying other artists, I learned a lot about how to draw.
When I was about 13 years old, I drew cartoons for the school newspaper and to make my pals laugh. I tried to draw like Don Martin, who was my favorite cartoonist. He drew cartoons for MAD magazine.
Now, I am an adult, but I still love drawing just as much. Now mostly I draw people. I use all kinds of pencils. Some are just regular lead pencils. And some are colored pencils. They come in all kinds of colors -- every color I can think of!
I use pastels, too. Pastels are like chalk, but softer. I like pastels a lot, but the dust gets everywhere! Sometimes, it makes me sneeze!!
I used pastels to draw this horse.
I never drew a horse before. So I copied this from a very old painting by a man named Stubbs, who painted horses very well.And I use watercolor paints, too. But I have to be careful not to spill the water!
I tried some oil paints this year, to paint some waves. Boy, are they messy! But they make really good water. The waves in my painting shine just like real water!
I live in Maine now. It has many boats. It has a lot of water too! And pretty mountains.
But you can draw no matter where you are! All you need is some paper, and a pencil or pen. And you can draw anything you see! Isn't that great?!
This fun maze came from this Dover book. . . .
This fun maze came from this Dover book. . . .
