Anders Hanson – Cool Drawing (The art of creativity For Kids!)

This book is a fun and informative for kids who love to make art. It is a great introduction to fine art and fine art materials. Its organized with a table of contents which includes material on tools of the trade, basic elements, composition, techniques, a glossary, and an index. The book also includes sample projects to try when learning to draw. Many of the projects, materials, and vocabulary in this children’s book is what is already part of the early high school art 1 curriculum. The way this book is written makes it easy for late grammar school children and middle schoolers to read and understand well. I like the idea of introducing these concepts early on in a child’s development of art knowledge so the focus in high school doesn’t have to be so new. This is a great tool to have in the art classrooms of schools all around the country. Students can also take notes from this book and keep these examples in their sketchbooks. This handy book could be the ultimate handout idea for intro classes to art. I personally would have loved to have access to books such as this one when I was a child who was curious to learn more about art and its amazing possibilities. What better point to start at than drawing.