Books to Help You Draw and Paint
I absolutely love to draw, even though I’m not that talented. Practice makes perfect though, right? Some people prefer to try custom paint by number, but everyone has a fix. Practice may help, but so do these books that give you step-by-step instruction. The first one that I received is Ten-Step Drawing: Flowers by Mary Woodin. You don’t need a bunch of materials to get started, all you need is a pencil and paper. The book does the rest! The second book is Playful Painting: People by Sarah Walsh. I am terrible at drawing people, but this helps you so much.
Ten-Step Drawing: Flowers
This is one of my favorite books! It teaches you how to draw 75 different flowers, and I’m here to tell you it makes it so easy. I included one of the pictures that I drew, but be gentle. Like I said, I’m certainly no artist. It’s like this book is holding your hand through the steps. They start you out with only a couple of things to draw, but before you know it, you have already drawn a set of flowers. I was so excited and proud of myself. It was fun! This would make such a great gift for anyone.
Playful Painting: People
This book teaches you to draw people (obviously), but not in a photographic way. The instructions are geared toward a whimsical look, rather than a portrait. I don’t have paints right now, so I just used my pencil to draw some of the people. This I still have problems with. I have tried and tried! I think this book is more for people that already have some talent for drawing, but this is just my opinion. Maybe I just can’t get past drawing the darn face! I do love how cute and fun they make the people look, though.
Whether you are talented or not, I do believe you would enjoy both of these books. Like I said earlier, practice does make perfect. The steps that these books take you through are so easy, it almost surprised me how well I did. I didn’t even know I could do what I did. Now it is your turn to try!
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