Draw-A-Saurus: Everything You Need To Know To Draw Your Favorite Dinosaurs Read Free Books and Download eBooks
This in-depth yet accessible dinosaur drawing guide combines humor, creativity, and the latest dino research to show artists young and old how to breathe life into drawings of their prehistoric favorites. Prehistoric Pencil Power! Even though they lived some 65 million years ago, dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles continue to rule today. From movies to comics and cartoons, these ancient, giant beasts are everywhere you turn. Of course, who wants to just read about or watch these dinos when you can learn how to use pencils, pens, markers, and more to draw your very own? Cartoonist James Silvani combines easy-to-follow art exercises with the latest, greatest dino-facts to help you create fun and cool dinosaur doodles all by yourself. With lessons on old favorites like T-rex and stegosaurus, as well as lesser-known (but still awesome) creatures like the massive argentinosaurus, Draw-a-Saurus has everything the dinosaur fan could ever ask for (outside of their very own pet dino!).
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Watson-Guptill (September 9, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385345801
ISBN-13: 978-0385345804
Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #352,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #57 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Music & Photography > Art > Cartooning #265 in Books > Arts & Photography > Study & Teaching #273 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Music & Photography > Art > Drawing
Age Range: 8 - 11 years
Grade Level: 2 - 5
My Review 5 Fun StarsIf you love dinosaurs, or art then this book is for you! It give step by step instructions on how to not only draw dinosaurs in their natural form but, also in some really cool and cute ways as well. (as seen on the cover)It gives you a great Getting Started section that lists what you need to well get started. Its a great book for those who wish to learn an easy step by step, how to draw.With jokes and more along the way you are sure to have some fun while learning to draw.Go Into This One KnowingFun and Creative."All opinions are 100% honest and my own."
My son loves this book, and it helped him to draw better dinosaurs right away. He was worried it would be too "little kid"-ish for him, but it gives you examples in multiple styles, including cartoonish as well as detailed, so it works for him. I haven't flipped through it much, but it appeared to be a good quality print book.
Draw-A-Saurus #reviewAre your kids into dinosaurs? I have 2 boys that are. They are fascinated by them. The size, the sounds, the fossils. We recently went out to Dinosaur World and it was awesome so when I found this book I knew I had to have it! This book contains everything your kids will need to know to draw their favorite dinosaurs. The colors are bright and the drawings and instructions are clear and easy to understand.Must have for dinosaur fans!150 pages of dinosaurs!About the book (from Random House):This in-depth yet accessible dinosaur drawing guide combines humor, creativity, and the latest dino research to show artists young and old how to breathe life into drawings of their prehistoric favorites.Prehistoric Pencil Power!Even though they lived some 65 million years ago, dinosaurs and other prehistoric reptiles continue to rule today. From movies to comics and cartoons, these ancient, giant beasts are everywhere you turn. Of course, who wants to just read about or watch these dinos when you can learn how to use pencils, pens, markers, and more to draw your very own? Cartoonist James Silvani combines easy-to-follow art exercises with the latest, greatest dino-facts to help you create fun and cool dinosaur doodles all by yourself. With lessons on old favorites like T-rex and stegosaurus, as well as lesser-known (but still awesome) creatures like the massive argentinosaurus, Draw-a-Saurus has everything the dinosaur fan could ever ask for (outside of their very own pet dino!).Comes out September 9 and you can Pre-Order your at Random House and .You can learn more about the author, James Silvani, over on Random House and on his Tumblr.Disclosure: I received this book from Blogging for Books. However, any opinions and thoughts are honest and my own.
I was excited when I got the opportunity to review this book. In my daughters and son's school, the second grade class spends the year doing projects and research on dinosaurs. Since Rebecca is in 2nd grade this year and she loves art, I thought this would be the perfect book for her. Before it arrived, Rebecca was assigned the pterodactyl as her dinosaur for the year. When Draw-A-Saurus arrived, I surprised her with it and she immediately got paper and set out to draw some dinosaurs. She LOVED the book.I loved that the dinosaurs are shown step by step and there are a wide variety of dinosaurs shown in the book. I love that Mr. Silvani includes useful facts about the dinosaurs that both children and adults can find interesting. Among the chapters, Silvani shows how to draw theropods including the T-rex, sauropods including the apatosaurus, armored dinosaurs including the triceratops, ornithopods including the iguanodon, and other prehistoric creatures including flying reptiles. I love that Mr. Silvani shows how to draw them realistically, but also encourages the kids or whomever is drawing them to make the pictures their own even if they are not then realistic.Rebecca has spent hours drawing dinosaurs since we received this book. It is definitely a keeper in our house and a must have for anyone who likes dinos!
Really great book! The instructions are easy to follow, and the illustrations are great - even with some humor! I bought this for my 7 year-old's birthday, and he was so excited because he loves dinosaurs! He's only been able to draw stick figure dinosaurs, so this will help him develop his love for drawing!
This book will help you draw all of the prehistoric reptiles you could ever want. It starts you at the beginning with gathering your supplies and leads you all the way through to the very end with composing your backgrounds and adding fine details to your drawing. The dinosaurs are split into logical groups and basic instruction is provided for each type of dinosaur along with variations. Where it is possible Silvani has included a current animal to use as a reference, even if that reference only applies to skin texture or joint shape.This book is liberally peppered with interesting facts about dinosaurs and lots of humor. Silvani does absolutely nothing to curb the artistic tangents you might find yourself on while drawing dinosaurs. Dinosaurs with the coloring of cows? Dinosaurs doing the hokey pokey? Dinosaurs skipping through fields picking blueberries? Dinosaurs in spaaaaaaaaace? Do what you want to do with your dinosaurs, Silvani is just here to help you make them look good!I may be slightly biased in my assessment of this book because his work was a big part of my childhood. However, I think this book is excellent! I wish this book had been available when I was in first grade and utterly obsessed with dinosaurs, my drawings could definitely have used the help! I can't wait for my second grader to get home from school to see his reaction to this book, he is going to love it! If you want to learn to draw dinosaurs or if you have a child that wants to learn to draw dinosaurs this book is one you should definitely get!I received this book for free from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.
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