The Drawing Lesson A Graphic Novel That Teaches You How to Draw [Paperback]

Read This Comic and Start Drawing Today! Nominated for a 2017 Eisner Award

For the first time ever, drawing instructor and graphic novelist Mark Crilley brings his easy-to-follow artistic instruction to aspiring artists in the form of a comic book, providing you with a one-of-a-kind how-to experience. InThe Drawing Lesson, you’ll meet David—a young boy who wants nothing more than to learn how to draw. Luckily for David, he’s just met Becky—his helpful drawing mentor. Page by page, Becky teaches David (and you!) about the essential fundamentals that artists need in order to master drawing, all in a unique visual format. In panel after panel, Crilley provides lessons on shading, negative space, creating compositions, and more, with accompanying exercises that you can try for yourself. Are you ready to start your drawing lesson today?Chapter 1: The Meeting
Chapter 2: Drawing What You See
Chapter 3: Shading
Chapter 4: Beginning with a Loose Sketch
Chapter 5: Understanding Light and Shadow
Chapter 6: Using Negative Space
Chapter 7: Checking Proportions
Chapter 8: Simplifying Things
Chapter 9: Creating a Composition
Chapter 10: Bringing it All Together
Chapter 11: Moving On
Epilogue2017 Eisner Award Nominee

2017-2018 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award List

2019 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee

[H]eartfelt and quite moving...An artful balance of character and technique, of observed human moments and carefully pitched instruction, that will appeal to students with artistic aspirations. Gr 4 + Up
—School Library Journal

Engaging...A pleasant diversion for a long summer afternoon,The Drawing Lessonis likely to result in lots of ambitious sketching among readers ages 7 to 14.
—Wall Street Journal

The narrative is often funny and unexpectedly poignant, while the tutorials are ls,