Top 26 Best How To Draw Books For Kids Review 2022

A child’s first instinct is to pick up a pencil and begin drawing. As new technology becomes more accessible to families and children, it opens new opportunities to teach important creative skills. Drawing is one of these essential skills. Do you want to learn how to draw books for kids? Penn Book has the perfect guide for you. Continue reading.

Top Best How to Draw Books for Kids

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Ed Emberley’s Drawing Book of Animals by Ed Emberley

A few years back, my sister-in-law gave us several Ed Emberley drawing books as Christmas gifts. They have been a staple in our home ever since. These books have step-by-step instructions that make it easy to draw fun animals, faces, or monsters. He has books for every type of drawing! Ed Emberley’s Complete Fun print Drawing Book is also a favorite, where you can make art from your thumbprints and create animals.

Adventures in Cartooning: How to Turn Your Doodles Into Comics by James Sturm and Andrew Arnold

This book was published right after it was released. I have never seen it again. It’s a mix of a comic and a drawing book. The story begins with a princess who wants a comic but doesn’t know-how. A magical elf saves her, teaching her how to draw. These drawing books include a Christmas edition.

Cats and Kittens Drawing and Activity Book

Next was the Cats and Kittens Drawing and Activity Book. This book is a guide to drawing and includes activities such as word search, codebreaker, spot-the-difference, and mazes. The bulk of the content is made up of guides for drawing different cat species.

Learn to Draw Marvel Avengers

The first of two franchise-based how-to-draw books are next. Learn to Draw Marvel Avengers does exactly what the title implies. It provides instructions for drawing eight Marvel characters, including the original MCU Avengers cast of Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, and Thor. You will also find some recent additions to MCU, such as Ant-Man, Black Panther, and Captain Marvel.

Oodles of Doodles: Over 200 Pictures to Complete and Create by Nikalas Catlow

A blank sheet of paper can make me feel intimidated. It’s the ideal road trip drawing book because it’s fully contained and won’t leave you with 243 pieces of paper.

My First I Can Draw by Thomas Nelson

This step-by-step drawing guide is perfect for your child’s first artist. It contains simple animals made from shapes.

Doodle Adventures 1: The Search for the Slimy Space Slugs! by Mike Lowery

Mike Lowery has created a lot of drawing and activity books for children. This one is a combination of story and drawing book. The reader/artist can draw themselves into the story, then follow the prompts, adding more doodles to the story as it progresses.

Learn to Draw Star Wars Volume 2

Learn to Draw Star Wars Volume 2 was the final franchise-based title in this collection. Despite it being one of my favorite titles, it helped me to draw one of my best images to date. This book is a sequel and contains mainly characters from the sequel trilogy. There are nine characters included, with a mix of humans, robots, and aliens, thanks to Maz Kanata. The Marvel book includes tracing paper for some characters but not all. Others use a mix of step-by-step and grid methods.

Draw 50 Animals: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Elephants, Tigers, Dogs, Fish, Birds, and Many More by Lee J. Ames

The drawing books were extremely popular in my school library, which had 25 copies. They have marine life, plant, building, and vehicle drawings. The step-by-step guidance makes it easy to draw almost anything.

Step-By-Step Drawing Book by Fiona Watt

The Usborne series is similar to the Lee J. Ames series. It has various drawing books for children on different topics, such as dinosaurs, people, and animals. These books are more cartoony than Lee. The J. Ames series is more realistic.

I Can Draw

I Can Draw Farm Fun and I Can Draw Silly Sea Life

I Can Draw Farm Fun and I Can Draw Silly Sea Life were my first books on drawing. These books combined the grid method with the step-by-step approach and were the easiest to follow. Each creature was given a double-page spread that included a step-by-step method, layered on top of a grid on one side. The right-hand page contained a blank grid to practice with and a finished full-color picture at the same scale. Sometimes with additional features such as flowers behind bees or a pond surrounding a frog.

A Kid’s Guide to Drawing Cartoon Animals

For a moment, let’s return to animals. A Kid’s guide to drawing cartoon animals quickly became one of my favorite how-to-draw books. This book has 28 guides for drawing animals. It is one of my favorite books.

Many animals are included, including domestic pets such as dogs and cats, wild animals such as lions or elephants, and sea creatures like sharks or sea otters. Also, creepy critters like a snake, tarantula, and sea creatures like sea otters and sea otters. These friendly faces are realistic and stylized but not too realistic. There are no handbags or sunglasses on them. The back of the book contains various blank animal heads that can be used to practice different expressions.

The Drawing Lesson by Mark Crilley

This graphic novel is a unique combination of a story and some very impressive drawing instructions. David is determined to learn how to draw. Lucky for him, Becky teaches him and the reader all the basics of drawing, along with exercises that your child can do at home.

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How to Draw a Unicorn and Other Cute Animals with Simple Shapes in 5 Step by Lulu Mayo

This drawing book is a new addition to our home. My girls are obsessed with it. The step-by-step instructions are great. You will find scenes to draw animals in and ideas to spice up your drawings on the right. Over the last month, this has kept my three oldest daughters entertained for hours. Every grocery list I have is filled with sloths, unicorns, and owls.

The Action-Packed Book of Adventure Doodles: 187 Fun and Exciting Drawings You Can Finish Yourself by Jon Duggan

This self-contained book is ideal for young artists who want some direction from their drawing books.

Kawaii Doodle Class by Pic Candle, illustrated by Zainab Khan

This book teaches you how to draw cute cartoons. My girls love it, and my oldest even bought a copy from the local bookstore.

The Artist’s Guide to Drawing Animals by J.C. Amberlyn

This book has helped my daughter draw beautiful bunnies and cats. This book is very helpful in teaching pencil techniques that can be used to create textured illustrations.

You Can Draw Manga Chibi Characters, Critters & Scenes and You Can Draw Manga Chibis

My least favorite book of all the how-to-draw books was the last two. Although You Can Draw Manga Chibi Characters. Critters & Scenes. and You Can Draw Manga Chibis. These books help draw manga-style characters and creatures. However, they don’t have the traditional how-to-draw book format. You won’t find any guides here. There aren’t grids, tracing papers, or step-by-step guides. Instead, you will be shown a few basic images of figures and some initial guiding lines.

Art for Kids: Drawing

This guide is easy to use and teaches children how to draw. The guide teaches young artists how to draw lines, scale, and perspective and encourages them to illustrate simple subjects like animals, people, and nature. It was written by Kathyrn Temple, who is an arts educator and has years of experience teaching children. She explains complex concepts in fun yet not the too simple way. Although some teens might follow the instructions on their own, others may need help from an adult.

Monster Magic by LaZOO

The material in this drawing book can be used with dry-erase markers (which are included) to be reused again and again. My daughters have loved adding their art to each of the pages based on the prompts. We also love I Can Do That! Erasable Arts: Super Simple Scribbles and Squiggles by the same publisher.

Doodle Games Activity Book by Joe Rhatigan, illustrations by Anthony Owsley

This book is a great way to have fun with your child. JJ and dad have so far loved The Mutant Game (players create strange mutant animal combinations to draw), Doodle Dare Circles, which allows players to draw as many objects as possible using only circles, and Squiggle Masterpieces, which transforms squiggles into something amazing.

Pick and Draw

This game teaches kids the basics of cartoon faces, making it fun for children and their families. Rich Davis, the illustrator behind Tiny and Kell books, created this activity book. (Read my complete review of this game.

Step by Step Drawing Book

Step by Step Drawing Book by Fiona Watt (Usborne)

This book is a great choice for both little ones and adults. This book is so easy to use; even a little old me can look like an artist.

Drawing Fantasy Creatures by A.J. Sautter

This book is a great read! JJ loves the step-by-step directions. She’s also improved his drawing skills by trying many of the 48 fantasy creatures multiple times. (Her chimera drawing is shown in the above photo.

Drawing Dragons by Sandra Staple

This book will teach you how to draw dragons. This book contains a lot of information, from eyes to expressions to the different types of dragons. Even though my children have not yet tried it, other people have highly recommended it.

The Drawing Lesson: A Graphic Novel That Teaches You How to Draw by Mark Crilley

This graphic novel story will teach young artists the lessons of art. These lessons are interwoven into the story of David, a young boy who asks Becky to teach him drawing lessons. He reluctantly agreed, asking her to draw her watch. This is a lesson in scale, blank space, and the differences between the drawing and the actual watch. He continues to be taught by her (reluctantly) shadowing, loose sketching, and negative space. The Drawing Lesson is a wonderful graphic novel that entertains as well as teaches. This book is perfect for artists and students.

FAQs

How do you draw a book?

The 642 Things To Draw sketchbook is both hip and practical. It will inspire and stimulate the imagination of everyone who picks up a pencil. You’ll find 642 drawing prompts that will inspire you to do some casual sketching while also entertaining your mind.

How can kids make girls?

Girls are more likely to mature faster than boys, so it’s important to be mature for your age. You can quickly make a girl your girlfriend by showing patience, respect, and a little bit of luck.

Are drawing books worth it?

Drawing books can be fun, but do they improve your drawing skills? If used correctly, drawing books can be invaluable resources. Artists should view drawing books not as tools but as tools for improving their skills, rather than as quick wins or finished products.

How many hours a day should you practice drawing?

Slowly increase the drawing time.

You can see improvement by only drawing for 1-2 hours each day. However, if you are looking for significant improvements, you should aim to draw 5-6 hours per day or more.