The Girl (age 10) is always taking how-to-draw books out of the school and county libraries. She absolutely loves writing and drawing, and she spends a lot of her time these days illustrating her own short stories or working on a series of comics about Bob the Penguin. When I was contacted about reviewing Dragonart Evolution by J “NeonDragon” Peffer, I knew The Girl would kill me if I said no!
As soon as we received the book, she started drawing. I thought I was going to have to pry the book out of her hands so I could write the review! After flipping through Dragonart Evolution, I can see why she likes it so much.
Peffer provides more than 60 dragon demonstrations with step-by-step instructions. There are instructions to create full medieval, fairy, and sea dragons, but what I like best about Dragonart Evolution is that you can create your own dragons as well. Peffer begins with the five basic shapes that must be mastered to draw anything, along with discussions about shading, 3-D effects, and the use of color and patterns. The full color drawings that accompany each demonstration are awesome.
There are demonstrations for different types of eyes, jaws, ears, horns, wings, scales, limbs, bridles and saddles, head shapes, and expressions. With all of the possibilities, children and adults alike could spend hours and hours sketching. The Girl’s imagination ran wild, and in no time at all, she finished the drawing to the right.
Although many of the drawings in Dragonart Evolution are quite detailed, you don’t have to be an expert artist to have fun with the book. I might even give it a try myself, but since I’ve barely moved beyond stick figures, I have no plans to give up my day job.
Disclosure: We received a copy of Dragonart Evolution from Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc. for review purposes. I am an Amazon associate.
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Her drawings have grown significantly…who knows…maybe she can be a graphic artist and make the big bucks. Sounds like a book I would have had fun with as a kid.
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My son is obsessed with drawing right now and my daughter joined the art club at school. Looks like this book would fit right into our book collection. Thanks for the review!
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My daughter would love this one too. She’s working on a dragon drawing in her art class right now. I think it’s going to take her a couple of months to finish.
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What a fantastic drawing! I love that The Girl is writing and illustrating her own stories. Vance loved drawing books too, so I’m sure he would have loved this book.
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I love dragons, and I would sure like to know how to draw them too :=) Though I am horrible at it
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Not really my type of book but I just had to pop in and say that The Girl’s drawing is fabulous!
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The Girl sounds very creative. Lovely drawing!
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I love the drawing! It is very detailed and colorful. Terrific review! 🙂
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Yep, I’m most definitely going to be adding this to my school collection! My school kids would love it I’m sure!
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Sounds like a cool book, and The Girl’s drawing is awesome!
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Thanks, everyone! The Girl was nervous about me posting her artwork, but you’ve all made her feel better about it. 😉
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