Illustration School Let's Draw Plants and Small Creatures

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From the Publisher To the Reader... They say that “learning begins by “imitating,” so I have filled this book with a lot of illustrations that you can draw by copying. Take your time, look at each illustration one by one, then choose one you like and try tracing or drawing one yourself. Your drawing doesn’t have to turn out just like the example, so don’t worry if it doesn’t turn out exactly the same. Think about how you would draw the picture and arrange its parts any which way you choose! The trick to enjoying illustration is showing your work to other people. “Don’t you think this is cute?” “This is really funny-looking, isn’t it?” Ask your family and friends these questions when you show them your drawings. If even a little bit of what you wanted to express gets across to them each time you show them a drawing, there is no doubt that illustrating will become more and more fun. How to Enjoy This Book... Choose One Look for your favorite character. Ask your friends and family what characters they like. Imitate It Look at the page on the left and use the guide to casually trace what you see. Modify It Try changing the expression of your drawing. You can make different poses, or add different colors. Show It Show your friends and family the pages you have doodled on, or the notebooks and memo pads you have drawn on. Learning some basic skills helps make drawing easy. But, remember, the basics are nothing more than a fundamental starting point. Draw larger shapes first Draw the head before you draw the eyes or the nose, draw the body before you draw the hands, feet, or other patterns. Try to get a idea of the overall shape before you add the fine details. Draw from top to bottom, right to left Pick up your pen or pencil and try waving it around. Can you feel how natural it is to move it from top to bottom or right to left? (Or left to right, if you are left-handed!) Draw the head before you draw the body When you draw the head, you can get a feel for your character’s personality and what it is probably thinking at the time. This makes it easier for you to decide how to draw the rest of the body. Sometimes the basics described in steps 1, 2, and 3 will seem to contradict each other, and you may have a hard time deciding where to start. If that is the case, just start wherever you want. Apply different pressures to the tip of your pen Press hard when you draw the solid parts and lightly when you draw the soft parts. You can draw a lot of different lines with the same pen just by applying different amounts of pressure. The salt-pickled leaves that are used for cherry blossom rice cakes are from the oshima cherry trees. Draw a trunk that has a strong undulating curve to it. Draw curved arc–shaped branches and the whole outline of the blossoms on the tree. Add the blossoms, buds, and sideways lines on the trunk.

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