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Draw 50 Boats, Ships, Trucks, and Trains: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Submarines, Sailboats, Dump Trucks, Locomotives, and Much More

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At 38, I was convinced that I could never learn to draw. However, I found this book on the shelf of the local bookstore and decided to give it a try. What was there to lose? Only my conviction that I could never learn to draw, as it turns out! While I still cannot claim real skill at drawing without following the steps, at least I can now produce a reasonable reproduction of what I see on the pages of an Ames book. It's great fun and I'd encourage anyone who was ever told that perhaps drawing wasn't for them to pick up this (or any other Ames drawing book) and prepare for a most pleasant surprise!

Another educational Lee J. Ames book. Line by curve, andstepby step the reader is drawn into the world of vehicle drawing.Anyone will find it easy to follow the sequential pictures and draw all sorts of fascinating models. I used this book some time ago and even though I don't remember the name of a single model and the book is long lost, I have continued to be artistic. Lee J. Ames helps the reader in the same way that studying with one of the Old Masters would help an art student. By emulating the style of an excellent teacher, the student can excel. This book is an easy first step in the wonderful world of art.

My almost three-year-old child Devon loves this book. Obviously the drawings are too complicated for him. Heck, some of them are too complicated for me, but I attempt them anyway. Devon is into trucks and cars and my gal Sara and I lived on a sailboat for several years, so he's into boats as well, has to be, because we still talk about when we lived on the ocean, still dream about going back someday.

Anyway, we've spent many hours, Devon and me, with this book. He patiently sits by my side, holding crayons, as I draw the pictures (the Jeep is his favorite as he's into army men too). After I finish the outline, he hands me the colors he wants the truck, train or boat to be. His color combos are very interesting, baby blue boats, pink trains, but the Jeep is always Army green. He's got that one down. The good ones, the drawings he likes best and maybe the ones he's scribbled on least, often wind up on the refrigerator door for a few days, only to be replaced by new ones.

Simply put, this is a handy book if you want to learn how to draw a bit and if you have a child, you can really put it to good use. In fact, I hear Devon waking from his nap, so I'll be drawing that Jeep pretty soon.

I bought this as a birthday gift for an artistic young boy. To hear how excited he was once he opened it, well, that's worth five stars and every penny spent!

This is my first drawing book. It was so fast and simple to start drawing the ships I was really impressed. The step by step patterns make it easy to get the feel for it. After practice, my creativity and imagination was finally able to express itself. I can't wait to share these drawing books with my twin boys!