How to Draw 101 Funny People [Paperback]

Dan Green (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: How to Draw

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Illustrator: Dan Green
Publisher:Top That Pub Plc
Published Date:06/01/2004
Format:Paperback
ISBN:1842297392
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Top That Pub Plc (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1842297392
• ISBN-13: 978-1842297391
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #6 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Arts & Music > Art > Drawing
  • #7 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Crafts & Music > Art > Drawing

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Dan Green spent his first four years in Africa, until his family swapped the African sun for Welsh rain. He grew up an English-American hybrid in the heart of Wales and then went to Cambridge University to study geology. After college, he shipped out to Italy to chase a dream of rock 'n' roll stardom, wound up in Venezuela, where he became editor of the English language newspaper and survived a coup d'etat and most recently rode his motorbike across Europe to Morocco. Dan is the "voice of Basher" - the best-selling children's science series created by the graphic artist Basher (basherbooks.com/usa/home.html). He has also written humor books, comic strips for Horrible Histories and Horrible Science, and is the author of the Footprint Venezuela Handbook.

Visit his website and find out what he is up to:
www.dangreenbooks.com

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make sure you buy all three!, February 27, 2009

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G. Perez "Always having fun!" (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Draw 101 Funny People (Paperback)

I've been looking for a way to get my kids interested in drawing, I ordered the books (101 Monsters, 101 Funny People & 101 Animals) and pretended like I bought them for myself, my 6 year old son saw me drawing and asked what I was doing "oh, just learning to draw monsters" he called up his older brother and they asked me if they could try, "sure" they took the book and spent hours drawing that day.

I gave them one book each week to keep their interested, I started asking them to make their own stories using the books, they usually use all three to make a story.

This was really a great buy!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars lots of fun; step by step guide to making simple outline drawings of funny people, March 21, 2009

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Carol C. "ccjello" (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Draw 101 Funny People (Paperback)

The good: This is a fun drawing guide for kids (and adults, too) that shows, step-by-step, how to make simple, stylized outline drawings of 101 funny people, everything from artist to waiter, baby to granddad, burglar to sheriff. Several of these drawing books have kept the preschooler and teenager in our household entertained for hours; this one is a little challenging for the five-year old but still fun.

The details: For the most part, two funny people are featured per page. For each character, there are six frames showing how to make a simple outline drawing. The first frame shows the basic outline of the animal, of the head or hair; additional detail is added in each frame, and the sixth frame shows the completed drawing. For several of the characters, there are only four frames in the guide.

There is a wide variety of characters featured, including:

athletes (surfer, high jumper, weightlifter, skateboarder, tennis player, and all of the basics -- football, baseball, etc.)

musicians (conductor, African musician, opera singer)

health care professionals (doctor, nurse, dentist)

service professionals (mechanic, builder, teacher, baker, fireman . . . )

other professions (actor, cowboy, Flamenco dancer, judge, fisherman, scientist . . . )

historical figures (king, queen, pharoah, Greek scholar, Greek soldier, Roman emperor, Victorian lady . . . )

different nationalities (Arab, Chinese lady -- though she looks like a Japanese geisha to me -- , Eskimo)

The drawbacks: The characters appear in the book in random order -- the clown is next to the pharaoh, the chef and elf share a page. Organizing the characters alphabetically or in some other meaningful manner would be useful. You will have to flip through the entire book to find out whether what you're looking for is in the book and if so, where. And the book doesn't lie flat, so you have to put a weight on it to keep it open.

The recommendation: This book won't turn you into a nuanced artist, but it will help you make some cute drawings and fun doodles; this and a pack of markers should provide hours of fun for most kids. Highly recommended. It's best suited for age seven or so and up -- The drawings are a little more detailed and challenging than those featured in How to Draw 101 Animals, which is also highly recommended.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Art Class, September 17, 2007

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J. Evans "jen art diva" (Chandler, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Draw 101 Funny People (Paperback)

I use this whole series in my Art Class to Elementary children. They love this extra activity. It builds their confidence that they can draw identifible things. They even take multiple instructions and create a whole picture. I ripped the book apart and laminated the pages into easy to use cards. Works great!