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Illustration School: Let's Draw Happy People

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I suppose this book is meant to be for children, but I am an adult who loves to doodle little people, and I think it's a lot of fun. It's a very playful book, with funny song lyrics you can sing while you're drawing. There are costumes and outfits for people around the world, and clothes and props that pertain to certain professions. The author's drawing style is super-cute and very Japanese.

This is not a drawing book in the sense that you will learn how to make realistic-looking drawings; it's a cartooning book that teaches you how to make simple drawings that evoke stories. I think it is appropriate for ages 7 and older. My only complaint is that the book doesn't stay open by itself while you're drawing because it's too small and stiff; I have to use binder clips attached to a clipboard to be able to copy from it.

I also recommend Umoto's other drawing books.

I saw this at Jo-Ann Fabrics and flipped through it. My 10 year old daughter was with me and fell in love with it. I brought it home and my 15-year-old daughter wanted to try it immediately too. The illustrations are just darling. Very simple and not requiring a ton of skill. But even a good artist would find some inspiration.

The instructions are minimal, but because these characters are not tremendously detailed, it's fine.

The people in this book are really adorable; cute, but not cutesy. The babies are too sweet.

This book will be an excellent thing to have around during the hot summer days when everybody is bored (including me).

Sachiko Umoto's drawing style is simple and easy to follow. This book features many short step-by-step animal drawing demonstrations that will allow artists of all skills levels to create their own recognizable animals from their first try with economy of lines and a distinct Japanese feel to them. Very useful and fun drawing book that belongs in the reference library of any budding artist. This is the second time I purchase this book for my own library, for my first copy "mysteriously" disappeared this past summer during one of my drawing art camps. Even medium and advance level artists might benefit from trying out Umoto's abstraction process that so effectively reduces complex subjects to attractive and easy-to-recognize symbols with the fewest lines possible.