Full of inspirational artwork, instruction and plenty of white space reserved for the artist-to-be, the book comes with an artist-quality sketch pen and two watercolour pencils.

    Valuable tips on drawing styles and techniques make these best-sellers favorites with both aspiring artists and kids who just want to have fun.

    Nick Meglin, former art instructor at the School of Visual Arts NYC and former editor of MAD Magazine knows all about art...and how to have fun! He shows you how to stop trying so hard and how to find the joy and satisfaction in the simple act of drawing. There are no tricks, no secrets, no special materials to buy, only an unbridled enthusiasm for the creative possibilities within each one of us. Nick, along with daughter Diane, provides ideas and guidance to get you started on an amazing journey of self-discovery and artistic enjoyment.In fourteen fun and freeing exercises, you'll see how easy it is to make drawing a part of your daily activity. With sketchbook in hand you'll discover how to be more focused on life around you, and how that life can feed your art. You'll learn how to:find great subjects, no matter where you aretake risks in every drawinglet your unconscious emerge and stop the inner criticdraw "attitude not the anatomy, gesture not the detail"develop your unique styleDrawings by 50 contributors (old masters and contemporary artists) celebrate the diversity and beauty of expressions created with only pen or pencil on paper. It's all about what you bring from within. As you draw, you respond to what you see, and feel, and think about your subject. It's this inner conversation that gives voice to your drawings. And your artist within!

    Spin the extraordinary "Wheel of Features" on the front cover to create an endless parade of faces as you mix and match noses, eyes, and mouths. Puzzle through fun-filled drawing games and doodle tricks, including make-your-own jigsaw, connect-the-dots, find the difference, fold-a-face, fly Skip's ship, riddle doodles, and many, many more!

    Every type of pen, brush, ink, drawing surface and technique is described.

    The book revisits process art in terms of the artists who defined the movement, and suggests a transitional moment when many of its practitioners anticipated the postminimalist art of the 1970s. The book, which accompanies an exhibition, contains an essay by the author on the historical ambiguity surrounding processa art and one by Pamela M. Lee on temporality in the work of the late 1960s. The text features such artists as William Anastasi, Richard Artschwager, Mel Bochner, Agnes Denes, Nancy Grossman, Robert Grosvenor, Marcia Hafif, and Nancy Holt.

     Simple step-by-step directions, along with many tips and hints, make it easy to learn how to draw. With a little patience, you will soon develop the skills necessary to draw many different kinds of cats and dogs.