Drawing

C has been drawing a lot lately. Last Friday, he started drawing just after 3:00 and only stopped to eat and sleep. He has a few sketchbooks that he likes to draw in, but he also has a pretty cool coloring/drawing book that he really enjoys. What kind of blogger would I be if I didn't tell you about this cool book?


The book is titled, Scribbles: A Really Giant Drawing and Coloring Book by Taro Gomi. The difference between this book and a typical coloring book is that the pictures on the pages are just the beginning. They are designed to spur creative thinking. One page has a drawing of a tree and instructs the artist to fill it with leaves. There are pages with shapes drawn on them, and the artist is supposed to create something out of the shapes. The book has over 300 pages, so I could go on and on with these examples. C loves this book. He has filled more than half of the pages with his art.

(The directions on this page instruct the artist to draw fireworks.)

If you have a child that is always asking you what he or she should draw, this book will solve that problem. The only problem with this book is that a pre-reader will have to ask you what he or she is supposed to do on each page. This doesn't bother me, but if you want your child to be entertained while you are busy, this may not be the right book.