How to Draw Princesses and Ballerinas (Usborne Activities)

By Fiona Watt

Book Overview

An easy introduction of how to draw princesses and ballerinas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0794509568
• ISBN13: 9780794509569
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.3" x 0.3" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Great for the girly girl

My 8 year old daughter loves this book. The drawing style is easy to mimic, fun, and informative. Children can use a variety of art supplies you probably already have, such as crayons, markers, colored pencils, watercolors, acrylic or tempera paints, or any combination to create artwork. Children are encouraged to mix and match ideas shown within the book and to venture out on their own to create princesses and ballerinas that are uniquely theirs.

very cute

This book is VERY cute, just as the cover conveys. There are lots of good ideas for a young girl wanting to draw ballerinas and princesses. The stickers are a nice added plus. My daughter who is 6 is enjoying it. I think girls 4-8 would enjoy it.

Great for Girls Who Love To Draw Princessy Things!

My 8 year old daughter LOVES this book. She immediately started following the directions for drawing "Princesses in Gowns" and had instant success. The step-by-step is not bogged down with extra explanations that might be of great interest to older children, but would just be taking up space for kids who want to dive in and draw. There are plenty of variations on each drawing to give kids the idea of improvising on the basics, both in the poses of the figures and in the embellishment on clothing, hair, etc. My daughter considered a few of the author's variations for gown embellishment, then pulled out one of her K.Y. Craft books for more ideas, because, as she put it, she had finally drawn a princess with a gown that was good for decorating. There is a whole page of hairstyle ideas, all kinds of inspiration! Great springboard for creativity! There are also paper-cutting activities, stickers, hints to help when using other media (paints, felt tip pens, etc.), and everything is kept to such a simple level that even a child who thinks she can't draw or has been repeatedly told in school that she is not good at art can look at these with confidence, try them out, and get wonderfully rewarding results! My daughter loved to draw until she went to public school. These books have let her have back her love of drawing. I have tried the Ed Emberly books (good, cute, just not very girlish), the Draw Write Now program, and a long list of others. I have been trying everything for the past few years to help this child overcome the feedback she received from teachers ("too slow, never finishes anything, not using the right colors, not using enough colors, poor handwriting, poor drawing, uses stick figures," etc.) beginning in kindergarten and continuing up to the present. She loved drawing and wrote little stories almost daily before entering kindergarten... then it all ground to a halt when she started hearing that she had to hurry up and that she wasn't very good at it. This book gave her back her love of drawing. I have already ordered more by this author and will continue to buy books written by Fiona Watts. They are very good for my little girl's soul.

Great for Little People Artists

We purchased for our daughter's 8th birthday. She loved the previous drawing books we had bought and this brought just as much enjoyment. The directions are easy to follow and produce great results.

excellent for very young children

This book is excellent. I highly recommend it for as young as 3 and 4 year olds. My daughter's skilled have dramatically improved from this easy to follow book. Excellent.