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4-6Edge Books: Drawing Mash-Ups series.
Illustrated by
Alan Brown.
Learn how to draw animals (cat, tortoise) and legendary monsters (minotaur, werewolf) that assume human or machine characteristics (gymnast cat, bread-baking werewolf). These how-to books include step-by-step instructional sketches for thirteen "mash-ups" each that progress from sketched shapes to detailed colored pictures. An introduction encourages creativity and experimentation and offers suggestions about different media to use including pastels or chalk. Reading list. Review covers these Edge Books: Drawing Mash-Ups titles: Draw Amazing Animal Mash-Ups and Draw Scary Monster Mash-Ups.