Let's Draw Cartoon Characters

An adventurous journey into the amazing and awesome world of cartooning!

From the Series Let's Make Art

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 7
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

Let’s Draw Cartoon Characters provides a comprehensive, colorful, and creative guide for young artists-in-training to creating a wide range of cartoon characters.

Learn the basics of cartooning, including how to exaggerate features, draw silly expressions, and create over-the-top gestures. Featuring a variety of subjects, including people, animals, fantasy creatures, robots, and space aliens, Let’s Draw Cartoon Characters provides the essential techniques for drawing in true cartooning style. Each project starts with a simple shape, such as a circle or an oval, and then builds upon the previous steps toward a finished colored final cartoon drawing. Tons of art tips are sprinkled throughout!

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978-0-7603-8089-5
$24.99
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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 7
Reading Level Grade 3
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Active Nonfiction, Makerspace, Makerspace: Drawing
Copyright 2023
Publisher Quarto Publishing Group USA
Imprint Walter Foster Jr. — Quarto Library
Language English
Number of Pages 64
Publication Date 2023-01-01
Text Type Procedural
BISACS JNF006010, JNF006020, JNF006070
Dewey 744.4
Dimensions 8.5 x 11
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Original artwork, Sidebars, Step-by-step instructions, and Table of contents

Author: Dave Garbot

Dave Garbot is a professional illustrator frequently called upon to create characters for children’s books. He always has a sketchbook with him and gets many of his ideas from the things he observes every day.