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You Can Draw Cartoony Things!

A Creative Drawing Book for Everyone

You Can Draw Cartoony Things! is a humor-inspiring drawing tool in a printable e-book format for parents, teachers, home-schooler’s, kids (& kids at heart!), art workshop facilitators, creativity workshop leaders, aspiring humorists and budding comic artists!

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You Can Draw Cartoony Things!
A Printable Creative Drawing Book for Everyone! (34 pages)
Copyright © 2008 by Chris Dunmire
ISBN 978-0-984-3058-3-4
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15 Easy Reprintable Drawing Lessons
13 Nit Witty Humor-Inspiring Comics
Tips for Developing Your Own Creative Comic Style
Bonus Online Cartooning Resources

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"These simple kooky Nit Wits are an incredible kick-start to getting me into gear with my creative cartoon self. The drawing exercises are such a fun creative warm up, stretching and flexing my silly muscles and focusing my spatial drawing abilities, launching me off on my own cartoon spree. I love them." — Lilly Fluger, Lillyarts.com

Easy & Fun Playful Cartoony Lessons for Kids, Doodlers, Budding Artists & Aspiring Humorists!

By Chris Dunmire, Author

You Can Draw Cartoony Things! A Printable Creative Drawing Book for Everyone! (34 pages) Copyright © 2008 by Chris Dunmire ISBN 978-0-984-3058-3-4 e-Book Price: $5.99 Instant download now through PayPal Free Sample Lessons Download and print free humor-inspiring Nit Wits comics and sample drawing lessons below: Free Lesson 1: Hand Mirror Nit Wits #5 ("Mirror Image") was my first attempt at mirroring an image from a looking glass point of view. It wasn't just a simple matter of flipping my artwork — I had to draw a front and back version of a mirror and then position it correctly, perspectively speaking. Oh, and then there was the matter of the "human length" mirror narrowing towards the bottom that made getting the 'bleeding off' reflective viewpoint correct. Drawing a hand-held mirror (that's not looking at itself) is a simple task. Try drawing your own mirror by following my step-by-step drawing lesson #1. Free Lesson 11: Pumpkin Nit Wits #23 ("Pumpkasso") was my simple rendering of the popular orange gourd known as the pumpkin. When you look at objects in nature in their most basic forms, it's easy to capture their essence without adding too much detail. In the case of a pumpkin, you have your circular body, a stem, and the vertical lines that give it character. Of course, you can challenge yourself further by creating a face on your pumpkin ala Halloween-style. But remember, these days a simple Jack-O-Lantern carving is child's play. Draw your own pumpkin by following my step-by-step drawing lesson #11. Drawing Tip: Improvise with your own version of a circle: pumpkins are distinct by their imperfections and varied round-shapes (tall and narrow, short and squat) and sizes. Free Lesson 13: Chicken Hen Nit Wits #34 ("Chicken Eggo") was a lesson to me NOT to be too chicken with using free-flowing contour lines. While it's tempting to use rigid squares, circles, and triangles when first learning how to draw cartoony things, an artist gains more freedom and confidence going with their own flow intuitively drawing free flowy lines. Chicken Eggo makes contrasty use of rigid shapes, graphic design, typography, and free-flowing contour lines (the chicken), which results in an interesting scheme of events. Try your own hand at drawing free-flowing contour lines by loosely fowlowing my Chicken Drawing Lesson #13.

The lessons in this creative playbook (not workbook!) are taken right from my own cartoony journey that helped me produce my first Nit Wits comics. And my background as a graphic artist with the understanding of the importance of visual, hands-on learning has allowed me to design You Can Draw Cartoony Things! with the beginner in mind. Combine this with my training as a creativity coach, my passion for teaching, and my enthusiasm for encouraging creative exploration, expression, and play in people of all ages, and you’ll know why this playbook makes a super supportive teaching tool for all budding comic artists and dabbly doodlers seeking encouragement and motivation to begin exploring their own cartoony ideas and sense of humor.

Each cartoony lessons features:

• Printable stand-alone pages that can be printed (and re-printed) multiple times to practice “fresh” and new each time — perfect for classroom handouts.

• An original Nit Wits comic showing the humor and witty word play context of the cartoony object featured in the drawing lesson.

• An easy-to-follow step-by-step lesson of a cartoony thing (object or character) with only 3-4 simple steps to complete.

• Blank drawing space on each lesson page for you or your students to practice your cartoony skills right alongside of mine.

You Can Draw Cartoony Things! will:

• Teach you (or your students) how to draw simple cartoony characters and objects with 15 easy step-by-step lessons.

• Engage your imagination and play into your sense of humor with 13 of my Nit Wits comics including Roll Play, Tee Time, Antagonize, and Chicken Eggo.

• Inspire your creativity and encourage you to create your own cartoony things in your own artistic style.

• Guide you to other cartooning lessons and free comic art resources on the Web to support your ongoing comic quest.

Let me show you how fun my playbook is: Download one of my free cartoony lessons from the box to the right or from the table of contents below.

Table of Contents:

Introduction | 5

Nit Wits Comic: Mirror Image | 6
Lesson 1: Hand Mirror | 7

Nit Wits Comic: The Irony of Tricks | 8
Lesson 2: Cereal Bowl | 9
Lesson 3: Carrot | 10

Nit Wits Comic: Elepants | 11
Lesson 4: Blue Jeans | 12

Nit Wits Comic: Tee Time | 13
Lesson 5: Golf Tee | 14
Lesson 6: Tea Cup | 15

Nit Wits Comic: Purrassic Park | 16
Lesson 7: Leafy Plant | 17

Nit Wits Comic: Antagonize | 18
Lesson 8: Bandage Strip | 19
Lesson 9: Ant | 20

Nit Wits Comic: Divine Bovine | 21
Lesson 10: Cow Head | 22

Nit Wits Comic: Pumpkasso | 23
Lesson 11: Pumpkin | 24

Nit Wits Comic: Sham Rock | 25
Lesson 12: Shamrock | 26

Nit Wits Comic: Chicken Eggo | 27
Lesson 13: Chicken Hen | 28

Nit Wits Comic: Sale Boat | 29
Lesson 14: Sailboat | 30

Nit Wits Comic: Frosted Flakes | 31
Lesson 15: Snowman | 32

Developing Your Own Cartoony Style | 33
Printable Cartoony Websources | 34

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