![]() I had an amazing time using this book – it was so much fun to discover so many methods of creation that I’d never tried before, even as a child. There are some amazing activities to be found nestled in the back of the book, graffiti, drawing from dreams, overlapping, sketching with your eyes closes, combining textures – there is so much to explore. The final chapter is perhaps the most exciting, as it is completely dedicated to creativity. The focus is never on the realistic – but on the process itself. The artist is encouraged to draw using ink and sticks, make marks in the sand, draw on windows and create simple line images.Īs the book progresses, light and dark, dimensions, form, movement and texture are all explored, allowing the artist to rebuild their knowledge of art by beginning with the very basics, and working up. A series of tasks explore making lines through different mediums, focusing on how the simple action feels. Just Draw It! begins with the basics, exploring simple line and mark making, the ‘very heart of drawing itself’. ![]() In writing Just Draw It! the aim was clear – to provide a way of allowing people to reconnect with the simple, unadulterated pleasures of childhood, and learn to enjoy the simple act of making marks on paper. At this point, that which once provided joy and freedom can be lost, and many people go through their adult lives thinking that they cannot draw. This, they suggest, is common in many children, but is often lost as a child gets older and the focus in school shifts towards reproducing the realistic, rather than exploring creativity. They explain that they both loved drawing from a young age – “Both of us spent most of our childhoods bent over a sheet of paper with a pencil in one hand and a glass of lemonade in the other” – and that, for them, time spent with a pencil and paper served as a form of escape, as well as a way of making sense of the world around them. ![]() In creating Just Draw It! Authors Sam Piyasena and Beverly Philip planned to help people revisit their childhood, and to rediscover and nurture their dormant creativity. Just Draw It! begins with a short note, explaining the aim of the book, which serves as a beautiful insight into the background, as well as the dreams and aspirations, of the authors. Get prepared for a rather lengthy, creative review! Among those I received was Just Draw It! The dynamic drawing course for anyone with a pencil and paper. I met up with Search Press at last year’s London Book Fair and they kindly sent me a copy of one or two of their books to review. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
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