Drawing for Older Children & Teens by Mona Brookes
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Book Reviews of Drawing for Older Children & Teens
Book Review: Teacher material
Summary: 3 Stars
This book disappointed me. I thought given the age group of the title it would have more indepth step to step drawings, page by page. Instead it has paragraphs to explain terms/techniques with some examples from students,which were inspiring but needed additional work. This has been give high marks and suggesed as a good teaching tool. Perhaps thats a better use for this book, by someone experienced who can take it as a course outline and bring it to life for students. I prefered, The New Drawing on the Right side of the Brain, Keys to Drawing and Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces. Book Review: A great reasource for teachers
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very good book for teaching art to young adults, a great alternative to "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" which is a bit advanced for kids. The personal insights and experiences of the author are definitely a good read.Book Review: Super!
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this book, and also enjoyed "Drawing With Children" by Mona Brookes. Great plan for a drawing program, very clear instructions, lots of enjoyable background narrative on Mona's personal experiences, student stories/quotes. LOTS of drawing samples, and very helpful drawing exercise pages to copy for use at home. If you've enjoyed Betty Edwards ("Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain"), chances are you'll like Mona Brookes as well. A great resource for tentative beginners in art!Book Review: Drawing for older children and teens
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is excellent for any beginner in art irregardless of age. It gives fun projects to start you off that aren't overwhelming, and plenty of encouragement. Book Review: Learning to draw over the telephone?
Summary: 4 Stars
After years of searching for a good text for my teleclass in high school Art-2D, I finally found this out-of- print text. Luckily you had enough copies for these two classes, a total of 16 students, at a public school for students who are sick at home or at the hospital and need to be taught by phone.
This is a simple system that really works. It is not some "miracle cure" but based in solid art training and much practice. It takes time for the teacher (me) to learn how to get the job done on the phone, but this book
helps a lot.
The idea is to lead these kids forward step by step as described in the book. I usually do the exercises with them, and I have seen considerable progress in a very short time. After years of art training I am learning a lot myself by simply following the steps outlined. Learning to draw is no rocket science for me now. It is a simple process. You can learn how to draw.
The only small criticism I have is that the book addresses itself more to the adult teacher than to the student. I wish Ms. Brooks would write a new text that can be used in high schools, addressing the student directly. It would help, of course to have a teacher edition to go with it.