Lee J. Ames - Draw 50 Creepy Crawlies: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Bugs, Slugs, Spiders, Scorpions, Butterflies, and Many More...

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Copyright 1991 by Jocelyn S. Ames and Murray D. Zak

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Watson-Guptill Publications, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2013.

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Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House Inc., New York, in 1991.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ames, Lee J.
Draw 50 creepy crawlies/Lee J. Ames with Ray Burns.1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: Step-by-step instructions for drawing fifty different insects, spiders and other crawling or flying creatures.
1. Insects in artJuvenile literature. 2. Animals in artJuvenile literature. 3. DrawingTechniqueJuvenile literature. [1. Insects in art. 2. Animals in art. 3. DrawingTechnique.] I. Burns, Raymond, 1924 . II. Title III. Title: Draw fifty creepy crawlies.
NC 783.A44 1991
743.6dc20 90-19396
CIP AC

eISBN: 978-0-8230-8615-3

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Thanks again, Ray,
for sharing with me your wonderful talent.
L.J.A.

To Lee Ames,
a good friend these many years.
R.B.

This is number twenty in our Draw 50 series. This is the twentieth time Ive had the fun and privilege of showing you a way of creating drawings. This time its the method used by Ray Burns and myself. Working with Ray, and bringing his unique talent to the book, made this a most delightful experience.

Ray is a top illustrator of our time. In your library and bookstore, you will find many books that have been enhanced by his talent. In black and white, in full color, from cartoons to fantasy to realism, from fairy tales to history to natural science, he has shown himself to be an expert. Thank you, Ray, for joining with me in this project!

When you start working, I would recommend you use clean white bond paper or drawing paper and a pencil with moderately soft lead (HB or No. 2). Keep a kneaded eraser (available at art supply stores) handy. Choose the creepy crawly you want to draw and then, very lightly and very carefully, sketch out the first step. Also very lightly and carefully, add the second step. As you go along, study not only the lines but the spaces between the lines. Size your first steps as closely as possible to the lines and the spaces in the booknot too large, not too small. Remember, the first steps must be constructed with the greatest care. A mistake here could ruin the entire drawing.

As you work, its a good idea to hold a mirror to your sketch from time to time. The image in the mirror frequently shows distortion you might not have noticed otherwise.

In the book, new steps are printed darker than the previous steps. This is so they can be clearly seen. But you should keep your construction steps very light. Heres where the kneaded eraser can be useful. You can use it to lighten a pencil stroke that is too dark.

When youve completed all the steps, and when youre sure you have everything the way you want it, complete the drawing with firm, strong penciling. If you like, you can go over this with India ink (applied with a fine brush or pen), or a permanent fine-tipped ballpoint or felt-tipped marker. When your work is thoroughly dry, you can then use the kneaded eraser to clean out all the underlying pencil marks.

Always remember that even if your first attempts at drawing do not turn out the way youd like, its important to keep trying. Your efforts will eventually pay off and youll be pleased by what you can accomplish.

I sincerely hope you will improve your drawing skills and have a great time working on these creepers and crawlers.

LEE J. AMES

In fourth grade, many years ago, we were given an assignment to draw something to honor President Lincolns birthday. An immediate competition developed among the four or five class artists. Which of us could draw the best portrait of Honest Abe?

We, of course, would not agree that any other one of us did the best. Our pride led each of us to consider himself the winner. Today I couldnt honestly make the judgment call that mine deserved to be number one, but I did learn something that ultimately resulted in the Draw 50 books.

I learned the importance of peer approval. The encouragement given to us artists by the rest of the class and the praise we gave one another was heady inspiration. Most of the group went on to become successful professionals.

All the drawings of Abraham Lincoln that the class artists made were copied from other sources. This despite general disapproval of copying. We copied from the Lincoln penny; from a five-dollar bill; from a calendar; and from sale advertisements in the newspaper. We copied someone elses work, stroke by stroke, and we erased and reworked. Many considered this to be a noncreative, harmful way to learn drawing. But we liked what we finally got. Our friends and classmates liked what we did and we were encouraged. We were on a roll, and that was of overriding importance.

Later we were able to learn technique, theory, media, and much more with the gift of incentive provided by friends, classmates, and family. Early on we copied, then we found ways to do our own original things.

Mimicry is prerequisite to creativity!

It is my hope that my readers will be able to come up with drawings that will bring them gratifying approval from friends, classmates, and family. After that I look forward to the competition.

Enjoy!

LEE J. AMES