Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces REPACKAGED Ed Emberley Drawing Books

Customer Reviews

Lots of fun....

2007-01-23
My 6 year old and I have a lot of fun with this book. I am no artist, so I really enjoy learning and these are fairly simple. We were on a family vacation and drew for several hours making monsters and adding backgrounds and bodies or Princess/Kings and castles. It was very entertaining. We even tried using the simple shapes to come up with our own faces. We also got the train/truck book for my sign, BUT it's a lot more complicated.

Fair teaching, poor content

2007-01-15
I was rather dissappointed at the content offered and barely impressed at the book's attempt at teaching new skills. I bought the book for my 5, 7 and 9 year old children and the 9 year-old had already mastered all of the skills offered, the 7 year-old was bored very quickly and only the 5 year old's attention was held any length of time, but his age group lacks the concetration level to hang on for long. The content was far too simple and barely progressed through the entire book...this book should be marketed to only highly introverted 4-6 year-olds in my opinion, and then it would get only 3 stars....

Great Book for Teaching Expressions!

2007-01-11
My 5 1/2 and 4 1/2 year old sons LOVE these books, I am amazed at what they have learned to draw, and they enjoy creating their own versions of the faces shown in the book. My 2 1/2 year old daughter really likes to point out her favorite monsters for all of us to draw for her. This book encourages creativity and independent artistry!

Ed Emberliy's Drawing Book of Faces

2007-01-11
It is an easy way to follow a drawing process. Kids love this book and the artist has touched little children's lives.

One of my favorites...

2007-01-09
I love this book and Ed Emberley! He makes the pictures so easy to draw and my children both at home and at school LOVE to follow along with me and draw these cute pictures.

Good book

2008-06-05
I bought this book and the book to draw animals for my son. These books are easy to follow and offer step by step instructions. My son has been enjoying these. He is able to follow the directions and draw the faces.

Long time Ed Emberley user

2008-03-15
I discovered Ed Emberley in 2nd grade. I had always loved to draw and had some reasonable ability (after all I ended up going to art school and getting an MFA and teaching art in college...). What these books by Ed Emberley have to offer is a way of seeing, of breaking down complicated shapes into simple objects, and being able to put simple shapes and lines together into a complex unit. Which is an important visual skill for anyone.

Through simple and clear step by step instructions, he demonstrates how to create a wide variety of characters and personalities, which gives younger children access to a sense of satisfaction. I recall the real sense of pride having made some of these figures. He also shows (though I do not remember if it is in this, all or only some books of his) how to change up the figures and invent your won, which is very important. Yes, the names are hokey and it has its limits, but showing children success does really help. And to be honest, when my son wanted a pirate ship, MFA aside, I picked up the purple book (another of his books) to the pirates' page.

Childhood memories

2007-11-24
I had this book as a kid and LOVED it. Ed makes drawing so simple any child can understand and follow along. I think every child should have some Ed Emberley books!

Love Ed Emberley's

2007-10-28
My kids are too young for this, but I purchased it because I as a child, had 1 Ed Emberley book and I drew, and drew and drew! I can't wait till they can have as much fun as I did!

I'm not afraid to draw faces now!

2007-10-28
I love to play at drawing and I always had the hardest times with faces and expressions. This book is great and breaks down the process with simple lines and shapes. The subjects range from people to animals.

This would be a great gift for yourself or the artists you know and love!