Kids Draw: Knights, Kings, Queens & Dragons

by Christopher Hart

A child's guide to drawing knights, kings, queens and dragons. It contains step-by-step instructions and the lessons progress incrementally, starting with the basic head shape and anatomy and continuing through a wide range of stretching and action poses and with a variety of facial expressions. The volume also discusses how to infuse drawings with personality to make figures come to life.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art

64 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1999

About the author

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I started drawing character designs and storyboards for a small animation studio in while in High School. Cartooning and animation was a magical experience to me. I try to bring that experience, as well as art tips, to my readers. Their enthusiasm also motivates me.

Early in my career, my cartoon work got noticed by Watson-Guptill, a premier publisher of art books. They asked me to do a book for them on drawing cartoons. It sold 200,000 copies, which is a healthy number. So we kept going. I discovered that I enjoyed the art of creating books, which has its own special requirements. I also worked as an author for Random House, Quarto and Soho Publishing. In total, I have had 8 million books sold, and have been translated into 20 languages.

My book, "The Master Guide to Drawing Anime: How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates" has sold over half a million copies to date and is still very actively in print. An earlier book of mine, "Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics:" reached the number one art book in the country, according to Bookscan.

I've also been a cover story on the industry trade magazine, "Publisher's Weekly." And if you've read this far into my Bio, then I'm more impressed with you than you are with me!

Thank you so very much for letting me offer some inspiration to you in your art adventures.

Christopher Hart

Reviews

[Dolly]

This is a great book for teaching children (or anyone, for that matter!) how to draw Medieval characters in a cartoon style. Our oldest is a budding artist and even though I know she draws well, I was still amazed at the pictures she made after reading this book.

There is some information about the various characters, but she mainly focused on the drawing instruction. I'm not sure I could draw these people as well as our daughter can, but the step by step instructions in this book are easy to follow. Both of our girls have borrowed this book from their elementary school library.

[David Leemon]

I find Christopher Hart's drawings to be charming. This would be a decent book for a kid who wants to draw.