Ed Emberley's Complete Funprint Drawing Book

Ed Emberley Drawing Books

by Ed Emberley

Using just fingerprints and a few letters, Ed Emberley shows would-be artists how to create owls, pigs, fish, and basketball players! This colorful step-by-step book is easy and crafty, and provides hours of art-full fun.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Childrens, Picture Books, Crafts, Reference

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books.

Reviews

[Dez the Bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is EXCELLENT for creating thumbprint drawings!

My kids absolutely love this book and it has clear instructions that are laid out step by step. Everything from spring to Christmas ideas are in here.

If you're looking for a creative outlet that isn't expensive, this is a fun project and we absolutely love it.

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ed Emberley starts where most elementary-aged kids are at (stick figures) and brings drawing to the next immediate level of complexity. No shading, still just two-dimensional, but able to capture more of the world. Children tend to be very methodical and formulaic in their drawing--what they haven't seen others draw before, they tend to lack the imagination and talent to figure out (on their own) the technique for rendering it in a recognizable form. What most need is an engaging mentor that will help them simplify the complexity down to something they can comprehend and replicate. Children naturally enjoy creating their own worlds and stories through art, and this author-illustrator increases their repertoire, bringing more joy to their fingertips. While a natural artist who wants to make things look realistic may feel stifled by the approach, it will teach him/her to use basic shapes to create forms, to have an eye for detail, and to use boldness in graphic art to create impact and communicate clearly one's ideas. I would strongly recommend each of his color-themed titles (orange, purple, green, etc.), as well as his finger/thumbprint books and his "make a world" book. All will bring smiles and inspiration to young artists ages 5-12.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fantastic for everyone! This book is full of so many great ways you can use a fingerprint to make amazingly creative pictures. I think this would be an amazing gift for helping to develop/inspire the creative juices of anyone. This little creations can liven up wrapping paper, or be used for a card, magnets, quick notes, and the list goes on. I think this is a must have for every home library, especially for kids and crafty people! I didn't say artistic - yes, you CAN be crafty even if you think you are not artistic. EVERYONE can make these cute fingerprinting creations with ease, and it can even be used as good relaxing therapy, along with coloring, painting, and stamping other shapes other than your fingers.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Our oldest has been bringing home lots of drawing books from her school library, and now our youngest is starting to do the same. Both of our girls enjoy learning how to draw different creatures from drawing books like this, and the results are rather impressive. Both can draw much better than I can!

We've really enjoyed Ed Emberley's Monster books like Go Away, Big Green Monster!, so we were excited to find some books about drawing by this author.

We found this book at our local library. It's a good book that shows a step-by-step method to drawing faces and other things using finger and thumbprints. It uses basic shapes and simple additive layers of detail to make different characters and expressions.

Our youngest liked making pictures, but said the technique was harder than it looked. I think she was frustrated trying to get a 'clean' fingerprint. I thought her pictures were very cute.

[Dominique Liongson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although I thought I missed out to buy a legit copy of the "Great Thumbprint Drawing Book", the grand scheme of things made sure I get to purchase "Ed Emberley's Complete Funprint Drawing Book". Two books in one felt like popping two balloons with one dart. Practicing the given examples creates motivation to improvise other ideas to print with fingers, inkpad, and a pen. Pre-requisite: participant must graduate from Kindergarten. If you missed out from completing Kindergarten, the appetite to create (the projects in the book) will do.

[Rich Farrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first in the fingerprint series that I’ve paged through, and it’s amazing what can be done with some different color ink pads and basic lines and curves. The fingerprint adds a different element to Emberley’s basic structures, and I like that some are very simple and others more complex.

[Cecile]

I enjoyed making these types of thumbprint drawings as a child. I will try again to introduce to my child when we school first grade.

[Emi · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much fun for the kids and grown ups 🙂.

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazon Book Description:
Over two million copies of Ed Emberley's innovative drawing books have been sold throughout the years. For the first time, we present a two-in-one edition of two of his most popular titles-Ed Emberley's Fingerprint Drawing Book and Ed Emberley's Great Thumbprint Drawing Book. Colorful step-by-step drawings show how to turn your thumbprints into owls, pigs, fish, or basketball players simply by adding the letters I, V, Y, L, O, and U. These titles will not only spur creativity in every child but make it easy and fun as well.

[Karen Origer-Greco · Rating 4 out of 5]

What an imaginative way to do art through thumbprints and fingerprints. This book is great to use in a classroom or at home. You could also use it for ideas for a memory book or scrapebook. There are several cute step by step illustrations to choose from in several different themes and holidays. I never thought something as simple as a fingerprint or thumbprint could be transformed into such a cute illustration, such as a turtle, a fish or even a flower.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

I grew up with Ed Emberley's Great Thumbprint Drawing Book, but it got lost somewhere in one of our moves. I'm so glad my mom happened to have this around, and flipping through it brought back so many memories! Fun and easy art project for anyone!

[Judy Wood · Rating 5 out of 5]

My granddaughters enjoy making pictures with the
help of Ed Emberley's suggestions. I even illustrated
one of my books with fingerprint characters. Fun to
have for making crafts with your children or grandchildren.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

My kids LOVE this book. You don't have to be too creative or much of an artist. Great for a summer afternoon while the baby is sleeping. Even my too cool for most things, 12 year old thinks it's fun.

[Renee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book can inspire anyone to become crafty. It's easy, fun and cute to make art using your fingerprints.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ed Emberley's Complete Funprint Drawing Book
Emberley, Ed
a great early art book for teaching art

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect for a quick and easy art project. Can be done super simple for the sad and artless or elaborate and complex. Just don't lick your fingers.