Synopsis
Husband and wife team Stephanie and Tom LaBaff explore outer space in DRAW ALIENS AND SPACE OBJECTS IN 4 EASY STEPS. Discover how to draw different astronauts, aliens, vehicles, and space objects. Once your artwork is complete, write a story using the prompts in the book, or make up your own!
From Booklist
In this entry in the Drawing in 4 Easy Steps series, the “steps” are covered in the first spread with general tips: “start with big shapes,” “add smaller shapes,” continue adding “new lines,” and “add final details.” These are never touched on again, but that’s OK, because what follows is a veritable rogue’s gallery of astronauts, aliens, robots, spacecraft, rovers, and planets that are both kooky and imitable, all shown in four stages of completeness. While it’s a little disingenuous to say that there are only four steps when the refinement from one to the next can be drastic, the can-do spirit is infectious. Kids who already have some drawing chops will find plenty of nifty ideas to riff off of here, and the advice on situating the drawings into a story ranges from plotting, editing, and even binding a finished book. Even more visual inspiration can be found in the appended links to NASA and National Geographic. Grades 3-5. --Ian Chipman
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