Readers will enjoy discovering that crayons can be used as a 'serious' primary medium for drawing a wide variety of amazingly realistic subjects while still retaining their sense of play. Readers learn to draw lifelike animals, people, flowers, landscapes and more from veteran artist and instructor Lee Hammond using simple techniques and colorful step-by-step demonstrations. Lee shows her proven graphing and blending techniques that translate into remarkable drawings; demonstrates the shape and 'puzzle piece' theories that can apply to anything readers want to draw; and, gives plenty of quick tips for achieving lifelike textures and colours using nothing but crayons.

About the Author

A professional artist and instructor for over 30 years, Lee Hammond has authored more than 25 North Light books, DVDs and CDs. A certified police composite artist on call for the Kansas City metro area, Lee has also worked with television's America's Most Wanted and has been featured on Court TV. Her website is www.leehammond.com where she has about 1500 monthly unique visitors.