Wish you could draw? Explore eye-opening tricks to get started and simplify the process for a lifetime of enjoyment. Want more than a book that shows sequences of drawings for you to copy? With over three decades of guiding young and old alike in finding their hidden talents, author, painter, and teacher Wakie Trudeau McBride has helped hundreds fulfill their urge to create. And now she's here to show you the way to transform your imagination into a canvas of possibilities. In Drawing for All Ages, you'll discover: - How to draw and recognize basic shapes in everyday objects - Step-by-step instructions to teach the "why" as well as "how" of drawing - Why shading an object gives it depth and realism - How using perspective makes any object appear to have three dimensions - What a vanishing point is and how to use it to get the correct angle of a line. Drawing for All Ages is a step-by-step guide to the skill of putting what you see on paper. Enhanced with paintings by the author, this book is written for ages nine to eighteen, though older ages can utilize it as well. Buy Drawing for All Ages today and start learning to draw, not just copy.