Win the Art Doodle book
I’m delighted to bring you Draw Anyway’s first ever competition. Up for grabs is The Art Doodle book, a sketch pad with a difference.
When I was at school, my art teacher used to rail earnestly against the current trend for ‘colour by numbers’ kits - the kind where each segment of the image was numbered, and a little key told you which paint to place there.
On the other hand, she might have been more impressed by this book, which cleverly encourages creativity while giving you a bit of a head start, and some Art History education too.
The concept is fairly simple: you’re shown a work by one of 26 world-famous artists, then invited to doodle away on a page where just a small section has been started off for you in the style of that artist.
I think this’d be a good approach for those just starting out in drawing, or those who are plain stuck. It’s nice to have a visual clue, and working in the style of someone quite different to your own stuff might just open up a new seam of creativity. My only quibble is that it’s all in black and white, and it’d obviously have been more visually appealing in lush full colour.
Still, it’d be a great gift for Christmas, either for yourself or for an arty friend. As I say, you can win my copy, which was sent to me by the publishers for review. Just leave a comment below, making sure you fill in a genuine email address so I can contact you if you are the winner. You can get an extra chance of winning by linking from your blog or website to Draw Anyway, and telling me you’ve done so. The winner will be picked at random on Monday the 29th of October.
If you don’t win, you might also be interested in this special offer for Draw Anyway readers: £2.00 off the standard retail price, and free postage & packing. Simply quote “Art/Draw” when you order the book:
Call 01903 828503 with your credit card details or send a cheque made payable to Littlehampton Book Services to LBS Mail Order Dept, PO BOX 4264, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 3TG and quote Art/Draw.
Posted: October 22nd, 2007 under Inspiration, Drawing for fun.
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I want it… I want it.
I also just told the Twitterverse about your competition.
Do I get bonus marks for being bleeding edge? :)
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I need this for my new bus journey to work please.
I saw this come across Twitter. What a great concept. I would love to win. Thanks for sacrificing your own copy.
sounds very interesting, count me in please!
I want! I’ma buy it for all my friends if it’s any good. I got a bit obsessed with those finger print doodle books.. even though they told you what to do.
oh yeah.. and it is my birthday soon *cough*
b
Here you go:
http://internationalfreebies.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-contest-art-doodle-book.html
I am in with 2 entries! :)
Oh, looks exciting! I only found this blog yesterday but I couldn’t stop reading. I must have spent hours here. Anyway, great site.
I’m definitely trying this.
I see in your later post that anyone can join. I’m not used to being included down here on the wrong side of the planet, so thank you very much!
My son would enjoy this book!
This looks great! Count me in please!
Julie
This looks like a really neat book! I’d love a chance to win it.
I’d absolutely like to check out this book! Please enter me!
Count me in!
I think that my nephew would love this.
Looks like a fun book.
This would be perfect fro my 11 yr old son…he finishes his school work quickly (he is way above average for his class) and the techers & I find doodles all over his work pages, this would be great fro him to take to his classes so he does not draw on his work anymore, plus keep him occupied so he does not disturb the other students.
Thanks for the opportunity!
CIAO
What a great idea! My daughter would LOVE this book.
I like it! Count me in.
bebemiqui82 (at) yahoo (dot) com
What an awesome gift for you to share! Would love to win this . . . .
What a cool book - my Mom would love it. She’s recently started taking drawing/painting classes. Please enter me into the draw.
Cool offer!
While tempting to use as a gift, I think I’d have to keep this one all to myself! Thanks for the chance to win!
This sounds like a great book. I always thought I couldn’t draw as a kid and about 4 years ago, I realized I have some talent in that area. This looks like just the thing to help me develop that.
This looks really cool. I’d love it!
What a wonderful idea for all of us doodlers out there;). I too got in lots of trouble for doodling in other folks workbooks that I was supposed to be correcting as a student. Oh well. I’d love to win this . Thank you!
This sounds like a cool book. Thanks for the contest.
Congratulations, Gina - you are the winner!
That looks like a super cool book - I know my sister would love it! I’ve also added Draw Anyway to my links on my site.
Oh id love to have this! My brother in law is such an amazing artist but has trouble figuring out what to do. I want him to go to school for it, and maybe getting him to do this would help.
I hate seeing talented people just fade away.
Wow, that looks really great. Just what I need to get back into drawing!
My son is an “artist in the making” I’d love to have this for him. Please enter me in the contest.
please count me in!! :)
Count me in Please! I have blogged about your giveaway at:
http://godslightuponme.blogspot.com/2007/10/contest-to-enter-good-luck_23.html
You’re linked up here:
http://mollypitcher.blogspot.com/2007/10/win-it-on-wednesday-october-24-2007.html
And my e-mail is mamaluxe at gmail dot com
Thanks!
Cool giveaway!!!
Count me in! Looks like good book.
I blogged your contest in my Tuesday Edition of Contests Galore
I’d love this book! Thanks for the contest!
Comment! ;-p
this is a very cool site,
everyone should draw more!!
the book looks very exciting!
Looks fun.
My son would love this book!