Classroom Cartooning: For the Artistically Challenged

by Mike Artell

You can draw animals, people, and holiday art, and teach kids to draw these things too by following this book's more than 70 step-by-step examples. Usually involving six steps or fewer, the directions appear on reproducible pages; address topics like "dogs," "faces," and "Hanukkah"; and can be extended by reproducible handouts with partially drawn images for new artists to complete. Enhance your bulletin boards, drive home lessons by illustrating curriculum concepts, or simply copy images as clip art. Grades K–6. GDY458.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Mike Artell is a multi-award-winning author, illustrator, musician and professional speaker.

Mike has hosted his own television show and has created cartoons for many national publications and greeting card companies. Mike’s first children’s books were published in 1990 and since then, he has written and/or illustrated more than 40 books. Many of Mike’s books have won awards. Most recently, his book PETITE ROUGE – A CAJUN RED RIDING HOOD was named 2009 Read Aloud Book of the Year by the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

Over the years, Mike has shared his techniques for thinking, writing and drawing more creatively with hundreds of thousands of students and teachers at schools in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Mike also stays busy as a platform speaker addressing many education, healthcare and association groups.

Mike lives in Covington, Louisiana with his wife Susan, a retired science teacher and middle school librarian. They have two grown daughters and 5 grandchildren.