Draw It Happy!: 100+ Funny Animals and Fantastic Characters

by Terry Runyan

Welcome to Draw It Happy! by artist and author Terry Runyan, a supersized collection of step-by-step lessons taken from her two popular Draw 62 titles, Draw 62 Animals and Make Them Happy and Draw 62 Characters and Make Them Happy. Presented in a compact format, an amazing 100+ lessons teach you how to achieve mirth and merriment in all your drawings. Simple steps help you develop basic drawing skills as you learn to create and connect the geometric shapes that comprise each figure, add identifying features such as ears, arms, or feet, then fill in the facial attributes that bring each character to life.   Beginner-friendly presentation. Each lesson is presented on one page, some with fun variations showing different poses, outfits, accessories, and expressions. Funny animals include an anteater, a dolphin, a guinea pig, and a lion. Fantastic characters include a bookworm, a couch potato, a night owl, and a sweet tooth.  Draw It Happy! is a rich resourcefor beginner artists, cartoonists, and doodlers who want to have fun as they build their drawing skills and develop their own characters. The titles in the Draw It! series from Quarry Books offer readers a huge variety of easy drawing lessons for fun, cute, and comical characters, all in a great little package.

Genres: Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

Published October 15, 2024

Reviews

[Natalie all_books_great_and_small · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

Draw It Happy! is a fun and entertaining step-by-step guidebook to draw over 100 animals and characters and is suitable for beginners to more advanced artists. I loved the style of art within this book and found the humour of the characters fun and different too. I'd say there's something for everyone's tastes within this book, and the instructions are very easy to follow and understand throughout.

[Claire Sylvestre · Rating 4 out of 5]

Draw it Happy is a fun book with over a hundred animals and characters to draw. Its cartoony style is fun and interesting for kids and people of all ages who enjoy doodling. It’s great to initiate beginners and wake up the creativity of young artists.

Thank you NetGalley and the Publisher for this ARC.

[cobaltclam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book made me so happy! I went through and copied nine or ten of the critters into my sketchbook. It really got me thinking about how to approach any animal or character with simple lines.

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you, NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the ARC of "Draw it Happy" by Terry Runyan.
Easily draw animal figures using geometric shapes, this book gives beginners the confidence to try their hand at art and is a lot of fun as well for those who already have some artistic talent!