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**"Sharpen your pencils and open your sketchbook; your teacher is waiting."--\*Boston Globe**\* Emmy Award-winning and longtime PBS host Mark Kistler is back with __You Can Draw It in Just 30 Minutes__, the sequel to his hugely popular __You Can Draw in 30 Days__. Take a 30-minute creativity break and be amazed at what you accomplish! Learn to draw 25 different everyday objects--each completed in just half an hour--with step-by-step illustrations and friendly, personality-filled instructions for each lesson. Inside you'll find: * Fun "art hacks": Drawing shortcuts (such as tracing handy objects) make you more productive and efficient in your drawing. * Blueprints for quick drawings: You'll learn to find the simple shapes within complex-appearing objects. * Long-term techniques: The skills you gain along the day in the individual lessons can be used in more detailed, longer projects. * Hundreds of variations: More cartoonish? More realistic? The drawings can be modified for a new work of art every time. In 30 minutes, you'll have a finished drawing. Pick up your pencil and begin today! Title Page Copyright Dedication Introduction LESSON 130-Minute Banana Bonus Challenge: Practice Folds LESSON 230-Minute Mouth Bonus Challenge: Contour Lines on Cylinders LESSON 330-Minute Chair Bonus Challenge: A Comfy Chair LESSON 430-Minute Penguin Bonus Challenge: Another Penguin LESSON 530-Minute Tomatoes in a Basket Bonus Challenge: Realistic Spheres LESSON 630-Minute Boot Bonus Challenge: Boot Building Blocks LESSON 730-Minute Clouds Bonus Challenge: 3-D Puffy Cloud Lettering LESSON 830-Minute Sunflower Bonus Challenge: Petals LESSON 930-Minute Nose Bonus Challenge: See Like an Artist LESSON 1030-Minute Seahorse Bonus Challenge: Leafy Sea Dragon LESSON 1130-Minute Pencil Bonus Challenge: Bring Your Pencil to Life LESSON 1230-Minute Bell Pepper Bonus Challenge: Move the Light Around LESSON 1330-Minute Cell Phone Bonus Challenge: Sketch a Playing Card House LESSON 1430-Minute Soup Can Bonus Challenge: Cartoon Can LESSON 1530-Minute Finger Bonus Challenge: Thumbs Up! LESSON 1630-Minute Wine Bottle Bonus Challenge: Wine Glass LESSON 1730-Minute Tree Frog Bonus Challenge: Use Your Eye to Find More Shapes LESSON 1830-Minute Dice Bonus Challenge: Play with Your Blocks LESSON 1930-Minute Blender Bonus Challenge: Blender Madness! LESSON 2030-Minute Teddy Bear Bonus Challenge: The Unibear LESSON 2130-Minute Grocery Bag Bonus Challenge: Boxes Galore! LESSON 2230-Minute Wedding Cake Bonus Challenge: A Piece of Cake LESSON 2330-Minute Book Bonus Challenge: Perspective Practice LESSON 2430-Minute Seashell Bonus Challenge: Simple Snail Shell LESSON 2530-Minute Ballet Slippers Bonus Challenge: Ribbon Acknowledgments Praise for You Can Draw in 30 Days Glossary of Art Terms Used in This Book Emmy Award-winning PBS host Mark Kistler's new book takes the adult coloring book craze to the next level—now hobbyists can easily create their own drawings using Mark's groundbreaking and accessible new system. For every serious artist, there are five people who want to be able to create a complete drawing in one sitting. You Can Draw It in Just 30 Minutes offers easy-to-follow, clearly illustrated lessons to draw objects from everyday life. Perfect for both the aspiring artist and for anyone who just wants to take a quick creativity break, You Can Draw It in Just 30 Minutes is full of fresh, appealing instructional twists and fun "art hacks," including tips for customizing or expanding on each drawing. The result? Drawings you want to recreate again and again. "Emmy Award-winning and longtime PBS host Mark Kistler is back with You Can Draw It in Just 30 Minutes, the sequel to his hugely popular You Can Draw in 30 Days. Take a 30-minute creativity break and be amazed at what you accomplish! Learn to draw 25 different everyday objects--each completed in just half an hour--with step-by-step illustrations and friendly, personality-filled instructions for each lesson"-- Amazon.com A kit of resources for learning how to sketch and draw, curated by our Outreach department