Draw Vintage Images

My kids and I can’t get enough of these darling drawing books. My oldest calls them her “old fashioned” drawing books and loves getting to do them with me as a reward after her school work is done. And honestly as someone who can’t draw very well, I’ve had so much fun learning along side her and have been happily surprised at how I’ve improved!

This is a good book once your child has mastered the first four in this series. The subjects get progressively more difficult without being a complete overload. The lack of explanation on shading/hatching etc is frustrating but not that big of a deal. The scenes they create are fun with people in carts, or riding horses, or just rowing down the river.

I wasn’t sure my five kids would really take to these books, but I grabbed them on a whim. They all surprised me by drawing for hours after I brought them home! My 12-year-old daughter stayed up way past bedtime sketching a very complicated drawing in the level 5 book. These books are pulled out of our art cabinet regularly. I enjoy doodling from them a bit myself!

Book five has some great scenes similar to what you would see in a Good and Beautiful style book from 50 years ago. It’s fun to learn to draw scenes that are less familiar to our lifestyle today. This would be a great book for more advanced artists. My older boys were not really into this book, because they don’t have an interest in vintage style, but I think plenty of boys and girls would enjoy learning to draw this style if they are aspiring illustrators or just enjoy a more vintage style.

We started with the lower levels after trying this one since it was more of a challenge than we anticipated. This is something my kids could do on their own but we enjoy doing them together too. There is more attention to detail in this level so they increase in difficulty as you go.