While step-by-step drawing books are easy to find, these four colorful volumes from the Learn to Draw series cover topics somewhat off the beaten track. Each book presents six four-page projects. For each, the first double-page spread features a large photo of the insect, sport, vehicle, or structure to be drawn, surrounded by a number of informational text boxes. The next spread includes a smaller version of the photo along with nine illustrated steps for drawing its subject, beginning with a simple stick figure and ending with a more detailed color picture. With blue ink indicating the new lines in each stage of a black drawing, the steps are relatively easy to follow, though more intricately detailed pictures are more difficult to reproduce.
