1. Shape Drawing Challenge
The featured book leaves the finished subject open, with repeated shapes and illustrated possibilities.
Starting action: Find different interpretations of repeated starting shapes. Guidance: All ages.
10 Books for Letter Creatures and Cartoon Personalities
Letter forms and portraits offer different starting interests for a character session beside the shape book.
Why these books belong together
Only the three Alphabet Monsters titles are letter-creature books; the others are personality references or drawing room.
This is a publisher’s selection from Kevin Coulston’s catalog, not an independent review or sales ranking. Numbers help browsing. Shape Drawing Challenge is the open-ended title; its companions retain their own formats.
2. How to Draw: Alphabet Monsters
Alphabet Monsters develops letter-based creatures through drawing stages.
Starting action: Build the demonstrated character through six illustrated stages. Guidance: Ages 5+.
3. Trace Then Color: Alphabet Monsters
Alphabet Monsters merges letter forms with tracing characters.
Starting action: Follow the printed character lines, then choose colors. Guidance: Ages 3+.
4. Draw by Grid: Alphabet Monsters
Alphabet Monsters organizes letter-creature references through the grid format.
Starting action: Copy a divided reference into matching drawing squares. Guidance: Ages 5+.
5. Draw by Grid: Cartoon People
Cartoon People presents portrait references through the grid method.
Starting action: Copy a divided reference into matching drawing squares. Guidance: Ages 5+.
6. Trace Then Color: Cartoon People
Cartoon People offers printed character outlines, with real examples visible in the gallery.
Starting action: Follow the printed character lines, then choose colors. Guidance: Ages 3+.
7. How to Draw: Goofy Faces
Goofy Faces shows exaggerated expressions developing through illustrated stages.
Starting action: Build the demonstrated character through six illustrated stages. Guidance: Ages 5+.
8. Trace Then Color: Goofy Faces
Goofy Faces supplies expression outlines to trace and finish in color.
Starting action: Follow the printed character lines, then choose colors. Guidance: Ages 3+.
9. How to Draw: Crusty Goobers
Crusty Goobers brings unusual characters into the lesson format.
Starting action: Build the demonstrated character through six illustrated stages. Guidance: Ages 5+.
10. How to Draw: Sketchbook
How to Draw: Sketchbook provides more than 100 blank pages for drawing room.
Starting action: Use the blank space for reference practice or independent ideas. Guidance: Choose for the artist.
Choose the task before ordering
Compare the four drawing approaches and try a real sample or a clearly labeled website practice page. The subject and the starting action both matter.
Keep the next idea open
Shape Drawing Challenge gives artists 16 repeated beginnings, six illustrated examples per shape, and room for 480 independently chosen drawings.