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 Seasonal Characters and Independent Prompts
Seasonal references can provide a different activity beside an invented holiday character on your own paper.
Why these books belong together
Christmas titles contain Christmas characters; Halloween and ghost titles retain their actual subjects.
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. Trace Then Color: Cartoon Christmas Characters
Cartoon Christmas Characters gives young artists festive outlines to follow and color.
Starting action: Follow the printed character lines, then choose colors. Guidance: Ages 3+.
3. How to Draw: Christmas
Christmas cartoons develop through six drawing stages in this edition.
Starting action: Build the demonstrated character through six illustrated stages. Guidance: Ages 5+.
4. Draw by Grid: Christmas
Christmas pictures become reference-copying projects in this grid edition.
Starting action: Copy a divided reference into matching drawing squares. Guidance: Ages 5+.
5. Trace Then Color: Cartoon Halloween Characters
Cartoon Halloween Characters supplies outlines before the child decides on colors.
Starting action: Follow the printed character lines, then choose colors. Guidance: Ages 3+.
6. How to Draw: Halloween
Halloween characters can provide a reference for a child who wants illustrated additions in order.
Starting action: Build the demonstrated character through six illustrated stages. Guidance: Ages 5+.
7. Draw by Grid: Cartoon Halloween Characters
The Halloween grid edition is about recreating a reference in matching areas.
Starting action: Copy a divided reference into matching drawing squares. Guidance: Ages 5+.
8. Trace Then Color: Spooky Stuff For Halloween
Spooky Stuff for Halloween offers a supplied outline for tracing and coloring.
Starting action: Follow the printed character lines, then choose colors. Guidance: Ages 3+.
9. How to Draw: Spooky Stuff For Halloween
Spooky Stuff for Halloween introduces its cartoons through construction stages.
Starting action: Build the demonstrated character through six illustrated stages. Guidance: Ages 5+.
10. How to Draw: Cartoon Ghosts
Cartoon Ghosts is a focused construction-stage choice for someone who enjoys ghost characters.
Starting action: Build the demonstrated character through six illustrated stages. Guidance: Ages 5+.
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.