Book Review: 'Ralph Masiello's Halloween Drawing Book' by Ralph Masiello

✰✰✰✰½ Kids and adults who have a fascination with Halloween will relish this spooky instructional book on how to draw all things Halloween. Just grab a sheet of white paper or a sketchbook along with a pencil or pen and you're all set to go. Choose from the usual seasonal offerings like pumpkins, bats, and ghosts or for an extra challenge take a stab at owls, ravens and skeletons. There's many more projects to choose from too. [Note: I'm partial to the haunted mansion myself ;)]

The Bottom Line: Kids and adults alike will be inspired. With step-by step drawings so that you can follow along at your own pace, this book is sure to be a seasonal treat for those who love to draw all things Halloween. The lessons start out easy and get progressively more difficult as you turn the pages. Each subject includes a beautiful, mixed media full color finished example. The only thing that would have made it better is a few more tips on how to add color, but this is first and foremost a book about drawing. If you enjoyed this one, check out one of the others as this is just one of many books in the Ralph Masiello's Drawing Book Series which includes topics like dinosaurs, dragons, and bugs. Enthusiastically recommended for artists of all ages who enjoy drawing seasonal, spooky pictures.

Details: Ralph Masiello's Halloween Drawing Book: Simple Steps Make Anyone an Artist written & illustrated by Ralph Masiello. Hardcover picture book published by Charlesbridge in 2012. 32 p.  ISBN: 978-1-57091-541-3