Doodletopia (Watson-Guptill Publications)

An interactive doodle book from a best-selling art instruction author and cartoon master that pairs illustrating insights with drawing, designing, and coloring activities for aspiring artists. For years, cartooning master Christopher Hart has given readers the tools and techniques needed to learn how to draw and cartoon. Now with "Doodletopia: Cartoons," Hart offers his readers a chance to practice and perfect their artistic skills with the first book in an exciting doodle book series. Filled with page after page of Hart's signature silly characters and irreverent humor, "Doodletopia: Cartoons" provides aspiring cartoonists with activities to stimulate their creativity and their rendering skills. After covering cartooning, Hart sets readers loose to interact with the book's many exercises and challenges, including sections where readers can mix and match facial features, draw the other half of an already completed cartoon, design their own costumes, and even complete their own hilarious cartoon scene. Pairing the informative content for which Hart is beloved with myriad opportunities for creative expression, "Doodletopia: Cartoons" offers aspiring artists the next level of interactive art instruction.