Ralph Masiello's Robot Drawing

by Ralph Masiello, Ralph Masiello (Illustrator)

Overview

Illustrator Ralph Masiello shares his love of robots in this newest addition to his popular drawing series. Step-by-step diagrams show young artists how to use simple shapes and lines to create basic robots.

Challenge steps and a visit to the "spare part warehouse" encourage kids to customize their designs with dials, switches, and antennae. Bonus challenge steps show how to add claws, armor, and other fantastic features.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570915369
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.58(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.15(d)
Lexile:	460L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Ralph Masiello has illustrated many books, including THE ICKY BUG COUNTING BOOK, THE FLAGE WE LOVE, and his popular drawing series. He lives near Boston.

Editorial Reviews

Masiello elegantly and joyfully taps into a thankfully enduring artistic tradition: the step-by-step technique that walks readers by hand through the creation of an image on paper.

Just as he has done previously for dinosaurs, dragons and bugs (Ralph Masiello's Dragon Drawing Book, 2007, etc.), here he guides young artists in the creation of robots—" 'bots," in the vernacular, as in "Squarehead Thinbot," "Sparky Springbot" and "Zoidbot." The artist starts by introducing readers to lines and shapes—nothing is taken for granted—from which can be drawn an elemental robot. He then provides a serious handful of "spare parts," which can be used to add detail to readers' creations. The spare-part section is good for sparking the imagination, but the best sparks are thrown by the finished products, which are cool in their radical colors and otherworldliness but not daunting (even if readers are not likely to attain his level of gradients and shadings). Robots are by nature somewhat scary, with their dead, sharklike eyes and sharp edges, and Masiello keeps that spooky quality. But he also knows how to invest them with humor: witness the "Bakerbot," with a muffin cooking in its belly.

Brainstorming—a book that ought to launch a thousand robots. (Nonfiction. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews