Learn to Draw Mickey Mouse & Friends Through the Decades: A retrospective collection of vintage artwork featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Donald, Goofy ... classic characters (Licensed Learn to Draw) Hardcover – February 1, 2015

First, I must acknowledge that I do not draw or even consider myself an artist of any medium.Other than the ubiquitous tome "Disney Animation: The Illusion Of Life" and additionally, a few chapters on animation contained within some of the 200+ volumes I own, this is the first dedicated specifically to learning the basics prior to my moving on to inking cells.I was initially attracted by the description of what I assumed was a child's book, which referred to it as a "covetable collector's Item". Also it was 128 pages in length.I received my book(s) today and was very elated to find a book I actually wanted to try out. The various chapters are represented by classic Disney from the earliest characters through today. For me, initially, the best parts were the short history lessons contained within each decade. Then came the animation graphics and finally the quality of and research of each lesson. After just one day, and my trusty Moleskin notebook, the order has changed to drawing first, history second and art comes in last. Surprise...a book on drawing that actually has the ability of inspiring a non-artist to grab his graphite and get busy!I remember way back in high school, I somehow envied the "time wasters" who dabbled in drawing comics on their "Peechies" while in history class. They always seemed so talented!Of course I now realise that my career aspirations as an old-school, non computerised "Animation Inker", is a pipe dream. At least I still have dreams. I also crossed one small goal off my bucket list. Or perhaps I should say I will, after finishing my lessons a few more times.The presentation is fun as a puffy cover holds it all together with nice quality paper and they even included a ribbon marker to avoid dog eared corners while tracking my speed. You know...you wouldn't do that to a "covetable collector's Item"and I have to agree.Inexpensive and well worth having as an important volume on Disney art.

Me an artist?!?? 👩🏻‍🎨 Easy to feel like you are learning and progressing with the simple instructions

This book is really good for folks interested in Disney character animation. Several different versions of the same characters, though I wish there were more characters, like some of the more modern creations, Launchpad McQuack, and the like, or a bit of guidance for props, but even discounting that, it's still an excellent book. It was a bit larger that I thought it would be, but that's only a good thing. My only complaint is with the binding of the book. It IS a hard cover, but it's a weird kinda puffy hardcover that has always struck me as odd.

I gave this book to my three sons (7, 6, 5 years) as a gift to take with us on a recent to trip to Disney World. They used it to pass time as we traveled as well as in the hotel during downtime in the evenings. It was great for all of them. The youngest did more tracing than learning to follow steps, and my older son was really enjoying the step-by-step parts of the guide. A Disney fan will enjoy the old art and seeing how the characters have evolved through time. Highly recommended.

Well it's kinda hard for me to leave a bad review Mickey mouse is the best!If you love drawing and love Mickey you will love this book.

I purchased this book after visiting and falling in love with the Animation Studio at Walt Disney World. (It was about $19.95 when you exit into the gift shop.) It was great to get home and just have the book shipped to me instead of buying it there, it getting messed up while at the park, and having to package it for the travel home. The book itself is extremely easy to follow and provides many characters for you to draw. A great value and provides many hours of entertainment.

The best book, of this type, that I have seen. Good value. Would be great to see a Donald Duck Retrospective ala Mickey's 90th book by the same author.

This is a kids drawing book, I honestly was hoping for more model sheet style reference material however that being said this is a perfectly fine how to book. I practice shapes and other character development processes that are useful to me!

Good quality book with easy to use instructions..cannot fault it. Great buy........

My grandson loved this. It's a lovely book. Good quality and beautifully presented.

Wow, this book is really awesome! I have a lot of the Walter Foster How to Draw Disney books but this one is the best of them all. There's more than just the drawing, there's quite a lot of history and photos included. The book is bigger than the other books in the series and hard cover so it looks great on the book shelf or the coffee table. Drawing different versions of loved Disney characters as they appeared through the years is just fun. This book deserved a review since it's such a great book in the How to Draw Disney series.

Looks so nice displayed