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 a Family Art Table
Different participants can invent, trace, follow stages, or copy a grid at the same table.
Why these books belong together
Shared art time does not require matching pictures, identical pace, or a bundled book purchase.
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. How to Draw: Sketchbook
How to Draw: Sketchbook provides more than 100 blank pages for drawing room.
Starting action: Use the blank space for reference practice or independent ideas. Guidance: Choose for the artist.
6. Trace Then Color: Cool Stuff 2
Cool Stuff 2 varies the subject while keeping tracing as the first action.
Starting action: Follow the printed character lines, then choose colors. Guidance: Ages 3+.
7. How to Draw: Cool Stuff 2
Cool Stuff 2 adds another construction-stage collection with dinosaurs, people, animals, and more.
Starting action: Build the demonstrated character through six illustrated stages. Guidance: Ages 5+.
8. Trace Then Color: Baby Animals
Baby Animals begins with recognizable outlines for tracing.
Starting action: Follow the printed character lines, then choose colors. Guidance: Ages 3+.
9. How to Draw: Baby Robots
Baby Robots gives little machine characters a construction sequence.
Starting action: Build the demonstrated character through six illustrated stages. Guidance: Ages 5+.
10. Mermaids, Unicorns, and Other Cute Stuff Coloring and Activity Book
The mixed Mermaids, Unicorns, and Other Cute Stuff book offers coloring, mazes, word searches, and step-by-step drawing.
Starting action: Choose between the stated art and puzzle tasks. Guidance: All ages.
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.