To The Abc's Of Drawing - The Guide

He spent the afternoon moving through the alphabet.

Then he kept going.

He flipped to a fresh page, took a deep breath, and drew a zigzag. the guide to the abc's of drawing

This page was mostly blank, save for a single bold, sweeping stroke of ink. "The difference between a scribble and a signature is belief. Put your pencil down. Now draw a circle in one breath. Don’t chicken out halfway. Let it be round or wobbly—just own it." He spent the afternoon moving through the alphabet

The first page simply read:

The guide showed a charcoal smudge, a dark cloud of a shape. "Before the eagle, there was the egg. Before the oak, the acorn. Before the hand, the blob. Draw a blob. Now squint. Do you see a sleeping cat? A storm cloud? A potato wearing a hat?" This page was mostly blank, save for a