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    I published Everyone Can Draw back in 2014 thinking it was for kids – It seems it’s mostly adults that buy it!

    But they find the old cat and dog cartoony illustrations make it a bit too much for kids.

    So… I’ve revised the book and removed the Cat and Dog. All the original content is the same, but I have added illustrations that are more appropriate for a wider age range.

    It’s not a book for kids or adults, it for PEOPLE who want to learn to draw.

    You can get the ebook below this video or from this link – https://bit.ly/EasyDrawEbook

    You should be able to get it through bookshops – quote this ISBN No. 9781908944443

    Or get it from these amazon links:

    Amazon USA https://amzn.to/3nCFWF2
    Amazon UK. https://amzn.to/3OURKy6
    Amazon Canada https://amzn.to/3P3oYM2

  • Learn to draw a WWI Stahlhelm German Helmet real easy with this easy to follow, spoken tutorial video. Find all the hundred’s of DrawStuffRealEasy drawing videos on one page by clicking here.

    Get Shoo’s Books here in the UK – Here in the USA and – Here in Canada

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  • @LouigiVerona, on YouTube, asked me the following, when commenting on my last video: https://youtu.be/XaRwoKwxdr0

    “A question: you are frequently saying that a story for one’s child is not necessarily a story that would work for other children. Could you talk more about it? I’m not planning to write anything like that, but I’m just curious what a writer should pay attention to and what, in your experience, actually works?”

    I thought the easiest thing would be to make a video off the top of my head to start trying to explain this for you and for myself. There is a lot more to it and I will come back to this subject – especially if the video makes you want to ask more questions – please do so in the comments box below.

    Having made and edited the video the following thoughts occurred to me:

    Simply put, a story written for a particular child assumes the reader knows so much about that family or the child’ situation – the the pet names – the culture – the in-jokes.

    There is often a lot that is written in a family story which actually excludes the reader.

    To write a story that is universal, it must accessible for all children, or at least the target audience.

    If you want to sell a lot of books, you want to make the story inclusive for as many children as possible.

    The themes should be those of all children’s lives, not those of one particular child on one particular day in one particular culture.

    It is good to share cultures and allow others in to understand, but that means finding the universality in the story.