Joy Sikorski's Books

How to Draw a Radish: And Other Fun Things to Do at Work
Drawing is easy and fun! Joy Sikorski's best-selling spiral-bound book How to Draw a Radish is lauded as a "great little treasure that teaches the unbelievably talent-less how to draw" by deliberate doodling with form and purpose. Its features fun activities like origami and other playful ways to be creative in the office.

How to Draw a Cup of Coffee and Other Fun Ideas for Home and Garden
"The outrageous sequel to the best-selling How to Draw a Radish, Joy Sikorski's How to Draw a Cup of Coffee is the perfect stay-at-home passport to fun. Turning her curious creativity to the fertile territory of home and garden, Joy offers a host of essential crafts and useful suggestions: how to turn an overgrown lawn into a mystical maze, transform a dull cement sidewalk into a fancy brick path, make edible Louis XIV furniture, and much, much more."

Squeaky Chalk: And Other Fun Things to Draw (And Do) When There's Nothing to Do!
"Squeaky Chalk can teach anyone to be an artist! Featuring dozens and dozens of step-by-step pages and an activity and/or project at the end of each section, it lets readers test out their artistic skills at home or school. It's a great introduction to cartooning, a welcome rainy-day project book, and a cool way to bust boredom. With a compact trim size and sturdy hidden wire binding, Squeaky Chalk is a meaty 152 pages of activity fun!"

How to Draw a Clam: A Wonderful Vacation Planner
The book begins, "If you believe that one should always be on vacation as a matter of principle... This Book Is For You." How to Draw a Clam combines more fun drawing lessons, cut-out projects, yummy recipes, creativity tips, travel souvenirs, and Joy's own Bumpy Road board game that will keep young and old travelers entertained for hours.

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The Art and Creativity of Author & Artist Joy Sikorski

JOYFUL Art, Creativity, Books, Interview, Fun Drawing Lessons

Joy Sikorski is the author of the famous How to Draw series:

Joy graciously accepted the opportunity to collaborate with the Creativity Portal by sharing several of her drawing lessons from two of her books and giving our visitors insight into her life as an artist and writer through an exclusive interview.

Joy Sikorski's Books and Free Drawing Lessons

An Interview with Joy Sikorski
We had the privilege of asking Joy a few questions about her work as an author and artist. Read her inspiring responses here.

How to Draw a Clam Book Review and Free Drawing Lessons
Here's an opportunity to learn more about Joy's how-to drawing book PLUS a nifty vacation planner with clam money and a game too! Also features several of Joy's whimsical drawing lessons from her How to Draw a Clam book.

Drawing lessons include: Vacation Car, Cute Piglet, and Dogs.

Squeaky Chalk Book Review and Free Drawing Lessons
Squeaky chalk is not just an ordinary how-to drawing book. It's a spiral-bound adventure! Read our thoughts about the book here. Also features several of Joy's whimsical drawing lessons from her Squeaky Chalk book, plus samples of our own artwork as we 'learned' along too!

Drawing lessons include: Twitter Bird, Pterodactyl, and Kite.

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Art & Craft Features

Ideas for Decorating Wood Picture Frames
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Free Rock Painting Projects by Ernestina Gallina
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Batik and Tie Dye: The Art of Fabric Dyeing
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“Annie’s Sleepy Bear” Paper Piecing Craft Project

Annie Lang's Free Sleepy Bear Paper Piecing Craft Project
Create an adorable little paper pieced bear to use as a scrapbook page, card, tag or gift embellishment.

Altered Books: How to Alter a Board Book
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