Too little book reviewing going on here. Wait no more. Drawing Trucks & Diggers. Not very long, not hard to read, not expensive, not possible to dog-ear. But boy, is it useful. It’s made by Caterpillar and should really be considered pure commercial. But then again. It’s biiig machines. Which you gotta love. Aimed for children aged 2–10 it’s perfect for the aspiring street artist. And at the discount price of €3.95 (bookshop in Martin-Gropius-Bau) it’s a steal.
Aspiring artists can learn how to draw a “Track-Type Tractor” and a “Soil Compactor” in the spiral-bound volume Drawing Trucks and Diggers, A Book of 10 Stencils. Each die-cut stencil page acts as a frame for a color photograph and a drawn illustration of the machine (with the parts labeled, along with a description of what each does) on either side of it, so that it frames both photograph and drawing perfectly.
Couldn’t care less what the different part do. This is heavy machinery cut out of heavy cardboard. Rip the pages out, buy a can of paint and get going. I know you want to, afterall you’re all Hackers & Spraypainters.
Tags: stencils, streetart, tagging