The Guide To The Abc's Of Drawing -

In the cluttered back room of Mr. Grimwald’s bookshop, young Leo found a thin, faded volume with no author listed. Its title was embossed in peeling gold leaf: The Guide to the ABC’s of Drawing .

The final page of the guide held only one letter: the guide to the abc's of drawing

Leo drew a blob. He squinted. It did look like a sleepy turtle. He added a tiny tail. He laughed. In the cluttered back room of Mr

Then he kept going.

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?" The final page of the guide held only

And he loved it.