((top)) — The Guide To The Abc's Of Drawing

He turned to

Leo drew a circle. It was lopsided. But he didn’t apologize to the paper. It felt… good.

Leo, who wanted more than anything to draw but whose every stick figure looked like a disaster, blew off the dust and opened it. the guide to the abc's of drawing

He flipped to a fresh page, took a deep breath, and drew a zigzag.

The final page of the guide held only one letter: He turned to Leo drew a circle

He spent the afternoon moving through the alphabet.

(a single freckle on a blank face, telling a whole story). E was for Erasing (not to destroy mistakes, but to find the ghost of a better line underneath). F was for Forget (forget what a “tree” is supposed to look like—draw what your tree feels like). It felt… good

Leo closed the book. He looked at his drawing—a mess of awkward lines, blobs, a lopsided circle, and a turtle-potato hybrid. It was, without a doubt, the ugliest drawing he’d ever made.