Kistler's shows and subsequent how-to books, like You Can Draw in 30 Days, teach drawing fundamentals using a step-by-step approach based on copying and tracing.

Eisenhuth is a staunch believer that anyone can draw. Young children draw without any cares or worries, he noted, but at some point, that stops for people if someone tell them they aren’t “good” at it ...

A lot of drawing teachers say that everyone can learn to draw. A lot of drawing teachers haven’t met me, I thought. I was an exception. Even Pictionary filled me with anxiety.