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Good Art Book for 10 y/o?

I'm responsible for the education of 10 y/o. He's very gifted and taking 8th-9th grade courses, but very unconfident in art. I eventually want him to work through Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (as it was the book that most helped me when I was about his age), but while he could handle the reading I feel it would be a touch overwhelming to start with. He gets frustrated easily when he's not immediately good at something (avoiding details, but he's a fairly classic neurodivergent genius type). He doesn't even draw for fun because he thinks he's too terrible.

Any recommendations for introductory art books that have a bit more meat than trace-and-copy styles? Just something to get him started and introduce a bit of theory with making him feel like he has to perfectly copy a picture in a book. He's my only student so I can be very involved, if that helps. He also enjoys math and science, so anything that combines those would be fair game. Any medium is also fine.

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u/Choice-Lock3233 — 2 days ago