Drawing a tree

These three books by Bruno Munari--"Roses in the Salad, Drawing a Tree, and "Drawing the Sun--are part of a new series from Edizioni Corraini called "Workshop. The books in this series describe different methods of learning, from educational activities to explanatory pamphlets to poetic play. The illuminating, gentle genius of Bruno Munari offers basic instructions and plenty of stimuli, suggestions, and illustrative pictures to get adults and children, teachers, and students working together. The above books by Munari, the first in the series, are classics from the hand of a magician. When drawing a tree, always remember that every branch is more slender than the one that came before. Also note that the trunk splits into two branches, then those branches split in two, then those in two, and so on, and so on, until you have a full tree, be it straight, squiggly, curved up, curved down, or bent sideways by the wind.