Great step-by-step how to draw doodle-style pictures of all sorts of fun people, items, and actions. It has an updated Ed Emberley feel to it, and would be a great addition to a general children's drawing section of a library. This is not a book for realistic drawing, but more an accessible way for kids to get their feet under them and draw cute, recognizable items in a cartoony fashion. A really fun book to play with and use!

How to Draw Almost Everything for Kids by Naoko Sakamoto, Kamo is easy to follow, and this type of drawing can be drawn by any pens that you already have.
This book is also perfect for adults who are beginners in learning how to draw cute and simple characters, like people's faces & bodies, stick figures, animals and plants.
I really enjoy this book.


Thank you Netgalley for this book.

While I have seen something similar to this years ago growing up, this title may be easier for children to follow. I cannot say what age this would be appropriate for but I believe the child would probably need to be at least 7 to benefit from the directions though I could be wrong in this. Some children are quicker to pick up the motor skills necessary for drawing accurately. Recommend for school age children.

Nice and easy to follow examples. I liked following the examples as a grown up, and my 8-year old son also liked them, but the drawings are probably more interesting for a girl. All the drawings are separate little drawings, and there is nothing about putting the drawings together to make one picture.

Charming how-to-draw book for kids of all ages, 5-105.

The authors encourage the reader/drawer to learn to draw by observing and tracing, then freehand drawing and finally changing details to add your own touch.

How to Draw Almost Everything for Kids Includes: People, Animal, Plants, Food, Everyday Objects, Icons and Holidays. I thought the Japanese Zodiac signs were the most charming.

The color scheme is subdued, but cheerful spring colors in this well-organized book.

I'd recommend buying a hard copy of it, and not an ebook - because the value in drawing is actually drawing on paper. This would make a nice gift book for any child, young or old, interested in simple drawing.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for granting access to an arc of this book for an honest review.

This is a good confidence building book for children, They can begin by having a go at tracing some of the pictures before drawing them by themselves. It is simple, and has a variety of drawings for children to choose from. I like the oriental feel to the book, and the selection of project areas.

Thanks to the publisher and Net Galley I had a chance to read this. The following is my honest review.

Firstly, the doodles found in this book are very cute! Japanese style ball point pen doodles. The book is colorful and put together in different sections.

There is a few step by step instructions and the rest are displayed with a few spaces where you are meant to trace, and then a couple free hand drawing spaces. I think for younger kids more step by step instructions would be useful, but maybe that just depends on the kid. As an adult, I had no troubles drawing them.

I would recommend this not just for kids, but also for crafty types looking to add this style to projects, planner addicts, and anyone who likes the style.

I think this book would be a great addition to a school library or classroom. It's simple, with clean lines and short instructions. Students can learn by tracing and then trying on their own. While there is some guidance (tips like: "If you try to draw an animal's silhouette in one continuous motion, you'll most likely end up with unbalanced proportions. It's much easier to break the illustration up into small steps."), but after tracing/practicing, kids can make changes or add their own embellishments.

There's even a few pages on color schemes, border and frames. I gave the book 4 stars instead of 5 because once a child drew in the book, there isn't room to practice more. Most likely in a classroom setting, this would be used to make copies so multiple students can learn from it.

How to Draw Almost Everything for Kids
by Nao Sakamoto and Kamo
Cute and quirky drawings with instructions

With How to Draw Almost Everything for Kids: An Illustrated Sourcebook, Nao Sakamoto and Kamo provide help for beginning artists. Whether you’re a kid or adult and want to doodle or cartoon, this book has useful info. The book begins with an explanation how to use the book and the different types of ball pens, line thickness, color, etc. The book is then divided into sections that cover drawing people, animals, plants, food, everyday objects, icons, and seasonal and special event drawings that can be used on greeting cards and the like.

Each section starts with a brief explanation and hints to help the artist. For example, at the start of the People section, there is a six-step explanation with illustrations of how to draw a face. There is another instructional section before the tutorial on drawing bodies.

While there’s a decent amount of instruction, there’s also less instruction than I think a child or beginning artist might need. I intend to use this book to help a young woman with autism improve her drawing. I’d like to see step-by-step numbered instructions on a few more drawings, but I’ll see how it works out. I think the average adult would not need additional instructions, though.

What I really love about this book is the simplicity of the drawings, the practical hints (start with a teardrop for a humanoid body, etc.), and well-laid-out spaces for looking at an example, tracing that example, and then drawing the example free-hand. In addition, the drawings are unique and quirky in a way that I think will appeal to a large audience, but especially kids.

Overall, an enjoyable, helpful, and useful instruction book. Highly recommended.

Such an enjoyable book! I’m an adult but I benefited from it for my daily journaling and doodling. My nieces liked it too, they are 14 and 11. Never too old to draw! Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to review.

HOW TO DRAW ALMOST EVERYTHING FOR KIDS is one sweet guide! For the artistically challenged like me, it is a godsend. The instructions are easy breezy, the illustrations darling and the overall effect simply wonderful. Highly recommended!

Grateful to the Quarto Publishing Group - Quarry and NetGalley for the early copy, in exchange for my true review.

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I love how this book approaches the idea of drawing with simple, step by step instruction and illustrations, as well as providing exercises for practicing the techniques. Even someone with little to no artistic ability, like me, can create recognizable drawings following along with this book.

This book teaches how to draw faces, figures, clothing, accessories, and much more. It should provide hours of entertainment to anyone interested in drawing.

I received this e-book ARC through Net Galley in exchange for a truthful review.

Although this book is for kids, I want to have the printed version for myself. It is so cute. It is easy to follow all the instruction. But all the drawing is quite tiny. I think it will be perfect if the size is bigger.

How To Draw Almost Everyhting for Kids encourages children and even adults to give drawing a try. I like the way you can practice by tracing before trying to draw freehand. I wish I had this book growing up.

I received this e-book ARC through Net Galley from Quarto Publishing Group - Quarry in exchange for a truthful review.

A how-to book for kids who want to draw a variety of items in a clean, simplified, cartoon-y style.

This short book (98 pages) comes with loads of examples. Each example (faces, people, clothing, animals, flowers, food, everyday objects, etc.) comes with a panel showing the finished product, then a few tracing areas to practice drawing by tracing, followed by a few areas to practice drawing freehand and to add embellishments. Interspersed with the examples are several more in-depth step-by-step examples with tips on how to achieve the finished product.

I found the drawing examples to be really cute and pleasing to the eye.
I would recommend for any child who is interested in learning/practicing drawing/cartooning.

While the authors are both Japanese, the only illustrations which a non-Japanese child might not be familiar with were the Japanese toy, Kendama and Japanese Chess.

A book for home or school.Useful illustrations.easy to use..
Found thebook very useful to use with simple clear instructions.
Page by page is excellent illustrated,each with its own topic so it is organised,bysublect matter.

This book really does help you learn how to draw almost everything for kids. Now I don't know if I will become a better artist after looking at this book, but I think it has helped with some things. Perhaps with practice I will get better. I do think it has improved my ability to draw somethings such as faces and people. It is designed well to help with the drawing process.

This book is great for kids, but even adults could use this book for learning how to draw. I am not at all an artist. I can't draw a straight line with a ruler. i love how this book shows you what you will be drawing then you gives you spaces to trace over their lighter lines, then blank spaces for you to practice. Heck even I was able to draw with this book.

The book is broken down into sections like : faces, food, everyday things, icons, animals and more. It gives you coloring patterns, color schemes, different types of pens and more. Like I said this boo is great for kids and adults alike.

I received this book from the Author or Publisher via Netgalley.com to read and review.

This is not just a how-to book, it is a book with exercises for children to learn how to draw "almost everything" by following some easy steps: observe, trace, freehand, change it up.

A short but informative guide on materials prefaces the first exercises. Each topic is introduced on a single page by step-by-step drawings and is followed by several pages of drawing exercises.

I'd recommend it to children aged 8 and up.