Split into 4 sections, with each section offering guidance for warming up your drawing skills, stretching your drawing skills and working your way through guided projects, this book offers a wide range of tips, projects and guidance for drawing everything.
I love how the book starts by exploring where you can find inspiration and how to record your inspiration before moving onto tools and materials. Sometimes knowing where to start can be more daunting than the actual drawing so it is good that this book addresses that from the start. I especially love how the tools/materials/where to find inspiration/how to record inspiration is also portrayed through drawings - this completely matches the book's purpose which is to demonstrate and encourage how you can draw everything.
There is detailed information about colours, combining colours, the colour wheel and colour palettes.
This is a truly fabulous book for children and adults which is inspiring, encouraging and creative., I would highly recommend it.

Very cute. Simple way of bringing art into your life by being awake to every ordinary thing. Nothing is inferior for art. Loved the motifs of the moth wings.

A very cute book filled with a hodgepodge of creative prompts, step by step drawing guides, and little assignments. I like th balance of instruction and prompts. Feels like a guided tour of your creativity. Like all art books, it starts with materials. These sections are very repetitive. It is broken up a little by themes: around the home, outdoors, everyday, and around town. Each of these has the prompts and instructions. The last section of the ebook has some full step by step projects. Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a digital ARC to review!

I loved this beautiful book! It achieved everything it's cover promises.
Cohesive aesthetic? Check.
Thorough explanations? Yup.
Flexible prompts to spur creativity? Very much so!
Accessible for beginners? Absolutely.
Useful for experienced artists? Yes, that too.
Inspirational? Well. of course!

Thanks to NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I read this book because the description said it provided creative inspiration. I started painting later in life and need all the inspiration I can get. I have realized I need to improve my drawing skills to improve my paintings.

The items chosen for this book did not interest me. There were some good tips on drawing symmetrical objects. There are also some craft projects at the end of the book that I was not interested in.

There weren’t any projects I thought to be finished work. The author's style is a little whimsical and cartoonish for me.

I received this galley from NetGalley.

Started off feeling like this book was a little silly and stating obvious things, but the farther into the book I got the more it inspired me. I feel like this book could teach you how to make some of those lovely coloring books you can buy at the store and then you get to color it in yourself :)

While this book is cute, it is meant for a certain demographic. In order to enjoy this book, you need to be a woman, at least in your mid-thirties, with a love of the classic simplicity found in a Little House on the Prairie book. Both of my kids enjoy drawing, but they both felt that this book was not one that would speak to them artistically.

So I've been trying to improve my drawing skills as a path into creative thinking, and to encourage my students to do so as well. I have tried several books on drawing this year, and I wish I had picked up this one first! The instructions are easy and flexible. The author focuses more on getting the inspiration and mastering techniques with materials rather than drawing weird proportional circles that you have to erase later. In sum, this approach made more sense for the way my mind works, though I suppose everyone has to work out this process for themselves.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for a digital ARC.

The art within isn't to my style, but it isn't bad.

The illustrations are good, the step by step breakdowns even better. All you need (other than the supplies obviously) is the willingness to learn, and patience. Because it isn't going to be easy starting. The book gets that, as it doesn't assume you know everything.

Check this out if you're an aspiring artist.

This book is so adorable!! I loved all of the ideas for drawing and my girls were excited to give some of the activities a try. Definitely worth purchasing if you want to do more drawing! Very easy to follow and yields some very cute little drawings (Also includes a lot of inspiration for "what to draw" which was great for the kids)

Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing
Learn to draw more than 100 everyday items, from food to fashion
by Flora Waycott

This is a delightful and inspiring book to make you want to sit and draw the things around you. It begins with helping you find inspiration, good materials, and techniques. She gives you creative prompts and exercise to do. Ideas range from an array of vases, vegetables in your garden, to Japanese food.

My children and I will be using this cute book to help us in art and just bring creative.

I received this as a digital copy. It would definitely be easier to use as a physical copy.

Thank you, NetGalley and the author for a preview of this eBook.

Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing by Flora Waycott is a pretty book that is filled with how to draw everyday objects around you. It is a perfect gift for a beginner who needs inspiration.

Fun fact about me, I love “...and so can you” books! I have a serious anxiety issue when it comes to my own creativity! I love being creative and find myself with ideas galore. I want to sit down and create, but I always feel like I never have enough time to dedicate towards the creative process, and if I don’t have the time to dedicate to being great at a chosen creative outlet, why bother. By the end of the introduction, Waycott had me feeling inspired!

I enjoyed Flora’s confession of dreaming about traveling in-order to further her artistic skills, but not having the means, deciding to search her home, work and neighborhood for inspiration. Drawing and documenting every and anything she found interesting! Taking walks around your neighborhood with open eyes? Now that’s something I can do…. with my dog, even!! Two birds, one stone!

Throughout my life I have taken a lot of art classes. There are good teachers and there are bad teachers. Waycott is obviously one of the good ones. She knows what she’s talking about and she shares just enough to allow the reader to hit the ground running at their own pace. She kept encouraging the reader to use her samples, but then to take a look around their space and find their inspiration in their own worlds’. When she was listing the supplies that she uses, she did not mention many brands. She laid out the items that she typically uses, complete with sizes and styles, but only mentioned one brand that I remember. It seemed that she was genuinely telling the readers what worked for her and her personal advice on getting started. She wasn’t trying to sell the readers on anything. In fact, the best part was her emphasis on the fact that you don’t need to go out and purchase everything before you even begin (totally guilty of this), but you can instead, build your collection as you create and discover what works for you!

The only thing that I found to be a little bit of a negative (and I do mean little) was that the book is very geared towards Waycott’s personal drawing style. Is that a bad thing? Absolutely not. It’s her book! Will it make the book less appealing to people who don’t necessarily enjoy or want to illustrate in the same style? Probably.

The drawing tutorials were incredibly simple and easy to follow, but still awesome with an aesthetically pleasing depth to them. In some drawing books I have seen, nothing is explained. There are pictures and diagrams that you can’t understand, and then ta-da, you have a completed masterpiece which looks nothing like the version you’ve been drawing for 45 minutes. This didn’t happen with DELT! I tried a few of the exercises, and although they aren’t going to be hanging them in the Louvre anytime soon, I was still wicked proud of how they came out! DELT is receiving 4 stars from me and I would recommend it to anybody looking to add some whimsical and simple drawing skills to their repertoire.

Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing is a simple and appealing tutorial guide for painting and drawing by Flora Waycott. Released 1st Oct 2019 by Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint, it's 128 pages and available in ebook and paperback formats.

The author has a naive, whimsical, folk-art inspired aesthetic. The items are everyday familiar objects and can be used in so many ways.

The layout follows the familiar Walter Foster tutorial format. An introduction and artist's statement (5% of the total content) is followed by sub-chapters on finding inspiration, tools and materials, a short and easily accessible general drawing tutorial and an introduction to color theory. The following four chapters are full of step by step specific drawing tutorials for objects around the house, outdoors, everyday items, and around town. The tutorial chapters are also interspersed with practice pages and drawing prompts for the reader to try out their own drawn items. The final chapter includes specific gallery tutorials for a charming handmade concertina book, a card, and a bookmark. These are all achievable by artists with all levels of ability.

It's unclear from the publishing info available online, but the eARC I received has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references. I hope the ebook release version does also. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. Presumably that feature will carry through to the final release version.

This book would be useful for readers who wish to incorporate more direct drawing and painting to coordinate with journaling or other diary/writing activities, cardmakers and other papercrafters, as well as people who just want to add a little more painting in their day-to-day lives.

Five stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

I really enjoyed this sweet little book that shows you how to draw (yep, you guessed it) more than 100 little things. From cats to houseplants to tea tins, Waycott gives easy to follow little simple sketches and also walks you through making them into little paintings. I like that she shows how to draw multiple examples, like several breeds of dogs and cats in several poses. Since these are very simple drawings, step by step instructions are not needed and are not really provided if you're looking for that. These would be great for adding to bullet journals, scrapbooks, chalkboards, homemade cards or any little personal art projects.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

This is a great book for learning to draw the objects in your everyday life and finding inspiration for what to draw. It even has some simple exercises to help you get started.

Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing by Flora Waycott. Creative prompts and drawing exercises for everyday items indoors, outdoors and around town with helpful step by step drawing instructions. Drawings can be used in journaling. Recommend using the print version of the book; the online version was difficult to navigate and deflected from the artwork.

Thank you to the publisher, author, and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview the book.

Have the courage to start drawing little things
Illustrator, artist, and author of various books Flora Waycott is presenting "Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing. Learn to draw more than 100 everyday items, from food to fashion", published by Quarto Publishing Group - Walter. The first part of her book covers topics such as "Finding Inspirations", "Tools & Materials", "Drawing & Painting Techniques", and "Color Basics." The main part of the book is divided into three parts that cover "Around the home", "Get Outside!", and "Everyday Life.". Each of these parts contains creative prompts and exercises. The last part of the book is dedicated to Crafting Projects. The goal of the author is to share ideas and tips how to draw every little thing that the readers see around themselves as well as challenging them to notice things which they mighty typically overlook. I appreciated the fact that the author gives practical and realistic tips where to find inspiration for drawing. The step-by-step approach is very helpful. Readers will be able to follow the process for the different drawings. Waycott uses different materials for her drawings such as water colors, acrylics, or colored pencils which can be an inspiration to the budding artists to try different approaches. The book can be an inspiration for them. It is a good guide for beginners and advanced artists and would make also a nice present. Sadly the author has not included references where the readers can obtain the materials used for drawing or a list of books for those who are interested in more advanced studies. Nevertheless, I recommend this books for artists who want to learn or want to extend their knowledge about drawing.
The complimentary copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley free of charge. I was under no obligation to offer a positive review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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I Love this book. First, the cover drew my attention, as it reminded me of the kinds of children's books that draw you in to look and examine the artwork, and see what is hidden in the pictures. The title and explanation caught my attention as well. In Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing, the author illustrator is Flora Waycott, who has a background in textile design (as do I), so I was definitely intrigued as her national background is different from mine. It was a joy to read and browse through the pages and be inspired by the explanation of tools, materials, and techniques, which are a great variety to choose from. The topics are everyday items, both inside and outside your home, and on your nature walk adventures. This book is both for the seasoned artist, the student, and the homespun folk artists to learn how, be inspired. I had at least one Aha moment and it brought joy to me to read. It presents you with moments to make that decision to practice looking at the world around you and capturing it with pen, pencil, ink, and brush, or your artistic tool of choice. I highly recommend this book to artists, public libraries and art libraries, as well as a great gift for the artistically inclined in your life. Enjoy

Thanks to NetGalley, Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster, and Flora Waycott for an ARC of 'Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing. This unbiased review is written in exchange for the opportunity to preview this book.

I think this is an excellent book. I really like the art style. Flora breaks down a picture into individual items and shows you how to build them up. I really enjoyed working through this book and I definitely recommend to anyone looking to improve their drawing.