I can now draw!

This book will get even the most hopeless artist (me!) drawing within moments of opening it.
Upon receiving this book I jumped straight to the “How to Draw a Cat” page, and within moments had drawn a very acceptable cat simply by following the 3 stages pictures. I then went back to the beginning and followed the warm up exercises, gaining in confidence in drawing curves, squiggles etc.

The book suggests ballpoint pens are used, and explains the differences between pens, but I just use what coloured pencils I have to hand.
There are so many quick things to draw, animals, people, everyday stuff, decorative borders, celebrations etc, that there is really something here for everyone. Many of the drawings have basic instructions, and more detailed ones. Very little text, its all about following the drawing stages that are shown.

The drawings are quick and ideal for getting an idea across, or using as basic illustrations, or brightening up a card, letter, invitation etc. This book is not about how to produce fine artwork with perspectives etc, but everyone would be able to recognise my drawing as a cat (which in itself is astounding!).

5*s from me, as this book is fun, easy to follow and produces quick results using whatever pens and pencils you have to hand. I have been picking it up to relax for 5 minutes and learn to draw an animal or bird, and also used it for an afternoon of fun, learning to draw people doing all sort of actions. It is great for switching off from everything going on and concentrating the mind. Absolutely love it!

This is an incredibly effective guide to drawing and I feel it is perfect for young artists. The tips are very informative and fun and I loved the cute tutorials an artwork. I recommend this book for anyone with young artists,

I received this book from NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Quarry for an honest review.
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An amazing way to learn a new skill and build up your drawing skills.
This book has very easy to use guides on drawing many cute things using simple shapes. A lot of the drawings have a kawaii style which my 10 year old found very appealing. They are quirky, cute and fun to draw.
I loved how the book was broken up into different sections such as Animals, Food, People and many more making it easy to find the drawing you want to use easily.
Both myself and my daughter found the techniques easy to follow and we produced some great drawings by using this book.

I like to bullet journal and I am terrible at drawing. This book will definitely enable me to draw better illustrations in my planner. It is full of cute ideas in a step-by-step approach. I like the way that it is presented and even for someone hopeless like me, it helped.

So there are a lot of cute doodles in this book. That is the good. The bad is I am not sure that I could see myself buying it. There is simply not enough here to make it worth my while. I feel like I am a permanent newbie artist and it was too simple for me even. Things like to make a donut, you need two circles.


That said, if you wanted a book on doodling for itty bitty ones who have never doodled before? It is probably great for that. Otherwise it is good for inspiration.

How to draw...the title says it all,even complete unhandy "artists" like myself manage to draw a reasonable recognizable dog,flower,plate of food...
The layout is absolutely spot on with it's very clear lines and bright colours.
Don't expect to emerge as a new Rembrandt but if your are looking for some good fun with a couple of crayons then this is a good choice!

This book is amazing! There are many easy step by step for beginners and starters. The drawings are cute and the artist of this book even explains how to mix colors into your drawings by using different color pens., and even explained a bit on the properties of each type of pen and the techniques for the different pen usage. One small section even covers gel pens on black paper.

It teaches you how to draw different facial expressions : sad, happy, angry, drowsy, inpatient, shy etc and the side view of a human cartoon face as well. It also provides step by step on how to draw a leaf, trees, flowers, animals, and cups, fruits, vegetables, sweet, a bowl of noodles, household items and kitchenware etc. It is endless...

I think this is even better than the volume one of the book and I hope to be able to find vol 1 somewhere but netgalley does not have it.

Overall, I am very impressed and happy with this book. 5 stars.

This is a great fun inspiring little book suitable for children and doodlers alike. The simple little pictures of almost anything are cute but identifiable. It would also be brilliant for the non-artist who journals or scrap bookers who want to personalise their pages with a bit of fun.. I liked the variations on the basic pictures too. A brilliant classroom book for younger children and a good rainy day activity book. Brilliant.

Really has a lot of stuff in this thing! I’d have walked right to the register to pay once I flipped to and through the animal section alone. The animals are in the first quarter of the book. There’s even so really usefully and smart knowledge bombs throughout so you’re learning, being inspired instead of blocked and picking up real knowledge, so...DOODLE AWAY with this book!

How fun..... A drawing guide that teaches all kinds of sketch drawing to make cute creatures, people, and objects!

This doesn't teach a lot of heavy skills like perspective, but it is perfect for someone who wants to illustrate fun papers, books, or just make fun art! It would be ideal for the beginning artist or older children, as well.

The nice thing is that you can learn to draw everything very QUICKLY. It's really a "pick up the book and copy it" type of guide, and you will have immediate success if that's what you are looking for.

I especially liked the beginning pages that explain types of inks for different pens, and the great pen buying guide!!

I received an ARC as a reviewer for NetGalley.

This was a cute little how-to art guide for lots of different things. They are doodle-type designs so if you're wanting to draw some basic animals, food or flowers, for example, this book will show you how.

This book was a good step by step drawing instruction. Most of the drawing was too “cartoonish” for my taste. However, I found the drawing good warm-up exercises.

Everything is broken down into easy to follow steps. I would recommend this drawing book to a beginner looking to improve their drawing skills.

I received this galley from NetGalley.

I didn't fully expect that this would have literally almost everything. A great resource book. I think my favorite part is that they show how you start off with the same base shape but it becomes different . A great example of this is the swan/flamingo which begin with very similar heads and necks.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This is a fun, cute book to get children started with drawing almost anything they can think of and is divided up into sections. I had no writing or words in my copy of this book - I'm not sure if that's a technical error upon transfer of my ARC or if the book actually has no writing in it. This is a shame if it is the case as descriptions would be beneficial in this book especially in the beginning.

This volume is amazing and useful not only for adults but also for kids. Yesterday I spent a pleasant afternoon drawing on my planner with my 8 year old daughter. The drawings are really simple but pretty and it is really nice to decorate planner or cards or wathever you like with these cute illustrations.
Istructions are really easy to follow and the result is great.

I love this book serie, I already have another volume and will definitely buy others.

This is the most awesome drawing book I have ever seen! I'm 26 years old and I'm here trying to draw them all! It's so rich in details, and it has so many different types of things to draw that I'm impressed! It's easy to follow, colorful, there are drawings from basic shapes and step by step guides. It also has tips of what material to use, coloring techniques, and a lot more of cool stuff. I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review

I love these books from Quarto Quarry publishing. The tiny little drawings are so easy to follow and they have such a great range of things to draw. In this one, you start with animals and they show you basic shapes and how to build those shapes into the variety of animals. I love how one little change alters a cat to a lion to a cheetah and how they are all explained so simply.
The book has a small section about materials at the start but this is tempered with exercises on drawing various lines and adding them to your work so you don’t feel like you are being patronised.

There is such a wide range of areas as well. From animals to kitchen utensils, plants and borders to vehicles and facial expressions. This is truly almost everything in one book.

A cute instructional book on drawing many things. I loved how the use of specific shapes could be used to create many different adorable animals and people. I really liked that each section had concepts that built towards other drawings. I think kids will love this book!

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for providing this ARC.

Really great instructions and library of images. I like the the author takes the time to go over different tools and how to construction different drawings from basic shapes.

Don't judge this book by its cover, which seemed a little underwhelming and amateur looking to me. Inside it's actually packed with a lot of really good, really basic instructions for drawing just about anything you can think of, from lip gloss to cartoon lemons to new baby announcements to tea pots (with a special emphasis on feminine, cutesy and childlike). These are all very simple drawings that really do show that absolutely anybody of any age can draw this stuff.

The illustrations are done by a group of different illustrators. I believe they're Japanese. My one complaint for this book is the near total lack of diversity in the people. Despite giving us a huge range of hairstyles, hats, crowns, clothes, etc., they are all very stereotypical thin, young white (or Asian) people. Hair comes in three colors and is straight out of a 1950's picture book (bangs, pigtails, braids, long hair on girls, short hair on boys...) with the exception of the directions on how to draw a girl with her hair in a scrunchie. There are no wheelchairs, crutches, canes, glasses, freckles, afros, buzz cuts, fat folks, punk rockers, people of color, etc. One set of pear-shaped grandparents reflects the only representation for differences in age and size. The women tend to have long hair, small waists and round hips and to wear things like pencil skirts, which is an awesome aesthetic but should not be the only one we get these days.

There are a ton of these books out right now and I always enjoy them. Honestly, I have seen a few I liked better this year but this one gets points for being the most accessible in that you often get the feeling that you could do better than the drawings (and see how to), which will give amateur artists a huge sense of direction and empowerment. It's also nice that it goes into a lot of examples for ways to use your new talents at the end (announcements, travel mugs, etc.) and the vast range of objects depicted is really great.

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