This book was very easy to follow. I enjoyed the step to step instruction in how to draw something simple. The images help a lot in following a long. Everything else takes practice and I really felt I connect with this book. That I understood it and it isn’t that difficult to try to draw. Thank you.

I am a watercolor artist and I am just learning to draw original creations and I found this book helpful. I love how it breaks down every object into 10 steps that are easy to follow. I hope to use these examples to learn to look at objects and break down how I would draw them.

Great for beginners looking a step by step guide on how to draw normal household items. Worked well for me to get my backgrounds better in my art with better detail

10-Step Drawing Everyday Things is organized into seven sections - 1) In my Bag, 2) In my Room, 3) In my Kitchen, 4) In my Bathroom, 5) On my Desk, 6) In my Closet, and 7) Out and About. Each category contains between 6 and 12 specific objects to draw for a grand total of 60.

What is particularly helpful in this book is that each drawing starts out with simple shapes and then over the course of 9 more steps you finish creating the object. For example, an umbrella starts with a semi-circle, a vase with a rectangle, a t-shirt with a rectangle, rain boots with a shallow oval, and a fruit basket with a shallow oval. Some objects are a little more complex than others, like a moped, bicycle, sneakers, and a car but that is why Lecouffe recommends starting with a pencil and an eraser. Once the shape is close to completion, she will then tell you to ink it. For each object, Lecouffe provides a color palette and recommends how to color it and where to shade it.

This book is perfect for beginners as well as those with a bit of drawing experience under their belt. It is a fun book that will teach you how to draw all sorts of objects and how to make them come alive with color and shading. And once you are done with this book, there are many other books available in this 10-step series!

Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group - Walter Foster Publishing and NetGalley for an advance reader copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

How to draw everyday items from wallets, phones, coats, vases, and more in a step by step set-up including a colouring palette suggestion.

The book is divided into seven chapters and covers the following areas (no of drawings):
- in my bag (7)
- in my room (8)
- in my kitchen (12)
- in my bathroom (6)
- on my desk (6)
- in my closet (9)
- out & about (12)

A good book for those looking to start drawing as it covers the basic for you building your image up step by step.

I received this book from Netgalley in return for an honest review.

My daughter and I had fun trying out a few of the tutorials. The steps were pretty easy to follow. and the style is not perfection so we both got a picture we were happy with following the tutorial.. This is a great book to not just improve your own skills but to do with kids for a little drawing exercise to help build confidence in their art..

Thank you to the author/publisher for an advance copy of this book in exchange for honest feedback. I am not an artist or skilled illustrator by any means. I really like the instructions because they're simple and straightforward. I think that this book would appeal to a range of ages, levels of skills, etc.

The items chosen for the drawings are a bit strange. However, it was fun to practice drawing some of the things. good illustrations

Great for beginners. I was really curious about this one as I'm a doodler myself but I wish there were more variety of items, but personally I have a few other books that I think I will go to more for drawing knick knacks and whatnot. I like the style and layout of the book and think it'll be great for beginners!

I really loved this book because it really shows that anyone can draw anything they set their mind to, some people (like me) just need some directions.

A good book. Enjoyed learning. Am not very good at drawing but love to learn and this book was very helpful

This is a cute, helpful, short little book that shows you how to use basic shapes to draw common objects. It's the style where you use this shape and then add a circle and then erase this bit, which is not my favorite way of doodling but is very popular. The objects are grouped into chapters like in my closet and in my bathroom. My ARC only contained half of the book so I have to base this on the parts I saw. I was a little confounded by the choice of objects. I'm not sure I need to know how to draw makeup sponges, for instance. I'd consider things like wine bottles, books, mailboxes, phones or high heels more "every day" than ponchos, thermoses or espresso makers but they're all fun little items. In some cases there's a bit of "and then a miracle occurs" kind of instructions, like we have very detailed steps on how to draw a fruit bowl and then presto, there's a pineapple drawn in it that I would find trickier than a bowl. Still, it's a great little guide and will be a fun resource for people of all ages.

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

Ten-Step Drawing: Everyday Things by Justine Lecouffe
I have been trying to increase my drawing abilities so I was excited to try out this drawing book. Ten-Step Drawing: Everyday Things is by Justine Lecoufee and it looked really cute!
The format of Ten-Step Drawing Everyday Thing was easy to read and I liked how it set up the steps. However, I had a harder time figuring out how to draw these items. The steps looked simple enough but when I tried to draw them, they didn’t really look right. I think I have to practice more, but this book is not for beginners.
Overall, this was a pretty good drawing book. I would recommend it to those who are a little more experienced in drawing, but if you really worked on it a beginner could do it.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the publisher through Netgalley. All views expressed are only my honest opinion, a positive review was not required.

Fun book! My kiddos and I really enjoyed learning to draw some of these objects and I'll be incorporating them into my daily doodles!

This is a lovely book for people who are trying to learn how to draw. The ten steps make it more easy to understand. I like how a simple circle or square can be turned into a everyday object. Have drawn a few and hoping to draw more.

Thank to Netgalley, the publisher and Justine Lecouffe for this ARC.

A lovely book for beginners and students who want to investigate the world of design. Simple, concise, and to the point, the illustrations are clear and easy to follow.

Many thanks to Net Galley, the author, and publisher for my ARC.

Everyday Things can also be drawn
Illustrator, designer, and storyboard artist Justine Lecouffe presents another book in the "Ten-Step Drawing..." series published by Quarto Publishing group – Walter Foster that covers topics such as nature, people, flowers, animals,... entitled "Ten-Step Drawing: Everyday Things. Learn to draw 60 ordinary items in ten easy steps." After the introduction the book the everyday items are presented in seven chapters: 1) In my Bag, 2) In my Room, 3) In my Kitchen, 4) In my Bathroom, 5) On my Desk, 6) In my Closet, and 7) Out & About (covering such items as running shoes, a bike, a sleeping bag). Lecouffe breaks the 60 Everyday Things down into shapes such as squares, rectangles, ovals, circles which is a really help to learn to draw them. This is highly appreciated since this approach can be also applied to items that are not presented in the book.
This is the second book by this artist which I have read. The book is not only for aspiring illustrators, doodlers, and art hobbyists, it can be also useful for advanced artists. I can recommend it for those who want to learn to or improve their knowledge of drawing everyday things. Nevertheless, it is important to note that there are no step-by-step instructions for the coloring, only for the drawing, but it shows which colors were used.
Note: The ACR did not contain all the pages of the book.
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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The book gives easy to follow directions for drawing everyday items. The tutorials are grouped into sections called In My Bag, In My Room, In My Kitchen, In My Bedroom, On My Desk, In My Closet, and Out & About. I was disappointed that the review copy only had about half of the tutorials and was completely missing the sections for Introduction and How to Use This Book. A full copy would likely be more useful, but in what I was able to evaluate, I felt like there were quite a few items that would only be useful for drawing in very specific instances or for someone who was really excited to try drawing everything they could. Part of the reason for my rating is that the copy was incomplete.
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

the drawings are very cute but detailed, they are easy to follow and are quite instructive. I liked the different color palettes that are assigned to every drawing, the book has a wide variety of drawings so it's unique. I definitely recommend it to everyone interested in learning how to draw stuff like clothes, utensils and things like that, also you don't need prior experience to know how to do them, the book explains everything, to me personally it felt kinda short so I expected more drawings.

As someone who loves all aspects of art and design and is always looking to improve my skills this was a really cool book to help assist with drawing everyday items such as plants ect.
It was a very cool guide and I really enjoyed it