I was intrigued by the book’s title because as a beginner, I want to try drawing small projects that don’t take too long. The subtitle of this book - Getting Started - does just that with a thorough discussion of different drawing tools and materials. I like that McManness reveals her favorites for all the materials discussed. Next, she talks about techniques and there are pages to try them out.

This book is very comprehensive, which is surprising because it is only about 100+ pages. There is lettering, banners, borders and tips on layout. Then it is onto drawing flowers and leaves, city buildings, animals and daily life. You don’t usually find lettering and city buildings in a drawing book and that is why 15-minute Drawing appeals so much to me.

Instructions are easy to follow and McMannuss provides step-by-step photos. My favorite sections were the buildings and the flowers. If you want to learn to draw or know someone that does, this is a great starting point.

Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group - Walter Foster and NetGalley for a temporary advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

'15-Minute Drawing: Getting Started: From sketch to finished drawing in just 15 minutes' by Erin Mcmanness is a book to help you learn to quickly draw.

With chapters on Getting Started and Drawing and Lettering Techniques, the reader will learn the fundamentals and be ready for layouts and all the ideas that follow.

The book includes pages to practice techniques learned. A lot gets packed in to these 116 pages, but it's a good reference.

Thank you for allowing me to review this book through NetGalley, for this book is AMAZING. The author make sure beforehand, as usual, the tools necessary for drawing. But not only drawing, she includes lettering, the hype we can find practically everybody tries to do at the moment. The book then moves to drawing, those intricated flowers made simple, and coloring. In some parts, they included space for us to try the sketch, or even make our own drawings. It's simply a great book to have for those who wants to draw.

I really enjoyed this as a beginners guide. I’m not artistic and have never been good at drawing but I thought I’d give this a shot. While what I created didn’t come out as perfect as in the book I found this to still be useful and fun.

Wonderful guide for artists, thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me access it in exchange for my feedback.

Great step by step reference for beginning drawers. I really liked go this book made sketching various objects so easy. No pressure to make the perfect drawing! But great advice on how to make your own art and be more comfortable in expressing yourself through art.

This is a solid reference book and simple to follow. I enjoyed the advice given and the information was presented in an attractive layout.

This is a sweet book, full of beautiful pictures. The author goes to the trouble of describing the best tools to use for drawing and the qualities of different pencils and pens. For a beginner however, as most drawings are only shown in 3 or 4 steps from rough circles to full on detailed pictures, it wasn't quite enough for me. Still I think others will love the wide variety of lovely things to draw and is worth a read.
I received a temporary digital copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

This is an excellent resource for beginners -- materials, techniques and letting go of perfectionism.

As someone who hasn't taken a drawing class since high school a decade ago...this book was AMAZING. Really helped me to feel more at ease about the idea of drawing and the practice. Highly recommend to anyone even those of us who can't draw a straight line and stick figure.

I love getting to review advance copies of books, especially any of the art and craft ones. Thanks to NetGalley, Quarto Publishing Group USA, and Walter Foster Publishing for allowing me to read this great book.

15 MINUTE DRAWING: GETTING STARTED, by Erin McManness. This is a great book for artists of all levels. Each project is fairly easy and progresses by building skills as you go.

I love to draw and I practiced many of the items in the book and felt really please with the outcome. Everything is described and explained clearly and I can see where people of all ages will really like this book. The projects would also be easy to adapt to teaching to a group or classroom.

5 stars!!!

This book shows you how to get started drawing by making a simple sketch using examples and going from there. It doesn't have to be intimidating to learn to draw, This book makes it quick and easy.

This is an awesome guide to beginners sketching. It has sketches in three different to guide beginners to impressive looking sketches. It depicts from lettering flourishes and doodles to flowers, houses and Eiffel tower .

I recommend this to anyone who has ever wanted to try their hand at drawing.

Thank you netgalley, Walter Foster Publishing and Erin McManness for letting me read this book for my honest review.

Fantastic and creative book to help you getting started in drawing or it can spark your creativity and give you some new ideas. This book is great for bullet journals, planners, scrapbookers, card makers or just daily journaling. It starts at the beginning and the basic supplies that you need to draw and the different types of pens and pencils that you can use. You learn simple drawings to basic layout designs. I love all the border and lettering layouts and how to establish the location of each of the components. There are so many different types of nature items that you can draw and I think once you know the basics you can begin to create your own designs. The complex florals were my favorite and it is so much fun to sketch them out and paint them with watercolor or acrylic paints. However, the succulents and desert plants are a lot of fun too! Once you are past the basics, the potential for the creative drawing is mind blowing. I love having a refresher coarse and the inspiration when I don't really feel creative. I can't wait to purchase this book to add to my shelf.

Thank you Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the opportunity to read and review this creative book.

Wonderful introduction to drawing. Instructive and easy to follow. You feel like an expert when you’re done!

Awesome book with lots of drawing step by step tutorials. Exercises ranges from flowers, birds, animals and buildings. Very good book to let go of fear of drawing

As an artist and painter, I always enjoy reading books about how to improve my techniques. I downloaded "15-Minute Drawing: Getting Started", and was tickled to see the author, Erin McManness, includes pages and space in her book to actually practice along side her instructions and tutorials. Even though I already draw, I found useful techniques to use and the book also sparked my imagination.

This guide appears to be part of a series, and it is a series I love! I can see the daily 15 minutes developing skills very quickly, to the extent that soon the 15 minutes will be something the reader wants to extend as they get lost in the magic of creativity!

This is a guide to keep and refer back to, with lots of projects to enjoy along the way.

Featured is a decent introduction, covering all the basics equipment needed, in addition to techniques.

Once the basics have been mastered, projects are introduced. These come under the headings of 'leaves and flowers', 'city buildings', 'animals and insects' and 'everyday life'. These projects are lovely, well explained and sure to inspire.

I enjoyed this book and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

My thanks to NetGalley, author and publisher for the opportunity to review this book in exchange for an advance copy.

This was perfect. I sat down with my daughter who is 13 and together we read it and tested out some of the techniques. It’s a great short how to draw book that provides so much more. It’s easy to follow instructions and easy to find media makes this a book for all ages truly as well as all abilities. Whether your just starting out or If your looking to dust off your skills and transition back into drawing you will enjoy this and find it easy to follow. You may even pick up a few things I know I did. It was a true pleasure to be able to read this book. I look forward to testing out more of these skills I learned.

I thought this book was brilliant, it was exactly what I was after as I have just started drawing myself, so it came at the perfect time.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.