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Thanks to Netgalley and Quarto publishing group for access to this Arc in exchange for my honest review.

If you want to learn how to draw these cute little kitties, this book is for you ! There are step by step to how to achieve the drawing. I love how cute they all are.

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My 9 year old daughter and niece spent a whole afternoon giggling away at their attempts to draw the adorable kawaii kitties! They said the steps were easy to follow and they had lots of fun choosing their favourite kitties!

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC.

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Read and reviewed by my 16 year old creative and artistic son. Here’s what he liked:

Could use more tones - we’ve used warm tones but some cool tones could be welcome too

Quite easy to follow and the pictures show the end result with the breakdown of the process below

Very silly and goofy - in a good way

Unexpected little Pennywise kitty whaaaaat?? Mum got the fear then!

Love the different breeds

Food section - so creative and lots of brilliant ideas

Kitty colouring pages - I’ll have fun with this!

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By far the cutest step by step drawing book I’ve ever read. Beginning with the basic cat form body size, colors, and common poses this book then moves into cats dressed up, cat based food, cuddling cats and many more humorous and adorable designs. Perfect for beginners and lovers of cats.

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This is adorable! Very easy to follow along with! The drawings are sweet, cute and following the drawings is relaxing and engaging for both adults and children. My two youngest kids (ages 4 and 8) were able to try these along with me without frustration!

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Loved this book! I am the worst when it comes to being able to draw anything. This book made it so easy to follow along. While my cats may not have looked the best in the beginning they are super cute now! I would highly recommend this one especially for beginners.

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This is an adorable book. And very easy to follow along. I enjoyed the tutorials and loved the aesthetic. I feel like this is a great book for anyone, even children can create these super cute drawings easily. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this in exchange for my honest opinion.

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This is the cutest book I have ever seen. I enjoyed learning alone and doing these doodles on my iPad. I don’t really know how to draw and this was a great place to start as a beginner. It was so easy and very in depth. I love it so much. And the cats are so adorable

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Mini Kawaii Kitties is an adorable tutorial drawing guide for all ages by Olive Yong. Originally released in 2021 from Quarto on their Rock Point imprint, this second edition is due out in Oct 2023. It's 144 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.

There is a sweetly whimsical innocence about these kitties which just bring the smiles. There are 75 step by step tutorials with kitties doing adorable kitty things as well as fantasy kitties (mermaid kitty, cheering kitty, kitties in costumes - so many kitties). The tutorials are arranged thematically: general introduction with basic tutorials, playtime, daily activities, being curious, playing dress up, sharing love, discovering breeds, bon appetit, and some coloring pages.

The tutorials are very simply written with small achievable steps for a surprisingly detailed finish. I am a beginner with drawing and I was able to achieve credible results with these tutorials. They're a lot of fun to do. I would heartily recommend this one for gift giving (perhaps bundled with a sketch pad and some pens/markers?), library, classroom or makers' group. I would also recommend this book to babysitters, grandparents, parents, and basically anyone who spends a fair bit of time with small kids in order to up their 'draw with me' game.

Five stars. A truly happy book.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

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I love anything to do with cats and cute simplistic art so I had to check this out. I was really impressed with the layout, color palette and the different styles/themes to try. The steps were really helpful and not difficult to achieve. I can see this as a fun way to pass the time or to de-stress . I will definitely be practicing these adorable kitten sketches.
Thank you NetGalley for the arc.

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great drawing tutorials!!!!! 👏🏼
this is one of my most favourite comics on instagram 🫶🏼 always tears me up!!!!!

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These kitties are adorable!! This is a fun drawing guide that is going to appeal to people of all ages. I know so many elementary school kids at our library would would love to practice drawing these mini kawaii kitties! I really enjoyed the section about discovering different breeds. It was very interesting to see each breed drawn in the kawaii style. The Halloween cat section was my favorite, on every page I would think to myself "this is the best cat" and then I would see the next sassy cat costume and think "ok THIS is the best cat!"

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I put this in my cart as soon as I saw it. The illustrations are adorable and the instructions are easy to follow. While this is technically labeled as a book for adults, this is definitely a high-interest subject for children. 10/10, no notes: this book is great!

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