Ten-Step Drawing: Everyday Things: Learn to draw 60 ordinary items in ten easy steps!

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.#TenStepDrawingEverydayThings #NetGalley

As an adult with little to no drawing experience, I was immediately drawn to this book. (no pun intended)The tutorials are organized into seven sections: In my Bag, In my Room, In my Kitchen, In my Bathroom, On my Deck, In my Closet, Out & About.Each object includes a 10-step illustrated guide, written instructions for each step, a color key, and a colored example of the final step of the drawing.As a beginner, I found this guide did an excellent job outlining every step with clear illustrations and easy-to-follow text. I was pleasantly surprised at the variety of objects included; this made the book fun to flip through!I would recommend this book to beginning artists or anyone interested in improving their art. It’s perfect for both older kids and adults.I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of this book.

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.

5 stars, Easy and funTEN-STEP DRAWING: EVERYDAY THINGSThough I was disappointed, that the review copy I was provided by #netgalley was only a partial excerpt, the book did have several everyday things that I liked, and was able to make my first attempts at drawing. My most favorite thing was a key with a house fob key chain. Who knew that a key would be so easy to draw? Very doable for this doodler.Highly recommend it as a gift for children or adults.I was thoughtfully provided a complimentary copy of #TenStepDrawingEverydayThings from #WalterFosterPublishing I was under no obligation to post a review.

A new school semester has started. I am one of those people who is always doodling in the margins of my notebooks. So, this book was created for those, who like me, enjoy drawing and need a bit of guidance.This book offers a useful tutorial. It is divided into sections with topics based on locations including my bag, my room, my kitchen, my bathroom and more. There is then an additional section entitled Out and About. Within each of these sections are many things to draw. For each, the item to be drawn is created with ten steps.For example, in my kitchen offers teapots and cups, while on m desk includes scissors and art supplies. Search for favorites or just dip into this title and start wherever you land.So, get out your pencils and have some fun!Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions are my own.

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.This is a cute book! But it definitely feels like it's for people with some drawing experience.While some of the drawings are simple, others have a lot of detail that can be difficult to fill in. There's step-by-step instructions that show how things come together. There's also a color pallet included in each drawing which is nice.There's a variety of things to draw included in this book from food to things and plants. It's helpful for drawing these specific things, but there's not a theme or anything to follow in this book.Overall an interesting find!