Wednesday, September 1, 2021

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

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Ten-Step Drawing: Everyday Things is a tutorial and instruction book to drawing people in a variety of poses by Justine Lecouffe. Due out 7th Sept 2021 from Quarto on their Walter Foster imprint, it's 128 pages and will be available in paperback format. The eARC I received for review included excerpts from the finished book and encompassed roughly half the content.

The titles in this series are all formatted in a similar manner and this one is no exception. The book includes 60 tutorials for household and everyday objects, arranged thematically: things in my bag (wallet, phone, key & fob, etc), in my room, in my kitchen, bathroom, desk, closet, out and about. As shown on the cover, each tutorial includes 10 steps with each refinement numbered sequentially and shown from start to finish. I liked that this guide shows several different styles and includes lots of items which could be used on journals, menus, placecards, crafting, papercrafts, stickers, etc. This is mostly aimed at beginning to early-intermediate artists and will provide a lot of good practice sessions.

This would make a good choice for public or school library acquisition, home use, or gift giving (perhaps bundled with some basic drawing supplies). 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.

Four stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

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