This wasn't what I was expecting from the title of the book. I expected there to be some instructional side to this book, but there isn't. What it actually is, is a list of 100+ drawing prompts in 3 sections titled, "Get up and Go", "Under the Sea" and "Oodles of Doodles". For each prompt the book has 20 examples and encourages the reader to draw 20 of their own. The examples vary from simple doodle type sketches of the item, to more life like colour little drawings. I can see how this book could help someone get into the habit of regularly sketching, and just drawing without worrying about what they produce looks like. Often with art we worry about the final item rather than just doing, and enjoying the process. The prompts in this book could keep you busy for many months.

5 stars, Excellent source!

20 WAYS TO DRAW ANYTHING
by the Editors of Chartwell Books

Let me count the ways that I love this book! The authors give you 20 different ways to draw each item they draw for you, there is extra room to draw your own versions, also. I like to doodle and this is an excellent source for knowing how to draw amazing things. Highly recommend it.

Thanks a bunch to #netgalley #chartwellbooks for the complimentary copy of #20waystodrawanything I was under no obligation to post a review.

First off, this is not a step-by-step instructional drawing book. It's more of a collection of drawings with each object drawn in different styles. I would totally buy this book as a ready reference for copying and drawing in just about any type of journal to make it more interesting and visually appealing. Really handy for those of us who cannot draw from memory but have already some basic drawing skills. Sure I could get lots of drawings from the Internet but that is very time consuming and less than fun to scroll for page after page looking for just the right drawing. The drawings in this book are cute and fun.

Thanks netgalley for the book to review!

I don't understand why they said "20 ways to draw everything"? there were certainly not twenty of each object listed, and I don't think there were just 20 prompts in the entire book-. Very confusing! Anyway, this isn't any sort of instructional book, and I'm not strictly certain it's an inspiration book either, although it could be read that way. All in all I'm a bit confused!

It will show you that there's many different ways to draw something so I guess it succeeds at that?

This book was not what I expected. And maybe that's why I did not like it more than that. Indeed, I think this book could just be a few pages. I loved the concept of drawing twenty times a same object and I think it is a great way to practice drawing. However, I did not see the point of two hundred pages of just examples. I was expecting more explanation as to how to draw things in different styles.
I would recommend this book to people who are beginners and who wants to practice by copying art.

A simple collection of drawings and sketches to make a "library" of pictures. As a beginner, I liked being able to see inspiration from the different examples. There is no "draw line 1, then line 2" its just a page of 20 cars, then 20 teapots, etc.

This was not what I expected at all! I was expecting this book to be in a step-by -step instructional format. However, it just gives you designs of 20 different ways to draw different items. This book may be good as a reference but it isn’t very useful as a “how to”.

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20 Ways to Draw Everything by Editors of Chartwell Books is a very basic book, it has 20 designs of various different things for you to copy. It’s simple and not really something that couldn’t be found on Google. The pictures aren’t really that clear in a lot of the pages.

When I first began looking through this book I was expecting something completely different. I was expecting an instructional format but this is not that is not that al all. It is perfect for the purpose of copying the drawing in the book onto your sketch pad or wall and learning how to draw the items.

It was perfect for me to draw the sea creatures into my bathroom mural.

I found it useful and informative.

20 Ways to Draw Everything is NOT a step by step guide hot to draw but a collection of drawings to inspire you.
It's a fine book for those who want to find inspiration how to draw different things... find their style. I guess it´s nice to have pretty doodles together, with some space for your own drawings, but I would not need it in a printed form.

Not what I expected. I assumed that this would have step-by-step instructions on how to draw various things. What it was was items drawn in twenty different ways, some simple, some more involved but there was no step-by-step or tutorial process.
For instance there were twenty different pairs of skis; some basic and some from different angles or stylistic choices but it was still just twenty pairs of skis. Same with twenty hats and twenty cars etc.
While I think this would be a useful reference for someone looking to find their own style, as a 'how to draw' book in itself I don't think it would be much use.

There was an interesting selection of things to draw here with some great variations. Its a fun book to work with if you are trying to improve your drawing skills.

This is a good book for any young person who wants to learn more about how to draw a variety of things. It has a huge amount of different objects, equipment, vehicles, and all sorts of other things to copy and to inspire.
I don’t necessarily think that it’s particularly unique in comparison to other books of a similar vein, but anything that encourages and supports creativity has still got to be considered a good thing.
My thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this book in return for an honest review.

I thought this book was going to be a step by step guide on how to draw certain items but it wasn't - it was literally just 20 pictures of an item, all slightly different.
Good pictures, but sadly no good for me when I am awful at drawing and was hoping this would show me how to do it.

20 Ways to Draw Everything is not a step by step guide but a collection of doodle variations to get you started. It is an odd book as you could just google these images and get a much greater variety of images in a wide range of styles and levels. The style of the drawings reminds me of Richard Scarry childrens' books, and might not be to everyones' taste,

Not too sure who would want a book like this as almost everyone would just use Google. However there might be Market out there. It is not one I would buy though.

Definitely a strange one. A collection of prompts for drawing different items but I can’t really see the point of the book, I suppose it is nice to have these all in one place but otherwise it is just as easy to google images to copy as there are no skills explained or guides included. Not a terrible book just one that didn’t really have any use for me

To be fair 20 ways to draw anything DOES state in its description that this is NOT a step-by-step drawing book. However, it was still very disappointing as there was nothing in it that can't be found for free with a simple Google search. Therefore I am at a loss to understand why anybody, on flicking through, would buy it. Except for inspiration maybe.

There are lots of categories and many different variations, but is just basically freely available pic art, with blank pages for you to copy them if you wish