Start Here: Draw begins in a very accessible and encouraging way for someone who wants to learn how to draw. Simple exercises to begin include drawing lines, curves, circles, and curved lines. Then it’s on to brush drawing, tone, layers, texture, and adding dimension.

The second section starts by telling the reader to get a sketchbook. Clinch then guides you through how to fill the sketchbook with various prompts and provides examples, including flowers, pasta, cats, dogs, and people to name a few.

Next is the third section, which is mostly about patterns and repetition with many suggestions like flying fish, paisley patterns, leaves, and flowers.

The fourth and final section is more about style and finding your own with tons of prompts and ideas to apply your art, such as bird mobiles, rock painting and drawing on sneakers.

While every page of this 190+ book includes doodles or drawings, you won’t want for ideas of what to draw or doodle. If anything, Start Here: Draw might overwhelm the budding artist if one glances through the entire book. For those that need a more structured approach to learning how to draw, this might not be the best option. There aren’t really lessons or step-by-step instructions. It’s more of a free-form creative approach to learning how to draw.

Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group - Quarry Books and NetGalley for an advance reader copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

I find drawing is both therapeutic and relaxing. The problem is that I’m not very talented.
This is a book I loved because it helped me, in a very simple and pleasant way, to draw better than I did before.
I recommend it.

A great gift for someone who wants to begin sketching and drawing. Good basic instructions and ideas to get a beginner started.

This is a great book for beginning artists as it is fifty ways that you can doodle, draw, and explore without considering yourself to be an actual artist. The first examples include line art and adding shapes to create images that create an assortment of simple and often adorable images. The techniques presented are easy to follow and will make for the ideal first steps for those just starting out with art. These steps grow a little more difficult (but not too much for a beginner) and will let you go from a beginner to comfortable calling yourself an artist. As I went through this book, I found it the perfect resource for people I know who aren't comfortable with considering themselves to have any artistic ability. Moira Clinch has put together a book that provides this level of comfort that is perfect for any age and can be used for solo learning or in classrooms. If you want to learn steps to get started sketching and even get your own sketchbook, I recommend you pick this book up today!

This is a quirky, useful book about learning how to draw. The first part is useful for beginners as it looks at mark making and turns the concept of making art achievable. I found that from then on the book became a little more complex, although it does give some great ideas for different ways to make art including making patterns, which is unusual for a beginner art book. Definitely worth a look, I recommend it for beginners and also for artists who fancy trying out some new ideas to enhance their existing art practise.

This was a fun intro to learning how to draw! I appreciated how it started easy and accessible and included a lot of starting doodles and ideas and examples from the author. The book covers a good number of concepts at a high level, but still in enough detail to give you a place to start from and grow. I also appreciated the materials breakdown at the back, though definitely wanted to know a little bit more about what some of the things, like the paper weight, meant in more detail, but what's provided gives enough for you to go off of to purchase the materials you might need.

The only other slight downside was I did feel like some pieces, like explaining the various ways to add color to your drawing, got a little repetitive. But overall, I thought this was a great book for someone who doesn't have much technical background in drawing and painting!

Start Here : Draw was an insider guide to starting journey into the creativity through drawings. I am totally newbie at this art and found this book really helpful.

The book starts with basic line, shape and colors. Then introduce us to different techniques to apply the basic lesson we got into sketch with diversity of media. The book is great for beginning but this skill really need practice daily to mastering and strong will to explore to build our own styles.

Thank you Netgalley and Quarry Books from Quarto Publishing Group for providing copy of this ebook. I have voluntarily read and reviewed it. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Expecting Publication : 4 June 2024

Look – a stress free introduction to drawing. It starts with such simplicity that you can’t talk yourself out of trying. Moira Clinch leads you on until you finally reach a point where it feels like you might fail if you try - but then you look and realize what you draw might not look great, but you can certainly do it so you stretch a bit. I think this works so well because there is no pep talk, no critique, but there is structure. Start Here: at any age, with minimal fuss : Draw

Start Here: Draw is a book that is crammed with a lot of information. It's split up to give those who are trying to start drawing.

This isn't a step-by-step guide book either. With Start Here: Draw, the reader is walked through the basics of starting to explore art. I found this to be nice. A good walk through of where to start with supplies and everything. It's encouraged to experiment with the styles and basics that are talked about.

I think for a beginner this is a great point to start and it could even be good for those who are a little more advance when they might be in an art block and unsure of how to get out of it.

This is a great book for the casual drawer. I like the consistent illustrative style that doesn't intimidate. From page one it got me playing with all my different drawing tools. I especially enjoyed the water soluble pencils and paintbrush pens. The simple examples got me drawing right away. I appreciate that unlike many art and drawing books, the drawing tools section is at the end, so I don't feel like I have to buy anything to get started and I didn't). I want to thank NetGalley for providing a digital copy of this book for my review. It is fun and inspiring.

I was looking for a good book to start drawing and this is terrific, it simplify difficult techniques in such a way that anyone will be able to catch every subject in a few traits. '

This book is such a gem. It's perfect for anyone who is interested in learning to draw (like me). I love that it is separated into short sections which can be easily located from the table of contents. All of the drawings are so adorable, my favorite sections were the food (especially the pasta page), the cats and dogs, and the travel page. I'm excited to learn how to draw more of those items and designs.

Start Here: Draw : 50 Ways To Be an Artist Without Trying. This is a great introductory book for beginners because it dips into so many different techniques without overwhelming you. It starts with very basic childlike exercises and drawings to warm you up, and while it doesn't really do step by step instructions it does do a taster menu. It is full of bright colour pictures and presents everything in a fun way. I loved browsing through it and would definitely like a hard copy. Overall an excellent book.

Unfortunately this was archived a day after I downloaded it. But I did a quick flip through, and this seems like a great beginner-friendly introduction into drawing. Starting with easy, quick drawings and moving on to more advanced things. There is also plenty of information on tools and other creative ideas.

The illustrations and examples in this book we so adorable! I will say it quickly passed my current sketching levels very quickly and is a great resource for different techniques for both adults and children. This is not a step by step guide to drawing a certain picture, but building blocks to allow one to draw whatever they want!

A book that's wonderfully dense with drawing exercises while also remaining accessible for beginners and those who are uncertain of their skill. Superbly grounded in art theory without ever being overwhelming. Highly recommended not just for a single read-through, but to keep as a reference book.

Many thanks to Quarry Books and to NetGalley for early access.

This book starts off at total beginner level and takes you not too slowly forward using a variety of materials and styles to quite an accomplished level. The exercises are suitable for all ages - not childish or too adult, and even the more simple ones would be great as warm up practice for experienced artists. There are new ideas in this book and it feels fresh and original.

This is such a wonderful book!! The exercises progress from the very simple to more advanced. The "easier" early exercises allow for quick access to the world of art and allows the reader to have success early in the process, making them more likely to continue. Love the layout of each section and the explanations of the exercises. Definitely purchasing a print copy when it is available. Great job!!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for access to the e-ARC in exchange for my honest opinions.

This book will definitely be one on my shelf. If drawing is something that you want to be accessible at any stage, here is the book for you.

It starts out with simple shapes and practice that build into basics of other techniques like shades of color, perspective, and putting all that you learn into a sketchbook.

There is a little bit of “how to” for any kind of art you’d like to sketch. I’m impressed what has been packed into this artbook and I see myself going back and back to it. I went ahead and preordered a physical copy that I can keep in my bag.

Thank you so much Quarto and Netgalley for an E-arc of this fantastic artbook.

This book has a totally different approach than other how-to art books I've read. Rather than showing step by step how to draw something and come up with a piece resembling that in the book, this prompts your creativity by having you start with repeating lines and then curves, and seeing how those can transform into something else. I think this is a great book for someone wanting to explore drawing who would is comfortable to come up with their own totally unique pictures rather than approximations of detailed instructions.