Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps

This book is a good starting point for the absolute beginner. The drawings it takes you through are quick, cartoonish doodles designed to build the confidence of someone with no experience drawing. It does an excellent job of its stated purpose, teaching people they can draw anything by turning simple shapes into different objects and figures, However, I was hoping it would also go beyond that to touch on more intermediate skills, giving tips about leveling up the drawings, but it stayed at a basic level. Nonetheless, this book is great for early drawing exercises to show the wide range of what an artist can draw with basic shapes and imagination.

This was such a fun way to while away an afternoon. Clear easy, very simple instructions that made quick work of turning the art of drawing into something not so intimidating. Perfect for young new artist in the making.

This book is a so fun it's perfect for young artists. The illustrations cover 100 drawings of animals, buildings, flowers and so much more in six (6) simple steps.

With that being said these are simple drawings because anything advanced can't be done in six steps. So don't expect master pieces. This book is designed to teach someone without much experience basic concepts. By the end of the book you should easily be able to recreate the tutorials. This would make an excellent gift for children.

I recieved this book from NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group- Race Point Publishing for an honest review.
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Rich Davis makes drawing look ridiculously easy. He's narrowed down some wonderfully whimsical designs into just 6 easy steps that even those who "can't draw a straight line" can manage. The adorable houses were my faves!

I’m not sure if this book is aimed at children, but being a beginner at drawing and an adult (nothing too complicated the start with) – this is perfect for me. It shows step by steps instructions on how to draw something from animals to cartoons. It seems more doodle than serious drawing, with again is great for me to get started and dabble at my own leisure without pressure.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

I love this book so much! Oh my goodness, it's just perfect in every way. Davis shows you how to draw just about anything, from people to churches to baobab trees to fish in hats, in six truly easy steps.

Kids can do these. Grown ups with no art experience can do these. Everybody can do these, and they are so cute and whimsical and fun. Love, love, love. I may buy a copy for our home, for the kids and adults to have fun with.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

This book is fun, no doubt. The closest I've come to drawing is a single drawing class through the local art center, and trying to convince myself to doodle more (it's healthy!). The first gave me an appreciation for how much concentration and abstraction really goes into simple drawing, and this book is perfect to bolster the second!

The book passes through different groups of subjects (people, animals, etc), but really that's very arbitrary. I mean, if you are drawing a cartoon cow that just isn't fundamentally much different than drawing a cartoon armchair... but it had to be organized in some way and this totally makes sense.

The style isn't my absolute favorite comic style, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that this book shows (teaches?) you how to look at things abstractly, simplify, break them down to the edges and lines you see, and just GO. Perhaps most importantly for me, it reminds me that YOU CAN ERASE a line: if you draw a circle as the body of the cow and then need a head, well, dangit, put the head there and ERASE the part of the circle for the body that's in the way. Don't know why that struck me as something I needed stressed, but that's what I took away. :)

The book is great for kids because it is whimsical, and also for adults wanting to speed through to feel like they accomplished something today while they were corona-quarantined. Both will like it.

Very cute. Will make kids independent when it come sto drawing th eblue dotted lines and then erasing them. Makes them see how you dont see the esges when it is behind something,

Its a fun art instruction book by Rich Davis to try on a lazy Sun afternoon! Easy to follow step by step instructions. Covers instructions for drawing flora/fauna to buildings to people! Fun for all ages but perfect to do with kids!

So I have zero artistic talent. I am more of a doodler. What a perfect time to learn to draw when you are quarantined with no place to go. Anything to pass the time!

So the positives:
-this was dumbed down for absolute beginners at any age
-pictures, techniques and directions were easy to follow

The negatives (I had a kindle):
-the pictures were so small and even when you zoomed in, picture quality was grainy

I think if I had received a hardcopy of this book, I may have gotten somewhere and improved on my lack of art skills. This book was a great place to start though. I think I will purchase the hardcover when it becomes available. Still a good tool to learn for basics.

Thanks to Netgalley, Rich Davis and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Available: 5/26/20

Thank you Author Rich Davis, The Quarto Publishing Group and NetGalley for giving me a chance to check this book out in advance. I love drawing! Especially things I haven't drawn before. This book was a load of fun! Kids can definitely get involved and enjoy this one with their parents as well. I like how the author gives you more ideas on pages to create by using multiple characters in a scene. This is good for story building and creativity for the kids.
All opinions are my own and not that of anyone else's.

AUTHOR

Rich Davis is the author and artist who created Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps (Mini Art). Click on his name to find out more.

WHO IS THE TARGET AUDIENCE?

Davis is an artist who’s illustrations in this book appear directed towards helping children learn to draw. Parents looking for some child bonding exercises would do well to use this book to create some art with their children.

SYNOPSIS

Re-visit your childhood with this tiny 128 page book of some basic drawing methods for you and your child to make art together. The publication delivers this through a well structured 6 step method to assist in creating simple original illustrations.

Davis has focused on identifying the minimal shapes required to create the base drawings. There are double page spreads with inspirational tips to keep the aspiring artist on track and help improve their skill set. The content is laid out in a conventional pattern beginning with Animals and concludes with People. The graphics are lively and vibrant. For children, the images are raw, exciting and original works. Each of the eight chapters is:

Animals

Birds

Fish

Architecture

Transportation

Garden

Great Outdoors, and

People

The pages have high visibility name bars on the upper header portion of the page with the name of the subject in large, bright, and clear writing. Each chapter concludes with “Try these too!” ideas for the young artist to use with the six step process. This method makes creating line art fun and simplifies the construction of more complex subjects by utilizing basic forms, squares, circles and triangles.

CONCLUSION

There are two areas of creativity that are the most difficult to learn; the first is deciding how to begin and the second is how to finish your work. Davis understands this dilemma and provides practical help and advice through a structured six step process. Yet he has achieved much more than that, by creating this method he allows the child to focus on one step at a time. The structured method reduces the complexity of the subject into easy bite sized chunks. This transforms the overwhelming prospect of drawing an entire rocket into a modular sketch.

I particularly like the helicopter. As my husband, a 25 year veteran helicopter Instructor Pilot and Instrument Examiner, likes to say “A HELICOPTER – A million parts rotating rapidly around an oil leak waiting for metal fatigue to set in.” In reality they are so intricate, yet Davis has managed to condense them down into a beautiful set of basic shapes that create a cogent and believable illustration.

Young children will no doubt adore using this book to pass away happy hours learning the basics of how to draw anything.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank Race Point Publishing , NetGalley, and Rich Davis for affording me the opportunity to review Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps (Mini Art).

I enjoyed playing around with some drawings taught in thaught in this book. Suitable for a beginner. The kids also loved it. Would have like to have this in a format other than Adobe digital editions. Thanks for the entertainment.

Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps is a cute drawing book. A fun way for a child to learn to draw some simple items. Thanks to #Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read it. I've already used it to teach a child how to draw some flowers to make a card.

I’m not sure what age range this book is aimed at (maybe a great book for adults to use alongside their children, etc), but I’ve certainly had a lot of fun with it. The book covers a wide range of topics including animals, people, transport; the pictures are in a cartoon style, so not for everyone. The steps are easy to follow (‘six easy steps’) and I was pretty proud of my attempts.

This is a really fun and creative book which offers lots of ideas and inspiration for drawing, doodling and creating! I would highly recommend it!

Really cute step-by-step tutorials for drawing animals and other little doodle-y subjects. Very much in the vein of Ed Emberley, this book can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. I had a blast drawing some of the adorable animals (my favorite was the goose).

This is a great fun book for anyone, especially those who say they can't draw. It is extremely satisfying when you can produce something that looks just like the picture. It is perfect for children just gaining confidence in drawing and learning to experiment. The projects are cartoon like and a bit of fun. It is great book for a rainy afternoon or when you are stuck indoors looking for something to do with the kids.. Instructions are very easy to follow and there are is a good variety of different subjects to try.

Instant gratification for those who insist they do not know how to draw and then find that - with the help of this book - they actually can!

The style is cartoon (not realistic) and suitable for absolute beginners (even adults who say they can't draw to save their life) and children. The step-by-step makes it easy to follow. Even the very young can achieve something.

Draw cute animals, birds, fish, architecture, transportation, garden, great outdoors, and people.

Thank you Netgalley and The Quarto Group- Race Point Publishing for this ARC. This is my honest review.

The drawings in this book are great and the steps to draw them make it seem easy! There are so many things to draw and they are good for all children or anyone who wants to draw. I think it is great!

I received this e-book ARC of Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps by Rich Davis through Net Galley from the Quarto Group in exchange for a truthful review.
This gem of a guided drawing book sets out to show beginning artists, young and old, how to draw a collection of 100 items (animals, architecture, flowers, people and more) in a simple, cartoon style. And in only 6 easy steps!
The drawings are really cute! And the idea of 6-step Notre Dame and White House drawings made me laugh, bu they turned out pretty good!
There are some additional challenges which require 12 steps and those which combine and extend the individual guided lessons.

I like books like this that make art fun and approachable where no matter how bad you are at it you feel you could give it a go. There are great exercises here to draw lots of cute, simple things, and to start seeing things as shapes in order to create other drawings yourself. Although it seems simple, this ability to see your subject in shapes is actually a very important principle of art that allows you to create create paintings. A lovely book that will help people gain confidence with their creativity.

I received a free digital copy via NetGalley, but the opinions expressed are my own.

This book is a good starting point for the elementary age artists. Each cartoonish drawing is completed with 6 quick steps, by turning simple shapes into different objects and figures. I enjoyed that is wasn't just the basic " draw a cat, now draw a person." but had fun quirky characters to draw like woman with cake, a gardener, a forest, etc. I also loved the simple details that help with perspective as in the layering in the mountain drawing.

Thanks to Netgalley and Publisher for the Advanced Reader Copy.

Easy to follow six steps to draw objects in categories such as Animals, Birds, Fishes, Architecture, Transportation, Garden, Great Outdoors and People.
It is a fun book for beginners to draw.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for eARC

I received an advanced reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This is a great book to help get people started with drawing at any age.
The step by step guides in almost 6 or less pictures are fantastic and super easy to follow!
My favourite bit was the buildings and plants and trees!
This book is sure to get people drawing away and overcoming obstacles in their drawings.

This was clear and just the right amount of options and steps. I was pleasantly surprised to not just animals but an architecture section etc.

Fun, accesible for a lot of levels, and still encourages creativity even though you’re following along. Really enjoyed this.

Thanks to publishers and Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Cute and to the point. Don’t know if it will help really draw things in 6 steps but it’s a great way to practice your skills, especially when you know you need to practice, but have no idea where to start that day. Doodles are a go to.

I am very much a beginner when it comes to drawing and I really like this book. The art style is cartoonish and the colours are nice and bright. I also really liked the fonts used in the book. The drawings are broken down into small steps that you build up to create your final piece. This makes it seem less intimidating and gives you the confidence to draw. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning to draw. Thank you #netgalley

This book shows you how to draw almost anything in a popular, cartoon-like style. The drawings are cute, especially the birds, and the instructions seem pretty easy. Look at Rich Davis's website to get an idea of the drawings, although they are, of course, much more basic in this book. This book is probably more fun for children.

I received this ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps is exactly what it says. It is a very beginner guide to almost enhanced stick figure drawing, with one huge addition! It encourages the artist/doodler to pick up the essence of what they're looking at or trying to capture and turn it into a fun addictive drawing passion. It encourages creativity in a really unique way. Very well done!

This is a very cute book for beginners. There are breakdowns of vehicles, buildings and animals. This is a great book to start kids with. You could work many projects into these simple steps.

This is a great little book for anyone who's nervous about even getting started with drawing. This literally does what it says and will show you how to get up and running in drawing simple cartoon figures of (almost) anything. The figures are so simplified and laid out in such easy steps that anyone can do it.

The sections cover dogs, cats, cows, turtles zebras, dinosaurs, birds, fish, flowers, buildings, machines and people, so there's something for every situation, and once you get the hang of these, you can doubtlessly invent your own techniques for anything that's not covered here. I commend this as a useful tool and a worthy read.

Excellent little collection with lots of different 6 step drawings that really teach kids how to break it down. There is such a variety of items (animals, architecture, etc) that the simple tools will be easily carried over to future experience with drawing.

I really like the simplicity of the drawings in this book. As an adult, I like the cartoonish drawings and I think that it would give a non-drawer a great start. For a child, I think it gives a good way of looking at everyday things and breaking them down into basic steps.

The diagrams are broken down into very easy to follow steps. I think a younger child of around 7 would find this very easy to follow. Once the basic drawings have been followed you can then add them together to make up a larger picture. There are also various alternative ideas to the basic drawings as well and this encourages imagination. For example, there is a helicopter carrying a dinosaur!

These diagrams could also be expanded on and coloured card could be used to make interesting pictures, as well as using the ideas for applique designs for older children. This book gives a very good basic guide to drawing and is laid out in a good way with small but gradual increases in difficulty.

A really good book that I like a lot and I loved following the drawing with, I would definitely recommend.

Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps was an insanely adorable and easy to use book. It’s full of simplistic drawings that are a breeze to master for both kids and adults! The 6 steps were, in fact, wicked easy and extremely fun! Going through the book, I tried my hand at several of the drawings! It was wicked entertaining! I found that I’m not so great at birds, and yet they’re my favorite because the resulting sketch was always hilarious and cute!

Davis included an Inspiration section in each chapter in which he challenges the reader to attempt some more elaborate scenes and drawings using the skills they develop throughout the chapter. The type of drawings are on the more whimsical side, and that won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but this was a great guide for beginner artists!

Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps by Rich Davis is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. This is really one of the better beginner/children's drawing book I have found. Not only does it have 100 items to learn, ( from animals, flowers and other things), but all in six steps! Easy instructions with images for each step! Great book!

A really nice book on how to draw things. Very pretty book to look at and the steps are easy to follow. I will be getting this book for my classroom library. I enjoyed trying some of the 6 step drawings. This is the perfect book for the students that say " I can't Draw". Well yes you can and here's how.

These doodle drawing books from Quarto Publishing, whether it’s Pace Point or Quarry, are just wonderful.

This one had some lovely little vehicles to draw and plenty of fish. They were also really easy to follow and add your own little details.
Super fun drawing for anyone interested in learning how to draw, doodle, and cartoon,

My daughter and I have had so much fun drawing all the pictures in this book. The instructions are easy to follow with cute illustrations and a user friendly layout. My daughter is 5 and is feeling very accomplished in her drawing ability since exploring this book.

The synopsis says this book is for all ages, and in theory that is true. However, most adults would take one look and say, "nope, it's a kids book". It's not that the instruction is bad, it's that the drawings are THAT simple and in a child's style. Adults may find the included items like trees, fish and houses cute for doodling, or for adding to an envelope or card, but not for anything other than casual doodles. Kids on the other hand will love how they can take shapes and make fun animal characters. It's perfect for elementary age kids to learn basic drawing- they can use it for school projects and summer art skills!

This book is awesome! One of the best children 's drawing book I have seen. It teaches every single step in an easy and fun way! Highly recommend it! I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review

This book was even better than I expected. The images shown are in a very friendly cartoon-doodle style and the instructions are easy to follow. I had a lot of fun trying to not just reproduce the instructions, rather tried to go for something new and fun, inspired by the book. The author himself encourages you to try to make the pictures "yours", to give them new personality and to create entertaining scenes with them.
The lighthearted and encouraging tone of the book is quite nice and refreshing and while that may make the book look as if targeted towards children only, I think we all can benefit from someone encouraging us to try and draw something fun.
I would strongly suggest this book to anyone that wants to learn drawing and anyone that's looking for style inspiration.

*Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a free digital copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.*

The book passes through different groups of subjects (people, animals, etc), but really that's very arbitrary. I mean, if you are drawing a cartoon cow that just isn't fundamentally much different than drawing a cartoon armchair... but it had to be organized in some way and this totally makes sense.

The style isn't my absolute favourite comic style, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that this book shows (teaches?) you how to look at things abstractly, simplify, break them down to the edges and lines you see, and just GO. Perhaps most importantly for me, it reminds me that YOU CAN ERASE a line: if you draw a circle as the body of the cow and then need ahead, well, dangit, put the head there and ERASE the part of the circle for the body that's in the way. Don't know why that struck me as something I needed to be addressed, but that's what I took away from it. :)

The book is great for kids because it is whimsical, and also for adults wanting to speed through to feel like they accomplished something today while they were corona-quarantined. Both will like it.

This book was a good step by step drawing instruction. Most of the drawing was too “cartoonish” for my taste. However, I found the drawing good warm-up exercises.

All the exercises are very easy to follow. Rich uses black lines to show you what to draw. Blue lines show you what portion to erase and grey lines are from the previous steps.

I would recommend this drawing book to a beginner looking to improve their drawing skills.

I received this galley from NetGalley.

Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything is a step-by-step tutorial drawing guide aimed at absolute beginners. Due out 26th May 2020 from Quarto on on their Race Point imprint, is 128 pages and will be available in paperback format.

This is an ultra simple, quick study, beginner's guide to drawing lots (and lots!) of different simple everyday items. The introduction is easy and very basic and covers how to use the book and a very little on line drawing. The 6-frame tutorials are split into thematic sections: animals, birds, fish, architecture, transportation, garden, outdoors, and people.

The format of these tutorials will be familiar to most readers. They start with simple shapes or geometric line drawings, add simple shapes and refine the outline to wind up with a recognizable finished drawing. Some of the drawings were whimsical, some were very stylized.Each tutorial page has a 'now you have a go' blank facing page for practice.

Great selection for a gift for a young artist, perhaps with some added sketch pads and pencils. This would also make a superlative classroom or library book.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. Fun collection.

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

Rich Davis has created a very colorful as well as accessible drawing guide for the beginner, whether they be an adult or child. The book is divided into eight sections: Animals, Birds, Fish, Architecture, Transportation, Garden, Great Outdoors, and People. The Architecture section is unusual and includes things you don’t usually see in a beginner drawing book, such as Notre Dame and the Brandenburg Gate.

Each of these eight topics contains between 7 and 12 six-step drawings. All the first steps begin with a basic shape and then in the 5 next steps, Davis shows you what to add and what to erase.

At the start of each section is a page of text titled “Here’s Some Inspiration” in which Davis provides some suggestions for modifying or combining the drawings you are about to learn how to do. At the end of each section is “Try These Too,” which number between 5 and 15 modifications of drawings you just did or even a scene combining them. After that is a 12-Step Challenge which tends to be a bit more complicated but do-able.

I particularly liked that some of the drawings include things in action, such as a running turtle and a jumping cat. The running turtle shows up again in “Try These Too” as a turtle on a skateboard and bouncing a ball.

This book excels at being a very user-friendly book with a colorful and sensible layout. I especially appreciated how many things one could learn to draw in only six steps and this made it a very practical, engaging and fun guide that will have you drawing in no time!

Thank you to NetGalley and The Quarto Group - Race Point Publishing for a temporary advance reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

Learning to Draw (Almost) Anything in Six Easy Steps was a fun and engaging book and it keeps its promise. The animals, buildings and other pictures here are simple and cartoonish (sometimes) and even I, as a non-drawer, could easily create them. At first I wondered whether I was just copying but realized that I was learning about spacing, perspective and not just replicating what was in front of me. This is definitely a beginner’s book and/or a book for children. Its cartoonish quality is appealing for children and adults with little experience. It gave me confidence and I really enjoyed myself.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to review this book for an honest opinion.

I cannot draw.
I still cannot draw, but I'm less terrible at it now. This book gives a great foundation to build from, but I'm pretty much sure I'll never manage much more than maybe a entangle or three. But, this was as really very neat book.

Thank you to Netgalley for connecting me with the publisher and giving me the chance to review the book.

Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps
By Rich Davis

Simple but detailed and easy to follow directions on how to create over 100 fun items seen in daily life. By combining more than one together scenes can be created with embellishments, whimsical additions, cartoon flair or illustrative aspects.

I believe this book is one that children, teens, and others would enjoy looking through and perhaps having in their library to refer to from time to time. In some ways the illustrations remind me of doodling I have done in the past.

This is not a book one would buy to create realistic representations of anything even though every drawing is easily identifiable

Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I use any of the ideas? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4 Stars

I loved the simplicity of these drawings. Perfect for sketch noting, bullet journaling or notes for your loved ones. Easy to learn at any age!

'Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps' by Rich Davis shows young artists how easy it is to draw things.

There are over 100 things to draw in this book broken down in to easy steps. The book is categorized into 8 categories like animals, people, architecture, etc. At the end of every category is a challenge to draw things without the steps and an additional 12 step creation.

This is a very approachable art book for younger artists. Most everything in here should be attainable, and the skill learned to break things down into smaller pieces will help with art going forward.

I received a review copy of this ebook from The Quarto Group and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

I would recommend this book to learn how to draw some basic illustrations. It is an excellent book for children (my 12-year-old daughter liked it a lot), but it is also suitable for some beginner adults who are interested in this style. There are a lot of cute and funny illustrations you can draw in 6 easy steps. There are some 12-step challenges included in the book, too.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this! All opinions are my own.

By using simple shapes as a base, you can Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps by reading this book.
If you, or more likely your children, can barely doodle a flower, this is the perfect book to up your drawing game. It assumes no prior knowledge of art. None at all. And for some that is the right place to start. If that’s you, and you complete all the exercises in this book, you will soon be able to draw recognizable figures. You will also be able to start any beginning-level drawing book or course, if you want to continue your art education.

The art exercises are engaging. They progress at a smooth pace. By the end of Learn to Draw (Almost) Anything in 6 Easy Steps, you should be able to do just that (though maybe with a few more steps). Overall, this would be good to either distract or educate a young child for several days. It’s cute and engaging. 5 stars!

Thanks to Race Point Publishing, Quarto Books, and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.

As a total beginner, this book was a gem and an awesome find for me! I love the concept of being able to draw anything in 6 steps, nothing more and nothing less. It really does simplify the whole process of drawing into easy steps that make the sketches much more approachable for the absolute beginner. I think my favorites from this book were all the different types of flowers. Thank you Rich Davis for this cool find, and I look forward to another book about more advanced drawings with the same easy attitude.