This is a short yet comprehensive introduction to line drawing. It covers all you need to know in order to create your own illustrations, including the tools you’ll need, shading techniques, different layout styles and guidance on creating commonly found motifs like leaves, flowers, animals and insects. There are also sections on architecture and everyday objects. Each chapter finishes with an exercise for you to do so you can use what you have learned to create your own illustration.
The drawing style of the author is accessible and her instruction is easy to follow. If you think you can’t draw, all you need to do is follow the steps in this book and you will produce an instagram-worthy piece. There is a short section on hand lettering which teaches enough to help you to complete the prompts later on in the book but the subject is only lightly touched upon - this is a book about drawing, after all. How to draw borders and banners is also covered in an easy to follow way.
I am reviewing the ebook version but if you think you may want to complete the prompts actually in the book, you may be better off buying the hard copy because there is space within the book to do your own drawings. I recommend this book for beginner artists and for people who have always thought they can’t draw but who have a dream to be able to create their own work. Everyone can draw, some just need to be shown how. This book will do that for you.
With thanks to Netgalley and Quarto-Walter Foster for providing an advance review copy. All opinions in this review are my own.
Verdict: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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