Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing by Flora Waycott. Creative prompts and drawing exercises for everyday items indoors, outdoors and around town with helpful step by step drawing instructions. Drawings can be used in journaling. Recommend using the print version of the book; the online version was difficult to navigate and deflected from the artwork.

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Have the courage to start drawing little things
Illustrator, artist, and author of various books Flora Waycott is presenting "Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing. Learn to draw more than 100 everyday items, from food to fashion", published by Quarto Publishing Group - Walter. The first part of her book covers topics such as "Finding Inspirations", "Tools & Materials", "Drawing & Painting Techniques", and "Color Basics." The main part of the book is divided into three parts that cover "Around the home", "Get Outside!", and "Everyday Life.". Each of these parts contains creative prompts and exercises. The last part of the book is dedicated to Crafting Projects. The goal of the author is to share ideas and tips how to draw every little thing that the readers see around themselves as well as challenging them to notice things which they mighty typically overlook. I appreciated the fact that the author gives practical and realistic tips where to find inspiration for drawing. The step-by-step approach is very helpful. Readers will be able to follow the process for the different drawings. Waycott uses different materials for her drawings such as water colors, acrylics, or colored pencils which can be an inspiration to the budding artists to try different approaches. The book can be an inspiration for them. It is a good guide for beginners and advanced artists and would make also a nice present. Sadly the author has not included references where the readers can obtain the materials used for drawing or a list of books for those who are interested in more advanced studies. Nevertheless, I recommend this books for artists who want to learn or want to extend their knowledge about drawing.
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I Love this book. First, the cover drew my attention, as it reminded me of the kinds of children's books that draw you in to look and examine the artwork, and see what is hidden in the pictures. The title and explanation caught my attention as well. In Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing, the author illustrator is Flora Waycott, who has a background in textile design (as do I), so I was definitely intrigued as her national background is different from mine. It was a joy to read and browse through the pages and be inspired by the explanation of tools, materials, and techniques, which are a great variety to choose from. The topics are everyday items, both inside and outside your home, and on your nature walk adventures. This book is both for the seasoned artist, the student, and the homespun folk artists to learn how, be inspired. I had at least one Aha moment and it brought joy to me to read. It presents you with moments to make that decision to practice looking at the world around you and capturing it with pen, pencil, ink, and brush, or your artistic tool of choice. I highly recommend this book to artists, public libraries and art libraries, as well as a great gift for the artistically inclined in your life. Enjoy

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I think this is an excellent book. I really like the art style. Flora breaks down a picture into individual items and shows you how to build them up. I really enjoyed working through this book and I definitely recommend to anyone looking to improve their drawing.

Flora Waycott has a very appealing style of whimsical folk art and her book abounds with examples, including vases, gardening tools, pets, and plants. Draw Every Little Thing recommends doing just that — drawing all kinds of objects found in the home and then moving outside and beyond. This is actually how Ms. Waycott improved her own drawing skills — she discovered that one doesn’t have to travel very far for inspiration.

Ms. Waycott shares her own artistic process with the reader — how to use a notebook, sketchbook and to look at your surroundings with a fresh eye. The section on tools and materials taught me a lot about paintbrushes and different kinds of paint. In fact, reading this section inspired me to want to try adding color to my art. I also appreciated the section on color theory which I found to be clear without being intimidating.

Draw Every Little Thing is filled with delightful eye candy that can’t help but inspire you. Creative prompts abound in this book, which will have you drawing in no time. It never occurred to me that my daily attire is something I can practice drawing every day. Pay particular attention to Waycott’s moths - the folk art drawn on its wings is outstanding!

A very pretty little book that was oddly uninspiring to me. It mostly features the author’s “recipes” for drawing various objects, with little room for the reader’s own imaginative input. I was also surprised at her art supply recommendations. Gouache and ink dip pens can be tricky and frustrating for a beginner. (I’m a former art teacher.) That said, this book is fun to look at and the craft ideas are really charming.

Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing
Learn to draw more than 100 everyday items, from food to fashion
by Flora Waycott

Easy to follow book that allows the reader to look, learn and execute drawing of a variety of items found in every day life. The illustrations are simple, colorful and fun making me want to pick upu a pencil immediately. This is a book I can see using ideas fIterom but also giving as a gift to my granddaughters who have said they plan to be artists when they grow up.

What I liked:
* The color theory information was easy to understand
* Examples were easy to follow
* Materials required are often readily available in the home already
* I could see myself or my granddaughters having fun using the ideas in this book
* Learning about the author

Would I buy this book? Yes
Would I give it as a gift? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster Publishing ~ This is my honest review.

5 Stars

As the daughter of an artist, this book spoke to me on several different levels. The instructions were easy and I was able to finally draw something for once. 5/5 stars

I was hoping this book would have more "how to" instructions. Beyond explaining the first or first few parts of the drawing it left me on my own. That said, it is an adorable book to browse through

"Inspired Artist: Draw Every Little Thing," by Flora Waycott is a fun art book that teaches students to create art by looking at the every items all around them and sketching what they see. She also covers the basics such as a the color wheel, shading, and other techniques for creating specific effects.

Throughout the book, she includes creative prompts meant to spark the imagination and get the student to try something new, such as take a day trip to the park and draw the gazebo or park bench. Another exercise was to draw pieces of clothing in your outfit.

Her style and way of communicating to art students was both informative and empowering, this was a great guide for a beginning artist.

I received this eBook free of charge from Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. I did not receive any fiscal compensation from either company for this review and the opinions expressed herein are entirely my own.

Flora Waycott walks you though drawing everyday objects. She takes us step by step helping beginners truly understand what they are doing. The best part is that the book concludes with crafting projects. Each style for creating, drawing and painting are shown in full color. For me, this was useful and helped me to expand my creative talents.

The book is very simple and easy to read.
Illustrations inside are lovely and heart-warming. The book focuses on doodling and includes drawing instructions step by step. It also touches the subject of applying the colour with paint.
Unfortunately, the book is really short and doesn’t provide in-depth instructions for beginners. The section about tools and techniques is pretty short and describes only the author’s favourite tools.
I wouldn’t recommend the book to somebody searching for a legitimate beginner drawing guide. However, it would be perfect as a gift for somebody getting interested in arts or just enjoying various illustrated books. It can be also suited as a tiny source of inspiration.

I love this book especially the detailed drawings of everyday life. It is easy enough to follow for a complete beginner, and inspiring enough for someone more advanced. I love the way all the illustrations are hand drawn pictures. A perfect book for anyone wanting to spice up a journal or scrapbook. I would have loved more pictures and subjects but overall a lovely book.

Drawing works wonders for my mental health. Now I’m embarking on my final year of university, I’ll be wanting to doodle away more than ever to unwind and destress from the heavy workload. However, it has been a while since I last took out my coloured pencils and my sketch pad. Even by skimming through Flora Waycott’s book and her whimsical doodles, I feel inspired to get creative again.

The book begins with some useful tips and lays down the basics for some art concepts and techniques before moving onto to some simple step-by-step drawing projects. These are all inspired by items around the home and everyday life; from hanging houseplants to picturesque mailboxes, Waycott reminds us that not all drawings have to be complex to be beautiful. That being said, I would say this book is too basic for the advanced drawer, but perfect for inspiration nonetheless.

In this book, Flora Waycott encourages you to seek art in the mundane and think of even the simplest items as a basis of creative inspiration. I can’t wait for my bullet journal to brim with whimsical doodles inspired by this book. So happy I got my hands on this!

A nice book with some good ideas but a bit overwhelming for a complete beginner in my opinion. I should have also read the blurb a bit closer as the title insinuates that it's just drawing, whereas the drawing element is just one aspect of the book. It's also very much about paints, blending colours etc.

A delightful book just not for me.

Many thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this ARC for which I have given my voluntary and unbiased review.

Possibly the best book of this type I have come across so far. There are a multitude of art prompting books, and even more learn-to-draw books, but I have struggled to find one that presents, in a simple form, step by step instructions for casual drawing, rather than classical-style artistry. I don't want to try my hand at realistic representations of people and things. I want to know how to decorate my journal with simple little sketches.

This book achieves that. Quick pen sketches of casual, daily subjects. How to use colour, what tools to use, and why. Paper types, methods, styles. This is absolutely the book I have been looking for for three years.

A lovely little book that is so inspiring. Floral Waycott encourages you to look to the everyday objects that are all around you for inspiration. The book is divided into six sections. The first section deals with tips for getting started, tools needed and various drawing and painting techniques. The next four sections offer ideas for subjects, step by step tutorials and exercises to try. These four sections are themed - Around the Home, Get Outside, Everyday Life and Around Town. The final section offers ideas for crafting projects.
A great book for beginners and for those looking for inspiration. It is well set out and the instructions are clear.

The drawings in this book are very simplistic and seemingly effortless to recreate and that seems to be the intention of the author. She starts off with some basic material info and color theory but does not explain how to create your own palette. In my opinion, the content is too basic; at no point, it encourages you to find your own style in both drawing, painting and, choice colors.

I love books like this. As a child I was really into drawing and loved it. I was pretty good too. It's been years though since I've drew so when I saw this book I thought it would be a great refresher and I was right. It felt so good to start doing it again and I loved this book and hope to find more like it. I recommend it to anyone who's just learning to draw or needs refreshed like me.

This was lovely! I loved everything about it, from the art style to the organization of the book. What a lovely little interlude for artists and those who simply enjoy pretty things and who want to see the world around them in a more whimsical way.