This book is an absolute delight!

The lessons/sessions are clearly laid out and presented with wonderful pictures.

Lots of people feel they can look on Pinterest or instagram and obtain the information/instructions they need to make unrealistically portrayed masterpieces with their children. This book teaches the process of creating art and presents photos of what children can realistically achieve.

I’ve actually bought the book so I can develop the art skills in my creative children.

An ideal book for art educators or parents looking for inspiration and ideas. I like the approach to this book as it lines up with my values, putting emphasis on the process rather than the result.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me read an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This book was a very good book for drawing for kids they will really love this book and it is perfect for the little ones wanting to learn how to draw , It has excellent resources and tools for kids.

This is a fantastic starter book for children and adults wanting to learn to draw or to brush up there techniques.
I have been looking for a clear and concise book that would be on a level for my Ten year old granddaughter and this is the book. I purchased it the day it came available for me to review in person with my local helper who is a talented budding artist. She rated it a 10 star plus and so did I and I have no artistic ability at all and I was able to do better than my normal stick figures!

I definitely would recommend this and I purchased this book and am sending one to my granddaughter.

This is such a cool book! I loved that the focus is on not giving kids too much instruction- guide them, but let them choose what to do, how to create their art. Caughey starts the book with the usual list of suggested materials, but I appreciated the explanations of things like different weights of paper, types of pencils and what they'll do, things like that. There are warmup exercises to help kids learn about different techniques of making art- adding shadows, making different types of marks (dots, dashes, cross hatch...), using perspective, then we go into the various workshops, which honestly look like a lot of fun, and I'd like to try them myself. Seriously, I wanna take her classes too, I loved her style of teaching throughout the book, she's very open and encouraging, good at helping her students explore the materials and seeing what can be done with them, and great at helping students find their inner artist! This book is aimed at instructing kids, but any adult involved is going to learn a lot too, and I feel like so many of the projects in this book could easily be adapted (or wouldn't even need to be adapted) for teens and adults; the eraser drawings are fairly simple, but look so cool, I like the blind contour drawing exercise, the half and half project, sfumato, making plaster paper! There's a lot of mixed media fun in here. This is a great book for educators, homeschoolers, parents, or just anyone who wants to explore their artistic side.

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I love the ideas in this book. When working with children you often find yourself at a dead-end. This book gives you some super starting points that can be easily adapted.

Drawing Workshop for Kids is a facilitator's guide with fun creative projects aimed at primary to middle grade kids. Due out 30th March 2021 from Quarto on their Quarry imprint, it's 144 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.

There are so many benefits to art instruction for everyone, but especially for kids: fine motor control, spatial reasoning, mastery and self confidence, decision making, cultural awareness, and so many more. This manual is developed and curated by the owner/facilitator at The Purple Twig, an art studio and maker's space in Los Angeles which caters to kids and families. I liked the layout of this book as well as the author's encouraging voice. The introduction contains a good overview over benefits to be had from artistic expression alongside a good cross section of suggested tools and supplies.

She moves quickly to specific warm-up drawing exercises such as detail oriented drawings (her example was for drawing eyes from reference photos), drawing oversized large drawings, negative space, drawing rocks/texture, cross hatching and other shading elements, and lots more. Each of the tutorials contains tools and supplies listed along with step-by-step process instruction and many clear color photos.

The second section contains more comprehensive and "finished" projects written to the same format as the warm-up exercises. Each of the tutorials throughout the book also includes an overview of the skills it is meant to help train (detail, perspective, varying marks, using the whole page, volume, collage).

The materials and supplies used in the book will be readily available both at crafts/arts stores as well as online. The author has included a resources and links list as well as a short index.

Five stars. This would be a superlative choice for public or school library acquisition, gifting to a young artist (perhaps bundled with some simple art supplies), as well as for maker's groups, library activity groups, scouting and similar outlets.

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

Drawing Workshop for Kids
Process Art Experiences for Building Creativity and Confidence
by Samara Caughey
Back of the Book: “Help kids build confidence and find their own creative voice through this collection of 25+ invitations for drawing.

In Drawing Workshop for Kids, art educator Samara Caughey, founder of the highly praised family-centered art studio Purple Twig, shares drawing activities that support the development of creative, confident children ages 7 and up.
All kids need to begin engaging in the pleasure of these simple yet inspiring drawing projects are a pencil and paper. Along the way, new materials are introduced, giving kids the opportunity to experiment with new techniques.
Each of the three main chapters—drawing from life, drawing from images, and inventive drawing—focuses on techniques to explore, such as observation, mark making, shadow, line, composition, detail, contour, and perspective.
Drawing Workshop for Kids strives to inspire children to investigate drawing and develop their own approach to art, building creativity and confidence.”
Impressions: I think this was a helpful resource for homeschool families who are looking for art curriculum and projects. This book was educational and fun with colorful pictures and easy to follow instructions. The supplies for most of the activities were items that most families with kids would have or easy to purchase. I look forward to using these activities with my two little artists!
I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review shared here.

This book is so much fun - as an adult, I'm wanting to do the tutorial as much as the kids. The projects are bold and fun to do. Fun in get dirty and try drawing all sorts of things from charcoal drawing, eye from magazines, to seeds from the garden and microscopic items.There are many processes that assist in different aspects of drawing such as focusing on detail, mark making, creating tones through erasing, filing the page, perspective, texture, collage, 3D drawing, map making and many more. This book is a gem for children to use and for parents to join in with.

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

Drawing Workshop for Kids is a fantastic drawing resource book for developing and encouraging children's artistic skills, imagination and creative abilities. With the world covid crisis still going on and so many children being stuck at home, this book is a breath of fresh air and had some brilliant drawing ideas such as shadow drawing, charcoal and rubber drawings and drawing on plaster of Paris. This book has so many great ideas to try and the equipment required isn't expensive to get.
I have three ideas in mind from this book to suggest to the children I work with during this lock down period and also to try with my child at home.
The book is very informative about materials, ways to do the projects, step by step instructions and fantastic photos of the projects being done and completed.

I love Quarto Publishing’s activity books for children, and DRAWING WORKSHOP FOR KIDS is a perfect example why. Children age 7 and up learn how to draw from life, draw from images, and do imaginative drawing starting with just a pencil and paper at first. There are 25+ drawing activities — all developed to boost children’s creativity and confidence. Written by highly respected art educator Samara Caughey, founder of the Purple Twigs family-focused art studio. A great resource, especially during COVID times.

5 of 5 Stars
Pub Date 16 Mar 2021
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Thanks to the author, Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry, and to NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine.

Drawing Workshop for Kids by Samara Caughey

This book inspires creativity in children or people of all ages. It shows you that there is no wrong way to draw, from scribbles to shadows to drawing on different textures.

This shows you how to use different techniques to draw tiny or larger objects. If all else fails, keep on drawing. It's a book for children around age 10 or 12.

Thank you to NetGalley for the complimentary copy, I was under no obligation to post a review.

What a wonderful gem of a book. I have been in art classes my entire life starting at a young age and continuing after college. This book is an art class in a book!

From materials needed to warm up activities and a variety of drawing workshops this book has it all. What a great selection of drawing activities!

This is such a great resource for art and different ideas on creating art with kids. Highly recommend for educators, homeschoolers, or art enthusiasts.

'Drawing Workshop for Kids' is an amazing instructional book filled with awesome art projects! A variety of media and projects are presented, from pencil to charcoal to watercolor and more. This book instructs in process art, where the creation process is more important than what is ultimately made. This seems hugely beneficial, especially when learning methods for creating art and encouraging exploration. Some of the projects include: shadow drawing, 3-D drawings, still life composition, and treasure maps. What a neat book!

Thank you NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group/Quarry Books for providing this ARC.

I was looking forward to this book since our family recently purchased a historic church that we're turning into a community arts center, and we plan to have regular free arts classes and activities for kids there. To be honest though, I didn't get a lot out of it and have found far more creative drawing projects on children's art websites for free. This would be a good beginner book for parents and caregivers absolutely new to teaching art/drawing to kids, but I was hoping for more actual instruction and creative new projects. I did do one of the projects with my youngest daughter at the church yesterday and we had fun with it (we drew flowers, cut them out and then pasted them on paper with a cut out vase and paper border), but I adapted it to make it a little more creative. I do like the idea of drawing a little scene and gluing it into a candy tin, but most of the other ideas were just kind of meh to me. I'd recommend this as a library read but it's not something I personally would purchase for our arts center or for a family resource.

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

I follow the author's art studio, Purple Twig, on Instagram. As an educator in a Reggio-inspired preschool program, I am often inspired by the beautiful, child-led process art pieces posted there. I was excited to be able to read this ARC. While most of the activities in this book are geared toward children older than my current students, there are a lot of ways I can use the ideas. My own kids will love these, and I have already used a few of them during our lazy Sunday art sessions. I absolutely recommend this book to parents and educators alike!

I'm so happy to have discovered this book and thank you to NetGalley for the advance online copy. 'Drawing Workshop for Kids' is aimed at children aged 7 and above but I my daughter who is 6 (almost 7) loves drawing and art and has already got stuck in to some of the great exercises, This book has a grown-up feel which I love. There are lots of great ideas that I would happily sit down and try alongside my daughter. Our favourite exercise so far has been the 'half and half' project where you cut part of a magazine image out and draw the rest on a piece of paper. My daughter created the most wonderful picture of a castle. As we begin another lockdown in the UK, I am looking forward to trying more of the exercises in this book including drawing eyes, shadow drawing and 3d birds. Whilst aimed at children, I'd say this is also a great book for adults, who perhaps love art but haven't done it for a while, to get back into it. Brilliant.

Terrific resource for adults teaching kids. Projects that are doable by kids, but that also equip them with a range of skills to improve their drawing and create works that will give them pride in what they’ve done. Great for parents and teachers.

My daughter has talked forever about wanting to be an artist. I want to support her, but her talents are beyond my ability. This book is a book that offers amazing instruction on how to support a budding artist. The descriptions and pictures are detailed and make each project do-able. It does have a higher-level skill set. I see this being used for upper elementary and middle-level artists. It would be an amazing resource for art teachers.