Learn to draw and paint more than 100 of your favorite everyday items!
Step-by-step projects, prompts, and creative inspiration make it fun and easy to draw your outfit, your favorite foods, your garden, and much more using drawing and painting tools you already have on hand.
From learning to draw and paint
plants
,
flowers
, and
bicycles
to the
neighborhood café
and the
contents of the kitchen cabinet
Draw Every Little Thing
demonstrates just how easy it is to render the world around you with little more than a pencil, paper, and paint.
Following a brief introduction to the joys of simplistic drawing and painting, this aesthetically pleasing book familiarizes you with a range of drawing tools and materials, including
graphite pencil
pen and ink
colored pencil
gouache
, before offering a quick
overview of basic color theory
. Each subsequent chapter is then devoted to a specific theme—kitchenalia, hobbies, neighborhood haunts, and much more—and packed with simple
step-by-step drawing projects
.
This accessible book
encourages you to jump around so you can draw what immediately inspires you
. Interactive prompts, creative exercises, and inspiring ideas make the process fun and engaging. Easy techniques and helpful instructions show you how to
develop your own personal style
, as well as
add color to your drawings
using gouache and colored pencil.
Crafty projects
round out the book, allowing you to use your newfound drawing and painting skills.
Filled to the brim with
whimsical artwork
and
loads of creative ideas
encourages artists of all skill levels to draw any time inspiration strikes.
The
Inspired Artist series
invites art hobbyists and casual art enthusiasts to
have fun learning basic art concepts
, relaxing into the creative process to make art in a playful, contemporary style.
Expand your creative exploration of the everyday with the fun follow-up book,
Inspired Artist: Paint Every Little Thing
(September 2021). Also from the series, find even more artistic inspiration with
Block Print for Beginners
(March 2021) and
Watercolor Painting at Home
(October 2021).