Sketch Every Day: 100+ simple drawing exercises from Simone Grünewald

A well-made book with gorgeous illustrations. I've been inspired by this artist and when I saw this book, I was thrilled. A great addition to my collection. The book is loaded with sketches for inspiration, with little tips along the way. There is a long bio about the artist, but it has cute drawings with it. Good to use as a reference book to help with original poses and develop creative ideas. I wish there would have been more information on backgrounds, different surrounding and objects included. The focus is mainly on character design, a bit of colour, faces, folds, pets and some proportion information. Hand and legs pages are greatly appreciated as they are harder to master. Overall, a good reference book for inspiration and tips.

I like everything about this book. In addition to some brilliant tutorials, beautiful illustrations and a book that’s just generally quite wonderful to look at, you get the accessible, conversational tone of somebody who shares an intimate view of what it is to be a working artist. It’s a very uplifting read in and of itself, but it’s also excellent at showing the realities of life in a creative industry being balanced with home and family life. I came away from this book feeling good; not just about my art, but feeling a bit less isolated as an artist. Thank you for that.

Love every page of this book. Full with quick and visual advices to support your ideas and creating your own visual library. From observing to character design, from perspectives to how to make your weekend work with family around, you’ve got it all in this little guide with entertaining and stunning sketches all the way through. I totally recommend this book to anyone at any level who sketches every day.

People say they love this or that everyday. But I really do love this book. The advice is from the hip, with no flourishes or frills. Straight up advice from someone who's where we would all like to be, frankly, if we want to have a career in commercial side of the art world. And its illustrated very sweetly and comically from the author's life and experience. Just a pleasure.

One of the most beautifully illustrated and informative books that I have seen in well -ever! This book is fantastic -it is full of useful tips on illustrating and character design -I wasn’t sure whether to get it as I didn’t know if I can sketch every day-I’m very happy to say that it is full of inspiration and useful tips and anecdotes too-simply lovely.

Love it. I like all books by this publisher. Well written book. Great examples. All cartoon style. Broken down into sections like shading, eyes, nose, etc. It’s well made too with a kind of shiny foamy front with a card wrap around with cArtoons on it. And has a marker and an elastic strip to keep what page you’re on and keep the book together tightly and neatly. Really love it. Ideal for beginners or semi pros. Pros would know this stuff.

I am absolutely delighted with this book! It has all those extra little details that make a book go from good to great... a ribbon marker, an elastic closure... it has amazing art with great tips and exercises! You can tell so much time and effort has gone into making every detail perfect and I couldn't be happier with my purchase!

I tried to follow this book and gave up, now collecting dust on shelf. It seems more like a biography of the artist/author, and the examples presented are not always direct enough or jump huge steps assuming a level of advancement. Author seem to focus at points on a particular media (digital I think) without clarifying how it could be applied to other media. Or how same effects could be achieved. The author is talented but as an instruction book this is lacking. Frustrating as the illustrations are nice, author is clearly very talented.

Love this book

I'm giving 5 Stars because the book itself is a good book and I don't want to take away from that. However, I am writing a negative review due to the way Amazon branded this book in its page title. I do like this book, but it wasn't what I was expecting. The Name listed on Amazon as "100+ drawing exercises..." just isn't true. It's got lots of tips, techniques, and advice but I might call them, at best, tutorials as there are no actual exercises or calls to action within this book. It's not the book's fault, within the book it does not claim to have drawing exercises - just techniques. This is a good book for people who are just starting out or are curious about what it's like being a pro artist - but doesn't provide much for anyone who might already be a good artist, or are working professionally. I bought this book as an art teacher and curious about the 'exercises' but, unfortunately, there are no exercises. I'll hold onto this book, I like the advice, I like the art, I like the examples, I like the artist... but it doesn't have any exercises in it. Amazon: the word exercises implies that there are assignments and/or projects that an artist can do that follow a certain guideline or activity to improve their work. At best this is informative but it definitely does not include any call to action.

... però questa volta devo bacchettare Amazon. Dove tenete i libri? La prima copia mi è arrivata con la copertina tutta strappata e gli angoli smussati, così ho dovuto chiedere una sostituzione. Oggi mi è arrivata la copia sostitutiva ma: • alcune pagine sono piene di pieghe • una pagina presenta uno strappo • la fettuccina/segnalibro era incollata alla pagina che si è rovinata quando l'ho staccata Mi scoccia fare un altro reso quindi terrò questa copia, tuttavia sono molto delusa perché il libro costa tanto e non capisco come venga trattata la merce in magazzino. Il libro invece è meraviglioso, pieno di spunti utilissimi per migliorare il proprio stile di disegno. L'autrice passa in rassegna tutto quello che un artista dovrebbe conoscere e studiare per creare illustrazioni d'effetto, sia che lo si faccia per hobby che per lavoro. L'autrice ha pubblicato anche un altro libro che ho intenzione di acquistare a breve, nella speranza che non venga maltrattato come questo. Allego foto.

Ce que j’adore dans ce livre comme dans le suivant de cet auteur c’est que dès qu’on a un doute à résoudre dans son illustration ( éclairage, cheveux, pose avec raccourcis, character design…), on va au sommaire, trouve le bon chapitre et on a de bonnes astuces pour y arriver. Les infos sont très directes et faciles à appliquer

The book is wonderful, but it arrived in a filthy state like whoever handled it did so with gross, sticky hands. And the package it arrived in was OPEN. Do better Amazon. The 5 star rating is for the book, obviously.