20 Ways to Draw a Tree and 44 Other Nifty Things from Nature: A Sketchbook for Artists, Designers, and Doodlers

Very nice booklet. Each page has different types of trees, plants, pine cones, and more nature elements, and you can copy and draw inside the booklet. We enjoyed it.

Nice book that has just line drawings...so simple. Great to look at, calming, thought inducing, inspiring. Shows examples of different nature items drawn several ways and has blank pages to try your hand at drawing some too.Shows the items just by themselves floating in the spaces on the pages...not in any whole pictures. I really like that as it stimulates the imagination more. Great idea as a book series and contains many wonderful ideas for all artists, embroiderers , painters etc. I think this would be good for children, teens, and adults alike.

This is a great book for kids interested in drawing. Fun examples and the pencil diagrams makes it easy for them to replicate. It's great that the book is designed to be drawn in, perfect for trips to the doctor or in the car. Book and pencil = hours of entertainment that isn't electronic!

I'm an artist who does mostly nature based work. Sometimes inspiration is sluggish and having a book like this in the studio is going to be a great go-to when filling a blank canvas seems like a challenge. Renouf's simple illustrations are the perfect jumping off point for all kinds of creativity. I also teach classes on art journaling and this is just the kind of nice, creative fodder to get people to jump into a new journal page. I like the 20 Ways to Draw A Cat, too, but not as much as this one. I have it also and will keep them both handy for those moments when a quick look at something can make all the difference in feeling like I have a good idea or not. Thanks, Eloise!

The books in this series are all great. In this one, "20 Ways to Draw a Tree", much more than trees are covered. Sure, there are plenty of trees - there are drawings upon drawings of trees - but there are also some other things included. Birds, mushrooms, feathers, and flowers - just to name a few. There is a lot of open space in the book - meant to encourage the reader to become more of a participant by doodling the trees in their own imagination, or practicing the doodles throughout the book. This book is great to keep in my car. It's easy to whip it out and work on a page - practice my doodling - while I wait for kids at various activities. In addition to this volume, I purchased "20 Ways to Draw a Tulip". That book is very similar to this one, and I would recommend both for artists - or doodlers - of any age. These books are good for anyone 8-108.

I love this and 20 ways to draw a cat. It's just interesting to see how many different ways one can illustrate something. In the empty spaces I like to add additional ideas. I'm a designer/illustrator and these are in my collection for inspiration. That said, my 11 yr old loves it also and traces the doodles onto her notebooks. She starts by tracing and then practices freehand.

I can't draw, but I am a doodler. All the edges of my papers have little stuff drawn on them. I love this book. It is easy and fun. What more could you want? No, you won't become a famous artist with this book, but it gives you "amaze and amuse the grandkids" skills. Master one drawing at a time so you can show others how to do it. You will be hearing,"Hey that's cool. Show me how you did that."

Browsing through this book, I thought it was over priced. Yet I browsed it repeatedly before my purchase. Practically any of these images are "logo" quality. They definitely remind you of REAL trees, snails, acorns, grasses, etc. AND (hallelujah!) they are simple enough to replicate free hand. I think anyone who wants to build up a mental inventory of ways to draw things will learn from Ms. Renouf: outline or not? include details but not every little one! vary the line quality... The publisher has left from to draw in the book, but the graphic design is so pleasant, I didn't want to intrude. I am happy to have spend several evenings devising scenes in my sketchbook using as many of her suggestions as possible.

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Joli livre esthétiquement, autant que le contenu. Pratique pour avoir des idées de petits croquis pour compléter un dessin ou débuter une petite fresque. A compléter avec les livres de Sachiko Umoto. Utilsable par des enfants ou des adultes. Pas de pas-à-pas mais des modèles.

Regt zum zeichnen an, allerdings sind manche Motive etwas fantasielos, so wirken zum Beispiel viele der Wolken wie Zentangle. Und manche Sachen wiederholen sich und sind nur aus einer anderen Perspektive gezeichnet. Aber ich kann nun einen super Fliegenpilz zeichnen und darauf kommts an ;-)

I purchased this book based on the reviews. My first impression on opening the book was slight disappointment. The book consists of a page of simple drawings on a single topic e.g. trees, with a blank page opposite for 20 of your own efforts. An adult colouring book? No. After my initial response I sat down and began to doodle and draw the suggested 20 items. Once started I found it hard to stop and as the pages turned I found that my drawing confidence was increasing. Some topics were harder and or more appealing than others - 20 snails is a big ask. Lol. This is a book designed to nudge you gently to draw or doodle. Most of us struggle to get started stating that we either can't draw or don't know what to draw. This book is a lovely place to start. Use pencil and an eraser to start. Then use ink pens and colour. Finally, I realised that part of my issue with drawing in this book was the childhood mantra of respecting printed books and under no circumstances adding my own creative daubs. If this is you, it's okay to draw on these pages.....really!

Drawings for my art class - can be very simple or more complex. Gives me great inspiration to create.