Learn to Draw in 5 Weeks: A Beginner's Workbook for All Ages

by KRITZELPIXEL

Master drawing basics in just five weeks with this workbook for beginners of all ages!

The bestselling author of Manga Learning to Draw with Fun and Learn to Draw: Day-by-Day, Isabel B. Zimmerman (aka KritzelPixel), brings you a fun, beginner-friendly program to quickly grasp core drawing techniques. Each week, you’ll develop a new skill, incorporating principles such as light, depth, and perspective into your evolving work. Whether you dream of being able to draw animals, humans, manga, or creating a comic book of your own, this workbook provides a template for how to gain confidence and see improvement right away.
With Learn to Draw in 5 Weeks, you’ll:

• Explore easy, step-by-step instructions: Learn the fundamentals of drawing through simple definitions, visual examples, and anecdotes from the author’s experience. 
• Access exclusive explanatory videos: QR codes throughout the book take you directly to author videos that further explain core drawing lessons.
• Complete fun daily exercises: Simple assignments will help improve your skill set week after week. Accessible prompts inspire you to put pen (or pencil!) to paper from Day 1!
• Become the artist you want to be! While art comes from the heart, this book provides all the technical skills you need for your foundation—in five short weeks.

No matter your age or stage—whether you’re a beginner or returning after a long time—Isabel B. Zimmermann offers tools to watch your skill set soar!

• ISBN10: 0593435974
• ISBN13: 9780593435977
• Publish Date: 18 July 2023
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Zeitgeist
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 96
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780593435977

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.

Learn to Draw in 5 Weeks is a very well written and attractively formatted tutorial guide by KritzelPixel. Originally released in German in 2020, this English language translation from Penguin Random House on their Zeitgeist imprint is 96 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats. It makes finding info much easier later.

This is a useful book full of prompts and exercises for improving drawing techniques set up in a workbook type format. The writing is encouraging and reassuring. It's set up in chapters week-by-week, with exercises which aim to improve: fine motor skills, dimension, shapes, shadows, and craft. The author illustrates with simple lessons throughout which most readers will be able to easily recreate in their own sketchbooks. 

Four and a half stars. The illustrations are simple and in black & white / greyscale throughout. Recommended for school or public library collections, activity/maker's group studios, home artists, as well as a potential resource for more formal classroom instruction. 

The translation work is entirely seamless and it doesn't read as though it had been translated. The text is in 1st person and is direct and easy to understand. The instruction reminds me of the one-on-one tutelage you receive from a well run workshop class.

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