Mary Woodin

Ten-Step Drawing: Nature
Draw 60 plants & animals in ten easy steps!
by Mary Woodin
This book is brilliant! Easy step-by-step instructions with images to follow to draw a wide variety of plants and animals! Perfect for the beginning adult or child. It breaks down difficult images to simple shapes then slowly builds up from there! Amazingly simple the way it's taught. Definitely going to but it! This was a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. Thanks! Love Walter Foster books!… (mere)

I liked the wide variety of drawings to choose from ( 75 between flowers, plants, berries, bouquets and wreaths) but the instructions didn't bring anything new for me, I could have just copied the line drawing from step 9 without the breakdown. If you already have basic drawing skills, this type of instructions might feel too redundant. I would recommend this title for beginners who are just learning how to break objects apart into their basic shapes. What makes this book stand out from others is that the 10th step shows the finished colored version along with a color palette (dots, like in botanical illustration), perfect for beginners to get used to a limited amount of colors and just combine them to create new shades. I really liked the designs, they are really pretty and modern looking. I could see them used for handmade greeting cards or other DIY projects for the home. *I read an eARC*… (mere)

Ten Step Drawing: Flowers by Mary Woodin provides instructions for creating no less than 75 different flowers. Each flower is done through, as the title suggests, ten simple steps. Each picture has little sidenotes with it, offering detail suggestions, or tips and tricks. From hibiscus, to dogwood blossoms, to aloe Vera and a variety of bouquets, there's sure to be plants to appeal to everyone. I think my favourite were the hen and chicks! Haha, I was really not expecting that! My grandmum grew hen and chicks, and they are amazingly resilient little buggers. You can just throw chicks on dirt and they flourish. This book is perfect for budding artists of any age!

***Many thanks to the Netgalley and Quarto Publishing for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.… (mere)