Learn To Draw Disney Winnie The Pooh

Any Disney Winnie fan will enjoy getting to draw their Disney favourites as this book has clear concise diagrams to follow to be able to draw the characters successfully and get any age involved too simply brilliany easy to follow for all ages!

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Ten Step Drawing Flowers by Mary Woodin

In this book we discover tips and tricks to drawing flowers which may seem hard, but are broken down into small manageable parts to deal with slowly.

Building up our flowers of choice to draw, we can develop and adapt out skills with the help of the pictures diagrams and examples provided which allow a good visual aid to us beginning to try and perfect out flower drawing skills.

It was handy and a good guide to get me drawing flowers way better than I have ever done so! I appreciate the guide drawings and it was laid out beautifully and easy to follow.

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

The Brilliant World Of Tom Gates Book 1 by Liz Pichon

Tom is friends with Derek and likes Amy who he tries to impress and dislikes Marcus who he doesn't get along with.

We learn how Tom is in a new band, had a disastrous holiday camping, has a bad school picture day, like to make fun of his sister Delia and a concert for his favourite band goes awry as well as an hilarious parents evening especially the part about a certain hobby he's written about his parents had no idea about!

I really enjoyed this book and the diary/drawing style it's in after loving the Dork Diaries series I'm glad I picked this one to read next too with the everyday relatable things like school and annoying sisters to random drama that's unthinkable happening it kept me entertained the whole way through!

The Misadventures Of Max Crumbly: Locker Hero by Rachel Renee Russell

Max is a new student starting middle school after years of home schooling and is afraid of Doug, or Thug as he nicknames him as Doug is a bully and treats Max terribly. Max gets embarrassed in front of his crush Erin by falling over thanks to Doug as he recalls to us in his book as he's trapped in his locker and Erin rescues him as she walks by only he later ends up trapped once again by Doug just in time for the weekend!

My favourite scene from the book was the dancing janitor while poor Max was trapped inside his locker! Max then proceeds to break out of his locker and stumbles on a burglary taking place in the school!

From pizza obsessed burglars, stealing girls clothes and bum dialling his crush during the burglarly, Max is a force to be reconed with.

Dork Diaries character Brandon appears in the book as he is Max's only friend and they volunteer together at the pet shelter.

Alike Nikki in Dork Diaries, Brandon has a victory dance for good news like Nikki's Snoopy happy dance.

I loved the ironic twist to the book title being Locker Hero as at first hes a zero trapped in his locker then a superhero saving the school hopefully from burglary.

I can't wait for the next book as it ends on a nail biting cliffhanger!

Catdoodles by Akiko Masuda

This book is beautiful, with many types of cats drawn and tips on how to create them yourself too.
Each page is full of colourful cats which all vary showing the versatility on how to create your own types of cats. From doodles, to rainbow cats covering the page, this book shows you them all.

The book is suitable for any age and any capability of drawing talent from young children to adults, these cats are all simple doodles and we can all manage a cat doodle with this book if you're unsure how to!

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Creative Marker Art & Beyond by Lee Foster-Wilson

Starting with a tools and materials list alongside a colour wheel explaining colour types and drawing tips all fully explained, the book sets you up with all the tips and tricks you need to understand creative marker art and colours that work and pattern types to try out too.

With ideas to try out with space on the page for you to work within the book if you wanted to, the book guides you through many ideas from nature inspired design to creative lettering and hand drawn gifts. 

The book is beautiful, colourful and laid out in a way that's still easy to read and not distracting from the colourful drawings! Each page is more and more inspiring and is sure to get you out of a creative rut or just get you involved in marker craft.

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Chinglish by Sue Cheung

Jo and her crazy Chinese and English aka Chinglish, family move to Coventry to live in two rooms above a Chinese takeaway her parents run.

As her younger sister makes friends with an older girl, shoplifts and smokes, her brother Simon was caught stealing and went to live with their grandparents while Jo is left longing for a better future than being married off or owning the takeaway!

We see Jo make friends with goth Tina, get her first boyfriend, deal with bullies, discover a passion for art as a career and also how disappointed she feels about her parents as we get to see how truly horrific home life can secretly be behind doors.

Raising awareness of domestic abuse/violence this book was open and honest showing the raw side of life within some families. I loved hearing about dancing bonkers goats and entering a competition to win a scholarship to fashion school which sounds crazy amazing and in general this book was a fabulous debut and everyone will laugh, cry and love this book, I guarantee.

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

How To Draw Cool Stuff by Catherine V. Holmes

I have honestly not read a more beautifully designed, themed and simple drawing book before now!

I have an array of drawing books and none of them are at all like this one. In this book, set up in months of the year and themed with each month's major events such as; Easter with drawing rainy puddles, rabbits and daffodils.
I have also never managed to draw a convincing rose that didn't end up looking like layered semicircles, but with this books detailed illustrations and instructions, I managed it!

If you can't draw, can do a little but want more confidence or a complete novice, this book is sure to fire you up and make you proud of yourself and your talent as you will grow confident in tackling the most tricky of designs as have I!

I hope you pursue purchasing this book and giving it a whole hearted go, thank you to the publisher for allowing me a copy to review for you all!

Draw And Colour the Baylee Jae Way by Baylee Jae

As an insanely talented artist I follow myself on YouTube, Baylee is a top artist to see produce such stunning drawings and artwork all the time.

This book includes your basics from selecting the right pens and tools to tips on gaining some inspiration and drawing the basic human face and form in varying ways complete with a colour theory chart and tips on creating more light or dark characters with certain colours blended together and outlining advice again with the right non smudgable ink pens.

The book features pop art, manga style drawings Baylee has created which are all super colourful and vibrant in a rainbow of colours proving her amazing talents as an artist.

I highly recommend this book if you love art or want to develop your techniques further.

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!

Wake Up! by Chris Barez-Brown

All about embracing living in the now, this book presents fifty four ways to help you achieve just that.

The book talks of doing the normal day to day life stuff without you realizing, stuck doing bthe same everyday without a break or difference you soon become tuned to autopilot mode.

We lose awareness of who we are and the importance of what we love becomes hindered and buried under life admin, we need to learn and asses our growth with creativity and once we find our positive mindset and relax, we can allow change and growth to happen to us.

There's also creative pages to draw and scribble on as well as we are encouraged to take it around with us to reconnect with life at times when we either feel pressured or alone etc.

More points made in the book are about the topics of;
Spontaneity, rest and exercise, draw and plan, make time for family and friends as well as enjoy every moment!

This book is a great little creative book and is reminiscent of a more adult focused Wreck This Journal.

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review it!

I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

Noah and Jude are twins who were extremely close until their mum dies suddenly one day. After the event Noah hides some serious secrets from his family about his mum which ends up causing more pain until Jude breaks through to Noah later but will she understand why he hid the information from her?

The book is very art heavy and the flashbacks to past events aren't made clear. At least, not on my kindle version. I kept getting confused reading it but the base of the novel around Noah's guilt was always present as was the issue about his sexuality.