20 Ways to Draw a Tree and 44 Other Nifty Things from Nature: A Sketchbook for Artists, Designers, and Doodlers
Original price was: $22.99.$13.91Current price is: $13.91.
Related Products
Fun With A Pencil: How Everybody Can Easily Learn to Draw
Adobe After Effects Classroom in a Book 2024 Release
Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Animals: Simple Techniques for Creating Animals with Personality – Includes 66 Step-by-Step Tutorials
Each spread features 20 inspiring illustrated examples of 45 themes–tree, tulip, shell, owl, peacock feather, mushroom, cloud, and much, much more–over 900 drawings, with blank space for you to draw your take on 20 Ways to Draw a Tree.
This is not a step-by-step technique book–rather, the stylized flowers, trees, leaves, and clouds are simplified, modernized, and reduced to the most basic elements, showing you how simple abstract shapes and forms meld to create the building blocks of any item that you want to draw.
Each of the 20 interpretations provides a different, interesting approach to drawing a single item, providing loads of inspiration for your own drawing. Presented in the author’s uniquely creative style, this engaging and motivational practice book provides a new take on the world of sketching, doodling, and designing.
Get out your favorite drawing tool, and remember, there are not just 20 Ways to Draw a Tree!
Read more
315 reviews for 20 Ways to Draw a Tree and 44 Other Nifty Things from Nature: A Sketchbook for Artists, Designers, and Doodlers
Add a review
Original price was: $22.99.$13.91Current price is: $13.91.
letterpress lover –
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.
MountainTown –
Very cool book, my 4 year old budding artist loves it, carries it everywhere, and works on it all the time. She mostly colors in the designs, but she uses her imagination on every single piece and has drawn a few items and is gaining confidence from experience! Highly recommend. Nice paper, beautiful drawings! We will purchase more like this.
Y. K. Autie –
This book is a great source of inspiration & sheer fun. It’s good to flip through just to enjoy or as a serious refernce for a guide to getting the required effect. I work in metal & textiles & the illustrations lend themselves well to media other than pen, pencil etc.
Dana S. Whitney –
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.
Karine –
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.
Mel –
Drawings for my art class – can be very simple or more complex. Gives me great inspiration to create.
Amazon Customer –
I really like this book! It inspires me to doodle and create. I like the format. No step by step. Just copy what you see to the best of your ability. My husband and kids were shocked that I bought the book. This mom can still enjoy drawing. ☺
ひい –
色々アレンジしてつかえそう 買ってよかった もっと色々出してほしい
Dar James –
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!
Madeline M. –
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 😉
Debbie –
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.”
Ann –
This beautiful book has 20 ways to draw 45 different things found in nature. Feathers, pinecones, herbs, dandelions, snails, shells, and much more! I am so excited to start drawing mushrooms and moths and thistles! It is great! It is not a step by step drawing book…just look and draw. Some drawings are simple, and some are more complex. You won’t be disappointed with this book. Another great book is “20 Ways to Draw a Cat”. Same concept…with 45 different animals.
Katherine B. –
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.