I hadn't had very high expectations and there are tons of art books and how to draw books out there that just show you pretty pictures of the artist, but don't teach you anything or get you more creative.
This book is different. Divided in sections and 52 chapters, one for each week of the year. It gives you a task and a few examples. I loved the exercises and they cover almost the entire range of techniques and subject matter. Perfect for beginners to find out what you like to draw or advanced artists to broaden your horizons.
I would recommend this book to everyone no matter what age or how professional. You could even do the same exercises each year and come up with something different. Great to get your creative juices flowing again or if you experience some kind of art block!

This book sets out art projects for a year. Each week there is a task to work on. You start with goal setting and then work through various techniques to hone your craft. As someone new to drawing, I found this very helpful in getting started and how to motivate myself to create. I look forward to my year in art and I think you will too!

Of all of the art books I have read in the last year or two, this is one of my favorites. It gives you projects to focus on for every week in a year. You can start the book at anytime as the projects aren’t month specific. Feel like you need inspiration now? Start now. Like a more structured January - December journal? Do that.

The projects are detailed enough to give you a place to start but vague enough that you could interpret them very differently from a friend working from the same book. As is the case when any such book, some week’s projects may inspire you more than others. Or you may find that on the week you are at, you’d really prefer to do the week after, no rules (though to get the most out of this book you will want to keep track so you don’t do one week’s project three times while skipping others).

Projects vary from self portraits to quotes to lists. Great for those who want to improve their art generally or who have more specific goals like illustrated bullet journals. There are samples of each week’s project as well as tips, so if you’re really stumped you could try to recreate the samples.

I absolutely loved this book, it is so inspiring for everyone who gets it into his hands! The book manages to motivate people to draw and sketch more and gives a great number of tips. I liked all the drawings and ideas Chelsea Ward included and I am definitely going to try out a lot of them :) I can definitely recommend this book to just everyone because it's great and full of creativity and colours.

52 weekly exercises to help fuel your creativity all year long. Some assignments focus on skill building, others on stretching creativity. All give the artist ideas for using their skills and discovering new styles along the way while building a habit of using those skills on a regular basis.

Thank you to Chelsea Ward, Quarto Publishing Group – Walter Foster and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. All comments are my own, unbiased opinion.

I often feel like drawing only to open my sketch book and cannot decide what to draw. Here’s the solution. This book is a great crib to get you started. It starts simple and becomes more challenging as the weeks progress. If you don’t want to follow it’s week by week exercises you can open it at any page and find something to inspire you. It will help you to see art in the shape pattern and design of everyday objects and use them in you own work. It’s fun to be creative and this book is fun!

First of all, thank you to the publisher for granting the wish to review this book.
I have recently become interested in art and drawing so this book is fab. I love that each week there is a different challenge as at the moment I don't know where my talents lie. This helps to explore areas which I probably wouldn't think of. So far I am really impressed with this book and I am excited to get stuck in.