Okay, Faith Varavara!! Love this!! Full of step by step instructions and illustrations to draw kawaii style cafe doodles, this book was so fun! My kids and I thoroughly enjoyed ourselves learning to draw some of our favorite cafe snacks and will be coming back to doodle some more! We also appreciated the intro to this style of drawing!

If you're a bullet journaler/planner or just someone who'd like to learn to draw better, this is an ideal book to have fun while you're at it! I expect beginners to intermediate artists will find this easy to follow along with and enjoy.

Thank you NetGalley and Rock Point for the DRC. All opinions are my own.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. (via Netgalley)

Super cute and the instructions are very easy to follow.

this is just so sweet! It was very easy to follow along with the drawings. I am not an artist but following the templates makes my arts looks more presentable! I have been going on my iPad and just following this along!

Thank you Netgalley!

One of my favorite things to do when I relax is scrolling through my Instagram feed, where I am following a lot of different artists who are drawing kawaii. Be it cats, food, etc.
I love that drawing style. It looks simple and appealing, and I am sad that I can't draw like that.

I loved the cafe theme in this book. On some of the first pages the author writes that she doesn't only want this to be a drawing experience, but also a food experience, and then describes the cafe ”The Kawaii Doodle Cafe”, those who work there, what atmosphere is at the cafe, etc. I could see the cafe for my eyes and loved that playful vibe. It fits the book where every page almost looks like a page of the menu card.

The pages are step-by-step drawings of food, drinks, and tableware. It shows how simple the kawaii art style is. It was inspiring.
I would wish that we also saw a step-by-step of the coloring, and heard some of the thoughts behind it to match the art style best because that's an important finishing step.

At the end of the book though, there are line drawings ready for you to practice coloring.

All in all, I am pretty pleased with ”Kawii Doodle Cafe” by Faith Varvara and inspired to try and get better at drawing my own kawaii food.

Looook, look, look. If you saw even a fraction of my journaling and sticker collection, you'd understand why I'm drawn to something like this like a moth to a flame. I must CONSUME all the kawaii, so when I get told I can DRAW kawaii?? Sign me up.

This instructional book is, first of all, cute as heck. It's kawaii, it has to be. The art is pretty simple, with step by step guidelines to show how each section of a drawing is done.

The downside with this, however, is that it feels like the kawaii-ness of all the art is done in the coloring stages after the line work, which we don't get steps for other than some coloring tips at the start.

This is probably great for anyone who really does want to take this seriously and begin practicing kawaii style drawing in earnest. I think it's limited in the fact that it only shows you how to draw very specific things, versus explaining what makes something kawaii or the theory behind it. However, it doesn't set out to explain kawaii art and color theory to you; it says it wants to show you how to draw these cute doodles, and it does exactly that.

If anything, the art is SUPER cute to look at as you practice.

Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for the chance to read this ARC and butcher the art along the way. Kawaii Doodle Cafe will be available on January 16, 2024.

This book explains step by step how to draw cute sweets and delicious dishes. It seems so easy but you'll need to practise hard to master the most detailed treats. Unfortunatly there's no explanation how to colour your work. Even if you just want to take a look at mouth watering pictures of food, this book is worth buying it.

Such a great book to show how to draw step by step. Very easy instructions. Easy to follow and great results from following the steps. I also like that the new pieces to draw are in red to show easily the next step.

This was so darn cute. I am eager to learn how to draw and these seemed like a cute place to start. Can't wait to try and see.

Faith Varavara is an absolute genius!
With step by step instructions and illustrations this book is easily used for anyone who is a beginner to intermediate artist or non artist like myself. This book was easy to follow and straight to the point without any confusing instructions. I cannot wait to incorporate what I have learned in my planner and recipe books just to jazz it up.

Thank you NetGalley and Rock Point for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

5⭐️s all the way!

Can’t wait to purchase a physical copy !

This has so many cute drawings and I cannot wait to try them. It is very easy to follow and great for children and adults.

My kids are 10 (boy) and 8 (girl) and they love this book! They love to draw and are always doodling all over everything. I gave them this on the iPad and they sat at the table for hours drawing different pictures. It was so nice to find something they could both do together.

This is a super cute book! I don’t know if I would call it Kawaii necessarily but it is filled with step-by-step instructions on how to draw the most adorable food items. The book itself is adorable and well presented. Each food item is clearly demonstrated in easy to follow instructions so anyone can do it! I especially loved the ice cream animal cones since they were the most Kawaii to me. The illustrations on the chapter breaks are really cute and I wish there were instructions for how to draw those cute characters as well as the food so you could draw a little scene with them and the food in the end. I liked the addition of the colouring pages at the end as well. Overall, a really sweet book that I think anyone would enjoy and be able to use to learn some drawing skills. I know I did!

I received an early digital reader copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

Ah! I’m so excited about this book! Faith Varvara is the creator of the Bumbleberry Hollows Tarot, a deck I absolutely could *not* resist buying the first time I saw it a few years ago. Faith’s artwork and products feature a world of adorable and fluffy (and also slightly grumpy?) animals, and of course so. much. food. I clearly identify with ALL ASPECTS of this and want to imagine myself there at any given opportunity. So I’m really honored to have an advance copy of this doodle book.

I love so many things about Kawaii Doodle Café! Allow me to number the ways!

(1) The author/artist includes some very inclusive tips in the beginning of the book for selecting tools, drawing, and coloring that can be applied when you’re drawing anything—the items in this book or not!

(2) The author/artist invites us to think of the Kawaii Doodle Café as an actual café, so she sets the scene with a description of the space, the menu, the service, and the chefs!

(3) The first chapters are pastries and other sweets with “real” food saved for later chapters. I love that! Dessert first!

(4) Each food and drink has a brief and tantalizing description of its origin and ingredients. I learned a lot just by reading these descriptions! Lots of international inspiration from Japan, Korea, Italy, and France. These dishes are FANCY!

(5) The steps in the drawing process almost read like a recipe! By doodling these dishes, we’re drawing them into sweet existence!

(6) Some of the items build on each other and include page numbers for reference. For example, the instructions for Tomato Toast refer to the previous instructions for Slice of Bread, and the Strawberry Parfait page directs you to the instructions for the Parfait Glass first. I really love this particular element because it encourages the reader/artist to start experiment with combining elements into something original!

(7) The final drawing of each item is in full color, and the tips for coloring at the beginning of the book are easily visible. We can see how she applied those ideas, and that tidbit of info dropped in the beginning helps the reader/artist view complete artwork with a critical and appreciative eye!

BONUS: Even though this book is all about drawing food, Faith Varvara snuck in an opportunity to learn how to draw some of the Bumbleberry Hollows characters in the form of bear-, bunny-, and cat-shaped scoops of ice cream! This is awesome because I was a little disappointed at first that we wouldn’t get any advice on drawing those furry friends!

Review on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5939054514

This book is adorable!! It doesn't just teach you how to draw food and drinks in a cute style, but also tries to make the whole experience immersive and aesthetic and delivers some general tips for beginner artists (how to shade, how to sketch...)

I've already drawn five things (a muffin, an eclair, a slice of apple pie, a taiyaki and a swiss roll) and I could keep going, it's very relaxing

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read in exchange for an honest review.

This book is so adorable! There are many food items to draw and the tutorials are simple and clear. I loge that there are many cultural food represented as well. Its nice not to be limited one cuisine. I would say this book is more for a 9+ age group. I can't wait to get a physical copy and test out more drawing!

A cute step by step guide to drawing and doodling different foods from pastries to cake to savoy dishes.
Broken up into different categories, it's easy to navigate and suitable for all ages that like to draw from anyone wanting a challenge to learning to simply passing the time.

This is a short little book about how to make kawaii drawings - draw adorable desserts, snacks, meals, drinks, and more. It is not written as a story, it is mainly a simple & comprehensive guide to all the different drawings. Just as it's meant to, it is adorable, colorful, and lovely to look at, and it's perfect for people who want to learn to create simple but cute drawings.

Faith Varvara mentions at the beginning that she likes to create things that brighten people's day, and I think these drawings definitely achieve that. They are so pleasant to look at, and I would love to develop half the skill to make something that adorable. I've been wanting to learn to draw more for a while, and I will definitely use it to try new designs. The book also has a few coloring pages at the end where you can practice coloring and shading!

I highly recommend this book for people who love the kawaii style and want to learn to draw more. I will definitely buy a physical copy when it comes out.