Complete the Drawing

I really liked this book. Each page has two partially drawn images for you to complete. There isn’t much of the image drawn, just enough to prompt you into creating a picture. Good clean lines and a varied selection of drawings. Good for those days when you want to practice drawing but just can’t think of what to draw. Thank you #netgalley

What a great book idea for children (and adults). Each page has the starter of a picture and you complete it in any way you like. I like that this is mindful and relaxing. Just doodle along!

This is a cool book! It includes different prompts that have a partial drawing and the artist completes it. It’s a great way to practice drawing and be creative.

This was a very enjoyable and relaxing book that fueled my creative side. The book consists of partial drawings of common items that you can trace or copy, then fill in what is missing. A few of the items were unrecognizable to me which opened up the creative juices even more in imagining what to add. You can complete the drawings as are or add different, exotic ideas to make them more abstract, cartoonish or towards any idea you have. Also, you can get very creative in decorating the item. Something such as a simple teapot drawing has so many options. This book is appropriate for both beginner and advanced artists. Thank you to #NetGalley for the opportunity to read #CompletetheDrawing for a fair and honest review.

This book is great fun, yes it looks simple and maybe not inspiring, but in reality, if one uses it properly, the book really delves into creative possibilities.
The half finished drawing can be finished simply by adding the assumed half, but they can also simulate the brain to create all sort of magical drawings. so much so that the finished picture may not relate to the first impression of the sketch.
A person is only limited by their imagination

*DISCLAIMER* I received a free copy of this book for review purposes. I only accept books I think I’d like because life is too short to waste on bad books. That said if I don’t like a book, I’ll say so, free or not. With that out of the way, onto the review:




I’m really struggling with what to rate this one. The concept makes for a great art journal. Especially for newbie or struggling artists.

I found some are practically finished, while others have only a hint of a drawing started. Even liked that.

It still feels like it’s missing something? Maybe I’m just looking for something else. It feels too generic. For example: Page one is a lava lamp with the base, top, bubbles drawn. Feels like a connect the dots without the dots - when you get to it’s done enough to identify it and you don’t even need to look at the numbers to finish.

I think on some days this would get two stars from me. Some 4. Settling on 3. It’s a useful book, I just think it could have been much more than it is.

I initially thought this book would be about figuring out what the other side should be. Although that is one way to go through it, I started using my imagination to try to come up for something creative for the whole image. A box of chocolates now had ribbons, the trees had fruits, etc. It's also a great way to get the creative juices flowing and giving you ideas for different sketches.

Complete the drawing: a few lines on the page suggest -what? A lava lamp? A spaceship? A robot? The drawings are simple or as complex as your imagination.

This book begins with no introduction. It launches you straight into the drawings with no preamble or explanation. At first glance the first image could only be a lava lamp - just add walls - but the invitingly blank space is waiting for the reader/artist to think outside the box and imagine what ELSE it could be. Turn it on it's side - is it a robot? Is the mask really a flowerpot, the spanner something else altogether?

Aussie kids of a certain generation would remember Mr Squiggle, the pencil-nosed puppet who turned random squiggles and doodles into imaginative drawings, turning things upside down and sideways to create the most unexpected artwork. I see these drawing prompts in a similar light: a way to kickstart the imagination and think of all possibilities.

Whether one uses it as a meditation task to or simply follows the suggestions, the end goal is the same: drawing and imagining and creating.

** I received an advance copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**

COMPLETE THE DRAWING by Quarto Publishing Group-Chartwell Books

A fun-filled, joyous book that gets you started with sketches of partial objects, and then you complete the drawing, however, you desire. The image that I liked the best, was the tree trunk. The publishers leave to you the options of drawing a big, beautiful treetop and or going below to create a massive tree root system. You can use the start that they give you for a detailed family tree or a simple doodle sketch of a tree.

It is possible to complete the drawing and fill the entire thing in with a design, to make it "yours." It was a little awkward since this is an eBook, but it's doable. If you feel you are not able to freehand copy the image that is provided for you, use a piece of tracing paper to help you capture the object. Highly recommend.

Much gratitude to #netgalley @netgalley for #completethedrawing complimentary copy, I was under no obligation to post a review.

In the ebbing sea of the drawing prompt genera, this book caught my eye with it’s simplistic uniqueness. Everyone else seems to go with a written promo and the looming blank page. This one gives you a visual prompt with the flexibility to finish “as expected” or to follow your fanciful dreams. By doing this, it quells the creative anxiety and allows you to put pencil to paper and experiment with “what if...”