I Can Draw Disney: Magical Characters: Draw Mushu, Tinker Bell, Chip, and other cute Disney characters! (Volume 1) (Licensed I Can Draw, 1)

I Can Draw Disney: Magical Characters - Draw Mushu, Tinker Bell, Chip, and other cute Disney characters is a cute drawing book for Disney fans, but not necessarily for beginners. The instructions leave a lot of steps out, taking big leaps from basic lines to the finished picture. Children trying this book might get pretty frustrated, especially from the last step to colored picture. The book does include an introduction to tools and materials, but goes almost immediately to the instruction.The following are the characters that budding artists can learn to draw.Sorcerer's Apprentice MickeyPinocchioJaq & GusFlora, Fauna, and MerryweatherThe Cheshire CatTinkerbellMrs. Potts and ChipMushuOlafI tried my hand at a few of these and I was surprised at how much Olaf looked like Olaf. That being said, many of these characters required a delicate hand and would be difficult for many to grasp. I Can Draw Disney: Magical Characters would be a good book as a gift, but might sit on the shelves of many recipients.Disclaimer: I was given an Advanced Reader's Copy by NetGalley and the publisher. The decision to read, draw, and review this book was entirely my own.

I Can Draw Disney is a general step-by-step guide with tutorials for drawing Disney characters. Released 16th Nov 2021 by Quarto on their Walter Foster Jr. imprint, it's 32 pages and is available in paperback format.This booklet is full of instantly recognizable Disney animated stars including Tinker Bell, Mushu, Sorcerer's Apprentice Micky Mouse, and 6 more. The very short introduction covers basic selection of tools and supplies and how the tutorials are presented in step-by-step progressive format.Each of the tutorials contain step by step line drawings with tips and tricks for rendering the subjects. The tutorials are -very- abbreviated with only the briefest intermediate steps illustrated. Most readers will either need to have a great deal of previous experience or bring prodigious amounts of patience and persistence to see good results.It's colorful and appealing and the subjects are clearly perennial favorites, but it's quite curious that this guide is bundled and marketed to 6-8 year olds (Lexile 1230L). It will provide inspiration for drawing practice but not as a standalone resource. For adults who work with youngsters in classroom or group settings, it could be a nice art-room or group library acquisition. Also with adult help (or for primary use by more experienced artists) it could be a good choice for the home library or studio as a reference.Four stars, with the codicil that younger kids will likely find it frustrating as a standalone tutorial.Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

This is a fun Disney drawing book. The lines were difficult for my younger 2 kids (ages 6 and 8) to follow but my older 2 (ages 9 and 11) had an easier time. I wouldn't say this is for beginners unless they're older. I wish it was a little more simplified for my littles. It was still fun to try drawing and I loved all the fun little facts sprinkled in! The characters were from all sorts of Disney movies and my kids loved chatting about which ones they knew.

Thank you to Netgalley for an unbiased review.I really enjoy the Disney drawing books, as they are a great opportunity to practice my sketching skills while drawing my favorite characters. This is very similar to the others - Disney characters are introduced in 6 steps, with a few fun facts about each character.I drew a few of them and my results came out fairly well; however, I will say that since this book is marketed at young children, I do not think this would be easy for small children. In fact, I think it may be quite frustrating, because the added details in each new step can be pretty overwhelming - even for an adult. With patience and practice, one can definitely get through the sketch, but it can take over an hour and may be too much for little ones.I would also critique the fact that this book recycles images from previous Disney how-to-draw books. I found 7 of the 9 characters in books I already owned - the Cheshire Cat, Pinocchio, and Tinker Bell are featured in the Classical Animated Movies book and Jaq and Gus, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, Mrs. Potts and Chip, and Mushu are all in the Favorite Princesses book. So 78% of this book is just recycled material from books that I personally think are better. The instructions are in no way changed, nor is the image modified, so this book really only brings two new characters and it's up to buyers to decide whether or not they want to shell out money just for these. I would really like this book better if it had new characters, or old characters in new poses (for example, as they did with Magician Mickey).Overall, I would give this book 3/5 stars because it is still a fun book and I wouldn't NOT recommend it - I would just recommend other existing books over it.