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Dots & Spots: A Super-Duper Squiggly Doodle & Drawing Book
Dots & Spots: A Drawing Book is a wacky sketchbook that probes the depths of the imagination through creative prompts that inspire hilarious, quirky drawings using a series of random black dots and spots.
With this 96-page book, you can sketch, doodle, draw, design, and color the answers to some of the universe’s biggest questions, such as:
How many eyes does a multicolored monster have?
What is a wormhole?
Is that a unicorn apocalypse sink hole?
Is an avocado a fruit or a vegetable?
Mirror, mirror on the wall…who’s the fairest of them all?
What’s inside the magician’s hat?
Can hamsters play frisbee?
Does the planet yak have three moons?
What do these buttons control?
These are just some of the starter prompts you can find on each page of Dots & Spots, along with the randomly placed black spots and dots that will help you start drawing. These questions will inspire unusual, amusing, and super-silly pieces of artwork. The ever-changing size and position of the black spots will push you beyond your comfort zone and make you change your perspective with every page turn. Complete with an inspirational gallery of completed Dots & Spots art, this book will really get your creative juices flowing!
Dots & Spots: A Drawing Book is the perfect activity book for when you have artist’s block or when you just want to sit back, draw, and let your mind wander.
With this 96-page book, you can sketch, doodle, draw, design, and color the answers to some of the universe’s biggest questions, such as:
How many eyes does a multicolored monster have?
What is a wormhole?
Is that a unicorn apocalypse sink hole?
Is an avocado a fruit or a vegetable?
Mirror, mirror on the wall…who’s the fairest of them all?
What’s inside the magician’s hat?
Can hamsters play frisbee?
Does the planet yak have three moons?
What do these buttons control?
These are just some of the starter prompts you can find on each page of Dots & Spots, along with the randomly placed black spots and dots that will help you start drawing. These questions will inspire unusual, amusing, and super-silly pieces of artwork. The ever-changing size and position of the black spots will push you beyond your comfort zone and make you change your perspective with every page turn. Complete with an inspirational gallery of completed Dots & Spots art, this book will really get your creative juices flowing!
Dots & Spots: A Drawing Book is the perfect activity book for when you have artist’s block or when you just want to sit back, draw, and let your mind wander.
112 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2020
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August 4, 2020
This is a fun and colorful "uncoloring book" for kids to draw their own designs around colorful dots and other shapes according to prompts like decorate these flying donuts, draw spaghetti and someone eating it around these circles that are meatballs, draw faces on all of these colorful circles, and so on. There are about 6 colors total, and generally lots of white space for kids to draw the bulk of the page themselves according to the prompts. In some cases, they draw inside the shape (draw yourself in this oval that's a mirror, now draw yourself in a fun house mirror in this squiggly rectangle...).
Note that it can't seem to decide how many pages it is. The info description says it's 80 pages, the Goodreads blurb says it's 96 pages, and the Amazon blurb says it's 112 pages. My ARC was 112 pages. In any case, the retail price of $14.99 seems a little high but it is a fun and creative activity book that kids are likely to have a lot of fun with.
I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.
Note that it can't seem to decide how many pages it is. The info description says it's 80 pages, the Goodreads blurb says it's 96 pages, and the Amazon blurb says it's 112 pages. My ARC was 112 pages. In any case, the retail price of $14.99 seems a little high but it is a fun and creative activity book that kids are likely to have a lot of fun with.
I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.
September 25, 2020
I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.
Dots and spots is a fantastic uncolouring drawing book for children which adults will love too!
Each page has prompts for the said child to draw their own drawings using approximately 6 dots on the page as a starting point. The prompts will give them things to attempt such as draw yourself in a fun house mirror within the rectangle etc.
I wish this ARC would have been paper format so we could have had a go at some of these prompts as its a fantastic idea for children and adults alike to have fun, relax and let creativity and imagination soar.
Dots and spots is a fantastic uncolouring drawing book for children which adults will love too!
Each page has prompts for the said child to draw their own drawings using approximately 6 dots on the page as a starting point. The prompts will give them things to attempt such as draw yourself in a fun house mirror within the rectangle etc.
I wish this ARC would have been paper format so we could have had a go at some of these prompts as its a fantastic idea for children and adults alike to have fun, relax and let creativity and imagination soar.
August 25, 2020
Fun Drawing Book the Whole Family Could Enjoy
Having recently reviewed several instructional drawing and sketching books, this one was a surprise. It's the drawing equivalent of a writing prompt book, something which I'm very familiar with. This book is filled with pages of colored shapes, the spots and dots mentioned in the title, and a prompt to get you to think about how you might want to fill in the shapes as well as create a background. The prompts for the first couple of pages didn't really give much direction, and I thought the book was not going to be terribly interesting because of that. But things got more complex and more focused as the book went on, making for a much more interesting book. A more directed prompt has the artist do different jack-o'-lantern faces in differently shaped orange blobs. A complex direction suggests making a castle behind flying gumdrops. This book is so open-ended that just about any family member who can hold a pencil, pen, or crayon could have some fun with their own books—and certainly, the whole family could create together in one book, with different people doing different parts of a page, perhaps. Honestly, this is just a fun book that will inspire your creativity and bring out your inner artist, whether you consider yourself to have one or not.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
My book blog: https://www.readingfanaticreviews.com
Having recently reviewed several instructional drawing and sketching books, this one was a surprise. It's the drawing equivalent of a writing prompt book, something which I'm very familiar with. This book is filled with pages of colored shapes, the spots and dots mentioned in the title, and a prompt to get you to think about how you might want to fill in the shapes as well as create a background. The prompts for the first couple of pages didn't really give much direction, and I thought the book was not going to be terribly interesting because of that. But things got more complex and more focused as the book went on, making for a much more interesting book. A more directed prompt has the artist do different jack-o'-lantern faces in differently shaped orange blobs. A complex direction suggests making a castle behind flying gumdrops. This book is so open-ended that just about any family member who can hold a pencil, pen, or crayon could have some fun with their own books—and certainly, the whole family could create together in one book, with different people doing different parts of a page, perhaps. Honestly, this is just a fun book that will inspire your creativity and bring out your inner artist, whether you consider yourself to have one or not.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
My book blog: https://www.readingfanaticreviews.com
July 28, 2020
Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.
Dots & Spots is a fun drawing guide full of prompts for younger readers. Due out 1st Sept 2020 from Quarto on their Walter Foster Jr. imprint, it's 80 colorful pages.and will be available in paperback format.
A short how-to-use-this-book tutorial (2 pages) is followed by pages and pages of colorful dots and a prompt for what the dots could be (a spaceship, a monster, a robot). This little book will provide hours and hours of entertainment.
This is a very simple concept, but very well done. This would make a super rainy-day or quarantine activity book.
Four stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
Dots & Spots is a fun drawing guide full of prompts for younger readers. Due out 1st Sept 2020 from Quarto on their Walter Foster Jr. imprint, it's 80 colorful pages.and will be available in paperback format.
A short how-to-use-this-book tutorial (2 pages) is followed by pages and pages of colorful dots and a prompt for what the dots could be (a spaceship, a monster, a robot). This little book will provide hours and hours of entertainment.
This is a very simple concept, but very well done. This would make a super rainy-day or quarantine activity book.
Four stars.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
September 6, 2020
This humorous activity paperback will provide hours of creative thinking, designing, and drawing. The prompts from page to page build vocabulary and learning experiences for early readers. The book is filled with squiggles, dots, and circles, and readers are encouraged to create animals, imaginary things, robots, castles, Halloween designs, Christmas wreaths, time, Earth, outer space, food, selfies, emojis, oceanic creatures and so much more!
It is easy to jump around to any page and start designing. Parents will love this book. It will open great discussions and conversations. I bought this book for my six-year-old grandson. I cannot wait where his imagination takes him!!!
It is easy to jump around to any page and start designing. Parents will love this book. It will open great discussions and conversations. I bought this book for my six-year-old grandson. I cannot wait where his imagination takes him!!!
July 31, 2020
I think this is an extremely creative and fun idea, with a very generous amount of different activities. I like the simple design and colour palette. This book definitely encourages imagination, with sometimes very little to start you off. Some children may have a bit of trouble coming up with their own unique creations, but I think this is a good way to learn and grow.
*Digital arc received from Netgalley
*Digital arc received from Netgalley
October 5, 2020
I really liked the idea behind this book!
I like that there is plenty in the book to spark the imagination and give hints and tips regarding what the children can draw, my daughter quite often asks me what she can draw and this book had plenty of ideas.
It is 5 stars from me for this one – a great idea – very highly recommended!
I like that there is plenty in the book to spark the imagination and give hints and tips regarding what the children can draw, my daughter quite often asks me what she can draw and this book had plenty of ideas.
It is 5 stars from me for this one – a great idea – very highly recommended!
August 6, 2020
This is a terrific book for children. It sparks the imagination and is great for creativity. The activities are geared for ages 6+, and can also be adapted for younger children, and children with special needs. It is chock-full of ideas. Highly recommended!
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