About Drawing Simple Things From Circles

A fun and simple how-to-draw book for beginners of all ages.

Learning to draw has never been more fun!

Nadine Rossa shares 80 clear, step-by-step drawing activities for turning a simple circle into animal, objects, characters, food and more.

This book is the perfect antidote to too much screen time – the drawings are fun and simple so they’re ideal for a quick doodling break, or for settling in for a relaxing and mindful evening of sketching.

Taking you from basic shape to completed character, plus suggestions on how to add colour and expand the drawings, Drawing Simple Things from Circles is the perfect book for anyone beginning their artistic journey.

Book details

ISBN: 9781923503366
Publication date: August 2026 (Australia/NZ)
September 2026 (US)
July 2026 (UK)
Dimensions: 257 mm × 200 mm
Extent: 92 pages
Binding: Paperback

About the author

Nadine Rossa lives and works as an illustrator in Berlin. After working as a screen designer in Cologne, she studied communication design in Berlin and Helsinki. Since then, she has worked as a visualization expert, helping anyone who wants to visually present their ideas and to achieve quick results with visualization and “doodles,”.

A few years ago, she encountered sketchnotes at a conference and has been an avid sketchnoter ever since. She founded the label “Sketchnote Love” and teaches workshops on sketchnotes and visualization.

Nadine has published a number of books on Sketchnoting, this is her first general drawing book.