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K-ON! is about a group of girls who try, and succeed, to save their high school's musical club from suspension. The story starts with two of them, Ritsu Tainaka (a drummer) and Mio Akiyama (a bassist), joining the empty, member-less light music club; later on the first episode, Tsumugi Kotobuki, a wealthy girl, joins as a tecladist, and Yui Hirasawa joins as a guitarist who has never touched a guitar, doesn't even owns one, and can't even read music.

Story: 7
Even though the plot is nothing unusual, the general ongoing of the show is very enjoyable. The story line, though simple, looks promising (and by "promising" ... I mean capable of being developed a lot and taken to more complex settings, like, for example, a huge concert, or the club disbanding).

Art: 9
Both the drawing style of the characters and the animation style of the OP and ED are very well done, as expected of Kyoto Animation (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu) and Pony Canyon (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, CLANNAD).

Sound: 10
Given the fact that the story revolves around a music club, it can be expected of K-ON! to have above average music. And it does. Both the OP and the ED (and of course the musical pieces in between the show) are not only brilliant and very, very catchy, but also excel at building up the mood of the series.

Character: 7
The main character (Yui) scores high on the moe level due to her general clumsiness, a bit of shyness, and general kyewtness. Except for her, the other three main charcters (Ritsu, Mio and Tsumugi) are fairly average.

Enjoyment: 10
I enjoyed watching the first episode of K-ON! very much. Even though almost the only laughing source of the show is Yui, I still laughed many times while watching it. Also, I should give a special mention to the soundtrack - as I said before, it makes the show a lot more catchy.

Overall = (7+9+10+7+10)/5 = 8.6 ≈ 8 (or 9, if you wish; I think it sticks more to an 8.)
If you like comedy anime, K-ON! is definitely a must watch this season. ^-^

I've finished watching this yesterday. What can I say? It's awesome.

The cast breaks the typical slice-of-life formula of picking 10-15 archetypical characters (moé, tsundere, tsubokki, et c.) and throwing them together. While each character has a little detail on his/her personality that makes him/her unique, Sketchbook ~full color'S~ has only one character whose personality falls into an archetypal category.

While there is little, if any, of a plot, Sora's thoughts, which give sort of a "base" for the way in which the events are portrayed in the show, are full of poetry and common wisdom, and the show is very slow-paced and tranquil. That's why, despite ... of not having a major plot, I gave an 8 to the show stories.

The music (25 songs for a show that's only 13 eps. long... wow!) is charming, specially the songs Sketchbook wo Motta Mama (the ED) and Chiisana Shiawase (a song played in ep 10, with European reminiscences). They fit very well with the gorgeous landscapes which depict so masterfully the wonderful world in which the girls live in, that I consider them to be a masterpiece by themselves.

Even though it has no major plot, the show is so enjoyable I'd kill for seeing a sequel to this. 9.5/10.