Walter Foster

Transform your wardrobe and elevate your style sustainably—no experience needed! Learn step by step how to personalize clothes and accessories with beautiful, beginner-friendly designs. Easy Embroidery Embellishment is the ultimate guide for transforming your wardrobe with simple, stylish embroidery stitches. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to expand your skills, this book by renowned embroidery artist Jenny Billingham (@flynn_and_mabel) will teach you how to upcycle clothing and accessories with beautiful, personalized designs. The book is thoughtfully organized to guide you every step of the way, from the basics of embroidery to more intricate designs. It starts with a comprehensive stitch guide, introducing essential techniques like the backstitch, satin stitch, French knots, and more. From there, you’ll move on to a collection of more than 30 embroidery projects, each with step-by-step photos and instructions to ensure success. Embroidery Basics: Learn the foundational stitches and techniques to get started, even if you’ve never picked up a needle. Floral and Nature-Inspired Designs: Bring jeans, jackets, and tote bags to life with delicate flowers, leaves, and whimsical motifs. Customizing Accessories: Add flowers to a hat, monograms to your favorite hoodie, or a playful pattern to your sneakers. Upcycling & Mending Ideas: Revamp your old clothes with eco-friendly embroidery projects, reducing waste while staying fashionable. Bonus Mini Motifs: Get creative with a collection of charming mini motifs that can be used anywhere and everywhere for one-of-a-kind style. Jenny’s expertise, backed by her huge Instagram following, ensures that every project is approachable yet stylish, making it ideal for beginners and experienced crafters alike. With stunning photography and detailed tutorials, Easy Embroidery Embellishment provides all the inspiration you need to create your own wearable art.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SERIES, now in English! More than 2.3 million copies sold in 23 languages! Big School of Drawing Animals is your complete guide to the art of drawing animals with accuracy, creativity, and fun. Whether you are a complete beginner or an artist with some experience looking to refine your skills, this 192-page book covers all the essentials you need to create both realistic and imaginative animal art, from basic drawing techniques to advanced concepts. Through step-by-step tutorials, explore popular animal subjects, such as cats, dogs, horses, and a variety of wildlife, learning techniques for each animal’s unique anatomy and characteristics. Additional instructions on colored pencil techniques, light, shadow, and perspective provide a foundation for success. Designed to inspire and inform, this guide helps you capture the beauty and personality of animals on paper. Inside, you will find: Step-by-step instructions for drawing animals, covering popular pets like cats and dogs, as well as wild animals. Core art fundamentals, including perspective, light, and shadow, essential for creating dynamic and realistic animal drawings. Colored pencil techniques, providing guidance on adding depth and texture to bring animal illustrations to life. With helpful tips and easy-to-follow, step-by-step lessons, Big School of Drawing is the perfect series for beginning artists ready to grab a pencil and get started drawing. With practice, you’ll soon be able to create your own realistic pencil drawings. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3.

1,500 Color Mixing Recipes for Oil, Acrylic & Watercolor is the definitive color-mixing resource for oil, acrylic, and watercolor artists. This user-friendly compendium is color coded for quick-and-easy reference and includes two removable color-mixing grids—one for oil or acrylic, and one for watercolor. Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 1,500 color combinations: Look in the Color Index for the subject you want to paint—for example, "Broccoli." Find the Color Recipe with the subject's recipe number ("81") and a photo of the actual paint mixture. Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color. Mix the color. It's that easy! You’ll also learn about color theory, mixing values, complementary colors, graying color naturally, mixing portrait colors, rendering skies and clouds, and more. Also available from Walter Foster's best-selling Color Mixing Recipes series: Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic, Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes.

Dive into the Hidden Oceans Coloring Book, a mesmerizing journey through intricate underwater scenes by best-selling author Rita Berman. Explore the fascinating underwater world, where every page brings you face-to-face with a diverse array of marine life. This book offers: Over 50 elaborate illustrations to color: Each page features beautifully detailed underwater scenes with your favorite sea creatures, such as various fish, seals, squid, octopus, sea urchins, shells, turtles, sea horses, and sea anemones. Two-page spreads: Experience the grandeur of the ocean with large-format scenes that allow for immersive coloring. High-quality, bleed-resistant paper: Perfect for a variety of coloring tools from colored pencils to gel pens, ensuring your artwork remains crisp and vibrant. The Hidden Oceans Coloring Book is more than just a coloring book—it’s a tranquil escape into a beautifully crafted underwater world. With its rich detail, high-quality paper, and stunning illustrations, this book offers an unmatched coloring experience that will leave you inspired and relaxed. Whether as a gift or for your own creative journey, this book is an essential addition to your collection. Also available from the Rita Berman Hidden Wonders Book series:Hidden Seasons Coloring Book and Hidden Earth Coloring Book

Learn to draw tons of cute and quirky stuff with the 100+ step-by-step drawing projects in 101 Super Cute Things to Draw. Specifically geared toward beginning and aspiring artists of all ages, 101 Super Cute Things to Draw features: More than 100 easy-to-follow drawing projects that help you quickly learn to create super cute illustrations in a super simple way. Adorable animals, darling little foods, enchanting everyday objects, and nifty natural wonders, all designed for maximum delight. Basic art instruction, including information about tools and materials, combining colors, and creating patterns that sets you up for success so you can enjoy the creative process of drawing. 101 Super Cute Things to Draw is perfect for beginners, as well as young artists, with its simple illustrations and easy-to-follow drawing steps. For those who want to learn how to draw everything adorable and amusing, this book is for you! With this book, you’ll learn to draw: Everyday objects, including a teapot, balloons, and a terrarium Food, including a cinnamon bun, a sushi roll, and strawberries Nature, including a mushroom, a tiny forest, and a rainbow and cloud Animals, including a red panda, a sloth, and a cow Mythical creatures, including a yeti, a dragon, and a jackalope So grab your pencils, some paper, and a copy 101 Super Cute Things to Draw to create plenty of giggle-worthy drawings! Bursting with humor and imagination, books in the 101 Things to Draw series will put a smile on your face with original mash-ups, step-by-step drawing instructions, doodling exercises, and mindfulness activities.