ART BOOKS

Kawaii: How to Draw Really Cute Fantasy Creatures

This book teaches young readers what kawaii is all about and how to draw any mythical animal in an adorable style. There are clear step-by-step diagrams that are great for visual learners and make it super-easy to follow the instructions.

This exquisite book by the founders of the studio May &Berry shows you how to create beautiful messages through the combination of hand lettering and watercolour. Broken down into easy-to-follow stages you will soon learn how to use different pens and inks to produce gorgeous lettering embellished with simple yet stunningly effective watercolour motifs.

This practical book guides you gently through the materials and tools you need to get started and sets you on your hand-lettering journey with some simple exercises. There are then ten pretty step-by-step projects for you to try after which you'll be confidently creating your own handwritten artworks that you can display on your wall send as notecards to loved ones or use to decorate your journals and scrapbooks.

At the back of the book there is a treasure trove of gorgeous botanical-style motifs and borders along with four delightful alphabets created by the authors in a variety of scripts - perfect for gently encouraging beginners and inspiring more experienced hand-lettering artists to play with new designs and styles. This is followed by six handy worksheets on which to practise your letter-writing technique.

You'll soon find that hand lettering with watercolour is quick and fun to learn and a wonderful skill that will bring you joy for many years to come.

Authors: Sue Hiepler &Yasmin Reddig

Look Closer Draw Better Expert techniques for realistic drawing. Author: Kateri Ewing

Mind Melt: Extreme Art Mazes to Color and Confound Extreme Art Mazes to Color and Confound features 25 colorful brain-stimulating mazes to solve as well as black-and-white versions to colour.

Oil Painters Bible - Marylin Scott Oil paint is such a responsive and versatile medium that no two painters need use it in exactly the same way and since its invention in Renaissance times it has never lost its popularity with artists. Amateurs also find it appealing both because it is enjoyable to use and because mistakes can be so easily rectified. This compact book explains all the materials techniques and different approaches to painting with oils. Step-by-step sequences show how to paint a range of themes from still life to portraits and landscapes with advice on more difficult subjects. There are also suggestions for presenting your finished paintings and how to go about getting your work seen and exhibited. Author: Marylin Scott

Painting Perspective Depth and Distance in Watercolour Tips &Techniques for creating depth and distance in watercolour painting. Author: Geoff Kersey

Painting with Bob Ross With artwork created by Bob Ross himself using his specially formulated oil paints brushes basecoats and other tools—introduces artists and Bob Ross fans to the basics of painting landscapes. Everyone will enjoy Painting with Bob Ross as his “happy accidents” approach makes this challenging subject matter enjoyable for all ages regardless of skill level and materials used.

Craft your own Christmas in paper – 16 festive projects for the perfect homemade holiday!

Craft your own Christmas with 16 festive papercraft projects ranging from simple yet effective bunting to intricate snowflake tree decorations, bell jar Christmas trees, and an advent calendar village. Give your holiday season the homemade touch, from wrapping paper to tree decorations, using very few materials and innovative techniques, such as printing with shaving foam and creating stunning greeting cards using gold embossing ink.

Papercutting is a perfect craft for beginners, as you can achieve amazing results with the most basic of materials a pencil, eraser, craft knife or scalpel, a piece of paper and a cutting surface.

Tips and techniques for learning Acrylic.

Beginning Acrylic teaches aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started painting in acrylic. From showing how to choose the right paper brushes and paints to basic painting tips and techniques this beginner?s guide to acrylic painting is bursting with valuable exercises and advice to help artists master this colorful and approachable medium. This book guides beginners through an exploration of acrylic painting with easy-to-understand concepts and step-by-step methods including how to paint a variety of skies trees mountains roads clouds and waterscapes from start to finish.

By Susette Billedeaux

A multidimensional approach to learning the art of basic drawing

From the first brushstroke to the finishing touch let the Portfolio series guide you as you begin your artistic journey in watercolour painting. Beginning Watercolor teaches aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started painting in watercolour. This helpful resource begins with a basic introduction to the essential tools and materials artists need to get started including choosing the right paintbrushes watercolour paints sketchbooks and canvas. Additionally artists will learn the fundamentals of watercolour as well as a variety of painting techniques including creating washes mixing colours creating soft blends rendering realistic textures and working wet-into-wet.

Beginning Watercolor guides beginners through a series of easy-to-follow step-by-step projects covering a variety of watercolour methods and techniques including helpful tips and advice when painting landscapes still lifes portraits and more. With helpful tips and detailed beautiful artwork to guide and inspire Beginning Watercolor is the perfect resource for watercolour artists just getting started in this colourful medium.

Author: Maury Aaseng

Following the same clean contemporary easy-to-read and easy-to-follow layout and design of the other books in Walter Foster Publishing's popular Portfolio series Expressive Painting gives beginning and aspiring artists the information they need to paint colorful watercolors that convey mood and emotion on canvas. The book covers essential painting topics including color theory color mixing selecting color schemes and working with tools and materials as well as watercolor painting techniques such as painting wet-into-wet and wet-on-dry.

Pure Watercolour Painting A tour-de-force in the use of watercolour in its purest form. If you have ever wanted to produce watercolour paintings filled with light and radiance this inspirational and easy-to-follow guide will show you how. Learn how to use traditional watercolour techniques to produce beautiful contemporary paintings that are full of light colour and life. Packed with inspirational finished paintings and step-by-step projects this engaging book teaches you how to use watercolours in their purest form without the addition of any other media to create art that has a radiancy and luminosity that cannot be achieved in any other way. Author: Peter Cronin

Ready To Paint Watercolour Flowers Keen to paint. but your drawing skills let you down? This book provides pull-out tracings for five beautiful floral paintings, along with full step-by-step instructions for how to bring them to life with watercolour paint. Author: Wendy Tait

Ready To Paint Watercolour Landscapes People who want to learn to paint without relying on drawing skills have everything they need in this book. Terry's clear no-nonsense instructions show how to create beautiful watercolour landscapes using outlines provided as pull-out tracings. Clear instructions and step-by-step photographs. Five easy to follow projects. Six reusable tracings to pull out. Author: Terry Harrison

Sketch Your Best Self Book A fun how-to sketchbook for drawing portraits and selfies! Sketch Your Best Self is a quirky guide to drawing all kinds of faces starting with your own! The book is split into four sections covering the basics how to draw faces building bodies and selfie style. This comprises how to draw features how to create different expressions drawing bodies and limbs and lots of fun stuff including how to create a selfie in pop art style full colour monochrome and retro classics style. Edition: BC Paperback

Sketching &Drawing Bible Marylin Scott presents her complete guide to drawing media from pencils and charcoal to pastels and coloured inks. She provides over 100 step-by-step demonstrations showing ways of tackling tricky subjects. You will learn how to achieve exciting and unusual effects by combining two or more drawing media and there are over 100 step-by-step demonstrations showing ways of tackling tricky subjects. There are also tips from the author on how to professionally present your work and get it into the marketplace. Author: Marylin Scott

Step-by-Step - Oil Painting Get to grips with oil painting with this fantastic introduction and step by step guide. Ideal for a beginner oil painter. Authors: Noel Gregory &James Horton

Enter the calming and beautiful, magical world of Illustrator and papercutter, Jessica Palmer. Jessica has created 75 pages of enchanting hand-drawn pictures for you to colour and lose yourself in. The images all have a magical maritime theme, and each one includes a 'hidden jewel’, intricately worked into the design. Rings, brooches, pendants, chains, bracelets and earrings featuring insects, animals and leafy patterns. The book includes designs that fit on a single page as well as those that extend across a double-page spread and there are even those that have space left for the reader to extend the design themselves. A stunning book with the lay flat, unbreakable 'flexi' binding and high-quality paper. Unleash your creativity and calm the soul.