Archives: Walter Foster Books
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
Gouache is a water-based paint that dries to a matte, opaque finish. Long used by illustrators, gouache is gaining popularity with artists of all styles and interests. Whether you’re a budding artist eager to explore painting or a more experienced artist looking to add gouache to your painting toolkit, Gouache for Beginners by Kate Jarvik Birch is your gateway to a world of vibrant creativity.
This book is tailored for anyone intrigued by the rich, opaque qualities of gouache paint, offering step-by-step projects that are accessible and enjoyable. From everyday subjects like colorful food and household objects to expansive landscapes and delicate flowers, Kate guides you through each painting with clear instructions and encouraging tips. An overview of gouache covers everything you need to begin, including choosing the right tools and supplies, mixing colors, and basic gouache techniques.
Gouache for Beginners emphasizes realistic artistry with a fresh, contemporary style that focuses on the beauty of ordinary scenes and natural landscapes. The easy-to-follow projects explore a wide variety of subjects and demonstrate a range of skills, including:
- Painting landscapes
- Depicting transparency
- Capturing subtle color variations
- Painting reflections
- Rendering fine lines and details
By delving into the unique qualities of gouache, you’ll discover a medium that allows for bold expressions and nuanced details that unlock your artistic potential. Whether you aspire to create realistic artwork or simply want to add a splash of color to your surroundings, this book equips you with the skills and confidence to get started!
Celebrate every month of the year with stunning floral embroidery patterns in Birth Flower Embroidery. This beautifully curated collection offers in-the-hoop embroidery designs for each month’s birth flowers, allowing you to make meaningful and personalized projects for birthdays, anniversaries, or other special occasions.
From delicate daisies to bold roses, these floral designs are perfect for embroiderers of all skill levels. With easy-to-follow instructions and expert tips, Amy Frazer helps you bring each bloom to life through basic stitches. Whether you’re crafting for yourself or a loved one, these projects will add a touch of nature’s beauty to any home or wardrobe.
Inside you’ll discover:
- 26 unique birth flower embroidery patterns: Each project highlights a different birth flower, providing a year-round collection of floral designs.
- Detailed stitch techniques: Learn essential embroidery techniques to elevate your stitching and bring each flower to life.
- Step-by-step instructions for all skill levels: Clear guidance for embroiderers of all experience levels, making it easy to create professional-quality projects.
- Beautiful photos and illustrations: Full-color images showcase the finished projects and provide inspiration for your next embroidery creation.
- Customizable bonus features: Add personal touches with mini motifs like cute bumblebees and butterflies for truly one-of-a-kind designs.
Discover the meanings behind and embroider these birth-month flowers:
- January: carnation and snowdrop
- February: violet, primrose, and iris
- March: daffodil and cherry blossom
- April: daisy, tulip, and sweet pea
- May: hawthorn and lily of the valley
- June: rose and honeysuckle
- July: larkspur and water lily
- August: poppy and gladiolus
- September: morning glory and aster
- October: cosmos and marigold
- November: chrysanthemum and peony
- December: holly and narcissus
With Birth Flower Embroidery, you’ll have everything you need to create beautiful, handcrafted keepsakes that celebrate the beauty of nature and the joy of meaningful gift-giving.
In this unofficial festive collection, find curated iconic moments from cinematic classics, inviting you to add your artistic flair to the magic of the holiday season. Step into the snowy wonderland of Bedford Falls from It’s a Wonderful Life, where George Bailey learns the true meaning of Christmas. Experience the whimsy of Buddy the Elf’s adventures in New York City and join Kevin McCallister in defending his home from burglars in Home Alone.
Each page is a carefully crafted illustration, capturing the essence of these timeless films with intricate details and nostalgic charm. From the vibrant hues of holiday lights to the cozy warmth of crackling fireplaces, every scene comes alive as you bring your favorite moments to life.
From A Christmas Story to How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Elf to Love Actually, Merry Masterpieces captures the essence of beloved holiday films in each enchanting coloring page.
- Contains 46 intricate coloring pages
- Includes detailed scenes from much-loved Christmas movies, new and old
- Features quality paper with one-sided artwork and perforations for easy removal and display
Unleash your creativity and share the joy of the season with Merry Masterpieces. Whether you’re a fan of holiday classics or looking for the perfect gift, this coloring book brings the magic of Christmas movies to life in a unique way.
Navigate through pages filled with fun activities, like finding you menopause superheroine name based on your birth month, spot the differences between the way you used to party and how you might get down in perimenopause in “House Partay!” and embark on a maze to “Stop the Leak!” and find the restroom without getting stuck in a traffic jam or in the middle of pilates class. Engage your brain with word searches—look for all the different names menopause has been given throughout the years—and color your way to calm.
Get tips for planning your own perimenopause party and color in what you and your partner might look like in bed (hint: you’re the one who is sweating it out). The journey continues with activities to share with a friend like “Snakes and Ladders of Menopause” game and reflect on the wild ride by writing in your highs and lows on “The Menopausal Rollercoaster.”
Here’s a sneak peek into the types of side-splitting activities that await you:
- Coloring and drawing to express your creativity and calm your nerves
- Spot the difference and memory games—don’t worry, they’re easy
- Mazes to get you from point A to point B!
- Word searches and word scrambles to keep your mind sharp (what brain fog?)
- Quizzes and funny fill-in-the-blanks to test your knowledge and document your feelings
- Tips on all the things you need to know and even some you don’t
As you navigate the whirlwind that is perimenopause and menopause, Color Me Menopausal is your constant companion that will keep you laughing.
Guided by insider advice from popular WEBTOON creators, delve into the intricacies of scroll comics, unravel the art of storyboarding, and learn the ropes of scriptwriting to craft compelling narratives. Whether you’re a budding artist or a seasoned illustrator, Create Your Own Webcomics with WEBTOON offers a treasure trove of tips and tricks to elevate your webcomic game, covering:
- The basics of vertical scroll comics, including their essential anatomy, dos and don’ts for creating a compelling episode, designing for readability, and more.
- Tools of the trade such as pads and tablets and the most common programs used to create art for webcomics.
- Pre-production development that takes you step-by-step through selecting a genre, creating characters and settings, developing plots, writing scripts, and planning color schemes and effects.
- Comic creation, from thumbnails and storyboarding to sketching, inking, coloring, and final touches.
- How to succeed in WEBTOON Canvas, with tips for uploading your story, launching your series, building your WEBTOON community, and making money.
Plus, you’ll find checklists, templates, and resources to keep you organized, on track, and informed.
From concept to execution, Create Your Own Webcomics with WEBTOON empowers you to bring your unique vision to life, step by step.
Enjoy even more WEBTOON art and behind-the-scenes content with: The Official Boyfriends. Coloring Book, Learn to Draw Boyfriends., The Official Morgana and Oz Coloring Book, Learn to Draw Morgana and Oz, The Official Cursed Princess Club Coloring Book, Learn to Draw Cursed Princess Club, The Official True Beauty Coloring Book, Learn to Draw True Beauty, The Official unOrdinary Coloring Book, Learn to Draw unOrdinary, The Official Sweet Home Coloring Book, The Official Tower of God Coloring Book, Learn to Draw Hooky, The Official WEBTOON Pride Coloring Book Collection, and The Official Lore Olympus Watercolor Book.
Navigate through pages filled with fun activities, like finding out where you should babymoon. Spot the differences between your pre-pregnancy and post-pregnancy life in “Remember Sleep?” and embark on a maze to “Find Your Phone” before it walks off again. Engage your brain with word scrambles like “Things That Make You Pee Now, Apparently” and show off your artistic skills with drawing pages like “Show Us Your Bump.”
Get tips for making the most of your visits with your O.B.F.F. (Obstetric Best Friend Forever) and color in a postcard from your Babymoon. The journey continues with activities to prepare for the baby’s arrival, like “All the Nursery Stuff” word search and tips on naming baby (Beyoncé has a nice ring to it).
Here’s a sneak peek into the types of side-splitting activities that await you:
- Coloring and drawing to express your creativity and calm your nerves
- Spot the difference and memory games—don’t worry, they’re easy
- Mazes to get you from point A to point B(aby)!
- Word searches and word scrambles to keep your mind sharp (what pregnancy brain?)
- Quizzes and funny fill-in-the-blanks to test your knowledge and document your pregnancy
- Tips on all the things you need to know and even some you don’t
As you navigate the whirlwind that is pregnancy, Color Me Pregnant is your constant companion that will keep you laughing through the ups and downs of expecting.
How to Paint Butterflies and Flowers in Watercolor features 20 gorgeous paintings paired with step-by-step instructions for replicating them at home. Paint directly on the watercolor pad with supplied outlines to create beautiful artwork of your own—no sketching required! The beginner-friendly projects teach you all the painting skills you need as you create frame-worthy art. From artist Chithra Shaan (@littleheartcreates) comes this fun, relaxing painting experience.
In How to Paint Butterflies and Flowers in Watercolor, find:
- Tutorials detailing each step so that you can paint the projects in the book
- Outlines that can be painted over within the watercolor pad; there’s no need to sketch or trace
- Watercolor painting techniques, including wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, layering, blooms, and more
- Video tutorials linked via QR codes included within the book
- Fantastical butterflies that shimmer and shine with metallic watercolors
- Favorite flowers from dahlias to roses, daisies to sunflowers
If you are new to watercolor painting or looking for a fun, relaxing painting experience, How to Paint Butterflies and Flowers in Watercolor provides your perfect companion by combining an innovative format with painting instruction and a watercolor paper pad with templates.
Whether you are new to watercolor or not, the Watercolor This Book series provides a fun watercolor painting experience with no sketching required. With information on all the basic skills you need to start watercoloring, step-by-step tutorials, and an included watercolor pad with templates, you have everything you need to create frame-worthy art!
Also in the series: Watercolor This Book: Learn to Watercolor.
Learn the basics of watercolor in a fun, accessible way with step-by-step tutorials and an included watercolor pad with drawings you can paint over.
Watercolor This Book: Learn to Watercolor features 20 gorgeous paintings paired with step-by-step instructions for replicating them at home. Paint directly on the watercolor pad with supplied outlines to create beautiful artwork of your own—no sketching required! The beginner-friendly projects teach you all the painting skills you need as you create frame-worthy art. From social media star Lacey Walker (@rebelunicorncrafts) comes this delightful, relaxing painting experience.
In Watercolor This Book: Learn to Watercolor, find:
- Tutorials detailing each step so that you can paint the projects in the book
- Subjects to suit all tastes, from backyard birds to a whimsical whale, mountains to the moon
- Complete tools and materials section so you can ensure you have everything to paint the projects
- Outlines that can be painted over within the watercolor pad; there’s no need to sketch or trace
- Watercolor painting techniques, including wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, layering, blooms, and more
- Video tutorials linked via QR codes included within the book
If you are new to watercolor painting or looking for a fun, relaxing painting experience, Watercolor This Book: Learn to Watercolor provides your perfect companion by combining an innovative format with painting instruction and a watercolor paper pad with templates.
Whether you are new to watercolor or not, the Watercolor This Book series provides a fun watercolor painting experience with no sketching required. With information on all the basic skills you need to start watercoloring, step-by-step tutorials, and an included watercolor pad with templates, you have everything you need to create frame-worthy art!
Also in the series: Watercolor This Book: How to Paint Butterflies and Flowers in Watercolor.
Immerse yourself in the gruesome allure of manga zombies and coloring. Unearth the horror in every stroke as you color detailed scenes of zombie hoards, severed limbs, maggot infestations, and more! Fans of The Last of Us and The Walking Dead will rejoice in the gut-clenching graphic line art that will inspire you to really “sink your teeth” into creative coloring.
Use colored pencils, markers, or crayons to add color to 60+ gruesome scenes. High-quality paper and one-sided printing prevent color bleed-through and allows for easy display of finished pieces, which include:
- Zombie hoards, severed limbs, maggot infestations, and more!
- Survivors running, hiding, and fighting for their lives
- Action-packed manga zombie scenes and battles
- Creeping, crawling, undead monsters on every page
You can run, but you can’t hide from the zombie manga apocalypse! Put your coloring skills (and your love of all things undead) to good use with the Zombie Manga Coloring Book.