Archives: Walter Foster Books

Color, sticker, and sparkle through a universe of cosmic pals and starry affirmations in this playful, feel-good coloring book.

Featuring adorable space-themed characters illustrated in the popular kawaii art style, uplifting messages to brighten your day, and two sheets of collectible stickers, Galaxy Cuties Color & Sticker Book blends intergalactic magic with playful charm. 

Indulge your love for kawaii design and cozy activities, and let your creativity soar with:

• 45+ one-sided coloring pages on high-quality paper inspired by stars, planets, and cosmic friends
• Two sheets of stickers for decorating and collecting
• Cute, kawaii space art perfect for relaxing and creating
• Positive messages that inspire and uplift

Whether you’re unwinding at home, looking for a fun gift, or expressing your creativity, Galaxy Cuties Color & Sticker Book offers a relaxing and imaginative escape for all ages.

The definitive color-mixing resource for watercolor artists, Watercolor Color Mixing Recipes: Card Deck & Color Mixing Grid offers a portable, studio-ready update to William F. Powell’s trusted system. 

This travel-friendly toolkit translates William F. Powell’s proven method into 35 sturdy cards, a booklet, and a reusable acetate color mixing grid for precise, repeatable blends. Built for watercolor’s unique needs, each card presents a finished swatch, exact pigment proportions, and helpful notes on dilution/values so you can match a target hue and its light-to-dark range quickly. 

With a find-follow-measure-mix workflow, you’ll locate a color in the guidance index (say, flamingo pink, seashell white), follow the numbered recipe, measure on the acetate grid, and blend a clean, reliable mix—ready for washes, glazing, or fine detail.

Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 400 color combinations:

1. Look in the Color Guidance Index in the booklet for the subject you want to paint—for example, “Eucalyptus Bark.”
2. Find the Color Recipe Card with the subject’s recipe number (“293”) and an example of the actual paint mixture.
3. Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color.
4. Mix the color.

It’s that easy! Perfect for students, teachers, plein air, and studio watercolorists alike, the deck’s compact format shines in all settings where speed and clarity matter. Because every recipe is visually verified and ratio-based, you can recreate favorite hues day after day, across papers and palettes, without guesswork. Whether you’re painting landscapes, still lifes, or people, this portable system brings confidence to color choice and control—keeping your attention on timing, edges, and brushwork while the color math stays simple and repeatable.

Walter Foster’s bestselling Color Mixing Recipes series also includes Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes. These books contain hundreds of precise color mixing combinations for realistic results, as well as two acetate grids for measuring paint units.

The definitive color-mixing resource for oil and acrylic artists, Oil & Acrylic Color Mixing Recipes: Card Deck & Color Mixing Grid offers a portable, studio-ready update to William F. Powell’s trusted system. 

This compact set distills the essentials of Powell’s classic reference into 35 durable cards together with an instructional booklet and acetate mixing grid, so you can measure, mix, and repeat results with confidence—whether you’re at the easel, in class, or painting on location.

Each recipe card pairs a full-color swatch with clear pigment ratios and a cross-referenced index, making it simple to look up a target hue, confirm the formula, and mix exactly what you need—no guesswork, no wasted paint. The cards extend the learning with concise lessons on value control, complementary mixing, and natural graying to keep colors clean, believable, and harmonious across subjects—from landscape greens and coastal neutrals to skin tones and shadow families.

Designed for oil and acrylic painters at any level, the deck’s step-by-step process is quick to learn and easy to teach.

Follow these four simple steps to mix more than 400 color combinations:

1. Look in the Color Guidance Index in the booklet for the subject you want to paint—for example, “Sunflower Yellow.”
2. Find the Color Recipe Card with the subject’s recipe number (“8”) and a photo of the actual paint mixture.
3. Use the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color.
4. Mix the color.

It’s that easy! Because ratios are visual and repeatable, you’ll build a personalized palette that stays consistent from study to final. Portable, practical, and pedagogically sound, this deck turns color theory into action—so you can spend less time testing and more time painting with intent.

Walter Foster’s bestselling Color Mixing Recipes series also includes Color Mixing Recipes for Oil & Acrylic, Color Mixing Recipes for Watercolor, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits, and Color Mixing Recipes for Landscapes. These books contain hundreds of precise color mixing combinations for realistic results, as well as two acetate grids for measuring paint units.

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Learn to paint supercute animals in watercolor! Just follow the step-by-step tutorials as you paint directly over the line drawings in the included watercolor pad.

From USA TODAY bestselling author Lacey Walker (@rebelunicorncrafts) comes Learn to Watercolor Adorable Animals, a fun and accessible way to explore watercolor painting—no sketching required!

This delightful book features 20 beginner-friendly projects, each focused on a different animal subject. Paint a playful pug, a curious pigeon, or a fun-loving octopus—alongside other charming creatures chosen to delight and inspire. Each project introduces essential watercolor skills while guiding you toward creating frame-worthy artwork of your own.

In Learn to Watercolor Adorable Animals, you’ll find:

• Step-by-step painting tutorials 
• A variety of lovable cartoon-like animal subjects
• Outlines printed on a watercolor paper pad—no tracing or sketching necessary
• Watercolor techniques, including wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, layering, blooms, and more
• Linked video tutorials for extra guidance

Whether you’re new to watercolor or simply looking for a relaxing and creative hobby, this book provides everything you need for a joyful, stress-free painting experience—perfect to enjoy on your own or as a fun activity with kids.

Also in the Watercolor This Book series: Learn to Watercolor and How to Paint Beautiful Butterflies and Flowers in Watercolor.

Learn to draw realistic animals with confidence with an interactive art pad filled with step-by-step instructions and traceable figures.

Quick Start Drawing Beginner Animals makes drawing accessible by showing you how to sketch animals in a clear, structured way. Using proven teaching techniques and visual guides, this beginner-friendly workbook introduces artists to the basics of drawing a wide range of animals—both familiar and exotic.

Each lesson begins with a simplified version of the animal and gradually adds detail, helping learners focus on shapes, construction, and form without getting overwhelmed. With a wide variety of animals to practice—like cats, dogs, birds, bears, horses, lions, and more—this book makes learning to draw both fun and rewarding.

Inside you’ll find:

• Clear, step-by-step tutorials for a range of animals
• Visual construction guides to help you map out proportions and poses
• Fundamental skills like line work, volume, and contour
• Built-in practice space so you can draw right in the book
• Confidence-building repetition to help solidify progress

Created for new artists of all ages, Quick Start Drawing Beginner Animals is perfect for anyone eager to draw animals with accuracy and personality. Whether you’re picking up a pencil for the first time or refreshing your skills, this workbook offers a supportive and rewarding entry point to drawing animals.

The Quick Start Drawing pads are part of the best-selling Big School of Drawing series. With helpful tips and easy-to-follow, step-by-step lessons, it 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.

Also available from the series:Big School of Drawing People; Big School of Drawing Animals; Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy;     
Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy Workbook; Big School of Drawing; Big School of Drawing Workbook; Quick Start Drawing Basics; and Quick Start Drawing People

Bring a little sunshine to your sketchbook with Bobbie Goods through step-by-step drawing tutorials, creative activities, and more in this officially licensed book.

Bobbie Goods Sunshine Coloring & Drawing is filled with joyful scenes and charming characters designed to spark creativity. This two-in-one format includes 32 pages of step-by-step drawing projects that teach you how to illustrate cute animals, picnics, and summery accessories—all in Bobbie’s signature sweet and simple style.

A detachable pad includes 6 themed coloring pages and 6 memo sheets—perfect for writing notes, practicing your drawings, or sharing with friends. Whether you’re sketching at home or doodling on the go, this book delivers feel-good inspiration and hours of creative fun.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Easy tutorials for drawing animals, outdoor scenes, and favorite sunny-day activities
• A detachable pad with 6 coloring pages and 6 memo sheets for lists, notes, and art sharing

Created for beginners and young artists alike, Bobbie Goods Sunshine Coloring & Drawing is a delightful escape into a world of imagination.

Immerse yourself in the magical, immortal, and vibrantly colorful world of the bestselling WEBTOON Originals series Lore Olympus as you paint 20 preprinted scenes.

In The Official Lore Olympus Watercolor Book, series creator Rachel Smythe takes you behind the scenes for an in-depth exploration of the characters and how to recreate them in the expressive medium of watercolor. This must-have companion offers: 

• 20 painting projects featuring your favorite characters and scenes from Lore Olympus, with full-color reference art, a supply list, a color palette, and techniques for each one, including tips for mastering even the smallest details.
• A high-quality watercolor pad with 20 preprinted scenes to use in completing the corresponding painting projects.
• Watercolor essentials, including an overview of tools and materials, basic painting and mixing techniques, and an introduction to color theory.
• Detailed profiles of the series’ main characters—Persephone, Hades, Artemis, Eros, Hecate, Hera, and Hermes—covering their backstories and personality traits, the nuances of their appearance and dress, and the color palettes for their skin tones.
• An inspiration gallery of additional scenes and characters from Lore Olympus to try painting on your own.
• An introduction to publishing on WEBTOON, from developing believable characters and planning a compelling story to creating and refining the artwork.

Lore Olympus is a captivating modern retelling of one of mythology’s greatest stories, the complex relationship between Persephone, Goddess of Spring, and Hades, King of the Underworld. The Official Lore Olympus Watercolor Book allows you to engage creatively with your favorite characters and scenes as you bring its art to life in vivid color.

This is not just a watercolor instruction book, but an expansive exploration of the Lore Olympus characters and the world of webcomics—perfect for fans of the series, budding watercolorists, and aspiring illustrators alike.

The enthralling realm of Lore Olympus awaits your artistic touch!

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 Create Your Own Webcomics with WEBTOON.