Archives: Walter Foster Books

Learn how to draw digitally and get the most use out of your tablet with this book full of helpful tips, creative inspiration, and 12 step-by-step drawing and painting projects.

In Drawing Digital, artist and teacher Lisa Bardot, the expert behind @Bardot Brush, introduces the art of digital drawing. Using your tablet and Procreate, or another favorite drawing app, you can leave behind your pencil and paper and make art anywhere and at any time.

Lisa gets you started with a range of easy-to-follow projects, including:
 

  • A still life
  • A snake plant
  • Cacti in the desert
  • Flowers
  • A dog
  • A school of fish
  • Self-portraits
  • Characters
  • City scenes
  • And more!


Accompanying each project are complete step-by-step instructions and Lisa Bardot’s signature, vibrant artwork. Also in the book are:
 

  • Tips for finding creative inspiration
  • Information on tools
  • App basics
  • How to draw and paint lines and shapes
  • Instructions for layering, duplicating, exporting, and more
  • A review that promises to help you draw anything


The author works in Procreate; however, her instructions apply to any digital drawing app, so you can use whatever you have on hand. The projects, tips, and techniques offer the ideal starting point if you’re a beginner to digital drawing, but if you’re an expert, you’re sure to learn plenty from Lisa’s expert advice, as well. Lisa finds great joy in creating, and soon you will too, wherever and whenever you like to draw.

Kick start your creativity and learn to draw on your tablet with Drawing Digital!

Learn how to draw and color your own adorable world with the simple illustrations and easy-to-follow drawing steps in How to Draw Super Cute Things with Bobbie Goods.

Perfect for beginners of all ages and bursting with humor, sweetness, and imagination, this book is sure to put a smile on your face! Get cozy, grab a pencil and your markers, and draw anything you can imagine in the most adorable art style.

With her large social media following on Instagram (@bobbiegoodsart) and TikTok (@bobbiegoods), Bobbie Goods shows off her simple techniques for drawing her super cute world. After selling thousands of coloring books since opening her online shop in 2021, Bobbie Goods now brings you an adorable how-to-draw book! You will learn how to:
 

  • Draw delightful characters, such as puppies, bears, and bunnies!
  • Place them into scenes like a cozy coffee shop, a busy baker's kitchen, or a summertime pool party, and then color them in!
  • Draw adorable objects to place in the scenes, such as plants, furniture, food, fashionable accessories, and decorations.


Enjoy drawing and coloring the super cute world of Bobbie Goods!

Learn to paint colorful, uplifting watercolor scenes with the step-by-step projects and techniques in this beginner-friendly guide.

Welcome to the wonderful world of watercolor! Paint with Me: Vibrant Watercolor introduces beginning artists to the vibrant artwork of Geethu Chandramohan, the artist behind the popular Instagram account @colourfulmystique.

The projects are presented step by step, with Geethu’s beautiful, bright artwork and photography accompanying each step. You will explore a variety of subjects in watercolor, such as:
 

  • Landscapes
  • Sunsets
  • Mountains
  • Birds
  • Water in different forms
  • Cityscapes
  • And much more


As you create stunning images in watercolor, discover how to use painting as a tool for mindfulness, guided by the author’s own tips for remaining calm and present.

Along the way, you will learn about:
 

  • Tools and materials, including the best watercolor paints and papers to work with
  • Watercolor painting techniques, such as wet-into-wet, wet-on-dry, and blending
  • Color theory and color mixing
  • Plein air painting
  • Composition
  • Perspective
  • And much more


Complex-sounding subjects are presented simply and encouragingly in a book that’s perfect for beginners as well as more experienced watercolorists looking for a contemporary, vibrant style of artwork.

Paint with Me: Vibrant Watercolor introduces you to the colorful world of watercolor in a fun, easy way.

Also from the Paint with Me series: Palette Knife Painting: Deep Impasto. The Paint with Me series highlights well-known artists and their work in visually appealing and instructive books.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SERIES, Now in English! More than 2.3 million copies sold in 23 languages!
 
Perfect for beginners, the Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy Workbook begins with basic pencil techniques, such as how to create texture and shading. Then follow along as you use those techniques to create unique characters step by step, with space provided on each page for you to follow along, as you learn to create your own realistic drawings.
 
Companion to the Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy reference book, this 112-page interactive workbook provides beginning artists with a hands-on approach to drawing manga, comic book, and fantasy characters.
 
Practice directly inside the book, with more than 30 step-by-step drawing lessons, including:
 

  • Pencil techniques
  • Adding shading, texture, and highlights
  • Inking and coloring techniques
  • Adding color digitally
  • Facial expressions, clothing, and accessories
  • Manga heroines and heroes
  • Fantasy characters and mythical creatures


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.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SERIES, now in English! More than 2.3 million copies sold in 23 languages!

Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy allows beginning artists to get started drawing manga, comic book, and fantasy characters, from manga heroines and heroes, chibis, superheroes, and villains to space aliens and guardians, mythical creatures, and more! Learn to develop your sketches from basic shapes, adding clothing, accessories, and personality to draw creative and original characters and scenes, step by easy step.
 
Perfect for beginners, this 192-page reference guide explains everything you need to get started, from choosing the right materials to basic drawing, inking, and coloring techniques and step-by-step lessons. Experiment with different pencils, inks, colored pencils, and markers, as then follow along as you use those techniques to create your own unique characters.
 
With more than 50 step-by-step projects for you to reference, Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy covers:
 

  • Sketching from basic shapes
  • Shading, texture, and highlights
  • Adding personality, facial expressions, and accessories
  • Inking and coloring techniques
  • How to draw manga heroines and heroes
  • How to draw comic book characters and villains
  • How to draw fantasy characters and mythical creatures


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.

Also available as a companion piece: Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics & Fantasy Workbook, a 112-page interactive workbook allowing artists to practice drawing their own unique characters directly inside the book.

Use a single continuous line to make beautiful art, all in 15 minutes or less! This interactive instructional book includes space for you to practice directly on the pages as you learn.

Professional artist Heinke Nied has perfected the quick one-line drawing technique and teaches it to art students in her native Germany. Now she brings the technique first made famous by Pablo Picasso to English-speaking artists in 15-Minute Drawing: One-Line Drawing. Included in the book are:
 

  • A review of necessary tools and materials
  • Instruction on how to use pen and ink
  • Drawing techniques
  • Step-by-step drawing projects that include florals, plants, portraits, objects, and much more
  • An inspirational gallery


The easy-to-follow projects require only a pen or pencil, so they’re very transportable and fun to do wherever you like to draw.

Additionally, one-line drawing is a calming, meditative process that will appeal to all artists, whether you’re a beginner or just looking for a relaxing creative experience. Grab your pen and paper, and learn to draw in a single continuous line!


Books in the 15-Minute Series are perfect primers for beginning artists who want to learn the basics. Designed to be used as artist notebooks, these interactive workbooks include prompts and exercises that allow beginning artists to test out their skills directly inside the book.

Color in all kinds of cute and cool manga furries—including a leopard man, bunny girl, fashionable sloth, and elegant mermaid—in this beautiful coloring book for all ages!

Manga Furries Coloring features:
 

  • Quality paper, which lets you color with your choice of colored pencils, crayons, markers, and more
  • More than 30 coloring pages, including cute and cool characters and scenes
  • One-sided coloring for display purposes and to avoid bleed-through
  • Patterns on the back of each page for additional visual interest and more coloring if desired


Have fun coloring:
 

  • Kemonomimi, which are humans who possess animal-like features
  • Kemono, which are largely animalistic
  • Scalies, which are furries of the reptile and amphibian variety
  • And much more!


A perfect choice for:
 

  • Coloring book hobbyists
  • Manga and anime enthusiasts
  • Aspiring manga, chibi, and kawaii artists
  • Manga, comic book, and graphic novel lovers 


With Manga Furries Coloring, furry fans can color in their favorite kind of art! Suitable for all ages, this 96-page book contains fantastic furry characters by artist Talia Horsburgh. Grab your choice of coloring tools—colored pencils, markers, etc.—and start coloring the awesome world of manga furries.

You can color your way through manga, chibi, kawaii, and furry art with this series of four coloring books: Manga World Coloring, Chibi World Coloring, Kawaii World Coloring, and Manga Furries Coloring. Collect all four in the series to color in more than 150 cute and cool characters and scenes!

Color in all kinds of cute and cool kawaii art—including a super-fluffy llama, a happy rainbow, a sweet and smiley donut, and more—with this beautiful coloring book!

Kawaii World Coloring features:
 

  • Quality paper, which lets you color with your choice of colored pencils, crayons, markers, and more
  • More than 30 coloring pages, including cute and cool characters and scenes
  • One-sided coloring for display purposes and to avoid color bleed-through
  • Patterns on the back of each page for additional visual interest and more coloring if desired


Have fun coloring:
 

  • Fluffy and cute little animals
  • Sweet and smiley and delicious-looking foods
  • Delightfully perfect potted plants
  • And much more adorable art!


A perfect choice for:
 

  • Coloring book hobbyists
  • Manga and anime enthusiasts
  • Aspiring manga, chibi, and kawaii artists
  • Manga, comic book, and graphic novel lovers 


With Kawaii World Coloring, lovers of the adorable can color in their favorite kind of art! Suitable for all ages, this 96-page book contains supercute kawaii characters by artist Ilaria Ranauro. Subjects to color in include animals, foods, and plants of all kinds, and much more!

You can color your way through manga, chibi, kawaii, and furry art with this series of four coloring books: Manga World Coloring, Chibi World Coloring, Kawaii World Coloring, and Manga Furries Coloring. Collect all four in the series to color in more than 150 cute and cool characters and scenes!

Color in all kinds of cute and cool chibi art—including a kitsune fox, pop star, basketball player, and dragon—with this beautiful coloring book!

Chibi World Coloring features:
 

  • Quality paper, which lets you color with your choice of colored pencils, crayons, markers, and more
  • More than 30 coloring pages, including cute and cool characters and scenes
  • One-sided printing for display purposes and to avoid bleed-through 
  • Patterns on the back of each page for additional visual interest and more coloring if desired


Have fun coloring:
 

  • Adorable animals
  • Chibi characters in various action poses
  • Fantasy characters
  • And much more!


A perfect choice for:
 

  • Coloring book hobbyists
  • Manga and anime enthusiasts
  • Aspiring manga, chibi, and kawaii artists
  • Manga, comic book, and graphic novel lovers 


With Chibi World Coloring, manga chibi lovers can color in their favorite kind of art! This 96-page book contains awesome and adorable chibi characters created by artist Piuuvy. Suitable for all ages, subjects to color in include adorable animals, supercute fantasy characters, chibis in a variety of action poses, such as swimming, dancing, doing hand-to-hand combat, and much more! 

You can color your way through manga, chibi, kawaii, and furry art with this series of four coloring books: Manga World Coloring, Chibi World Coloring, Kawaii World Coloring, and Manga Furries Coloring.Collect all four in the series to color in more than 150 manga characters and scenes!

Color in all kinds of cute and cool manga art—including fantasy characters, chibis, superheroes, and more—with this beautiful coloring book!

Manga World Coloring features:
 

  • Quality paper, which lets you color with your choice of colored pencils, crayons, markers, and more
  • More than 30 coloring pages, including cute and cool characters and scenes
  • One-sided coloring for display purposes and to avoid bleed-through
  • Patterns on the back of each page for additional visual interest and more coloring if desired


Have fun coloring:
 

  • Fantasy characters such as fairies and elves
  • Cute chibi versions of traditional Japanese creatures such as kitsune (fox girls)
  • Various human characters, warriors, and superheroes
  • And much more!


A perfect choice for:
 

  • Coloring book hobbyists
  • Manga and anime enthusiasts
  • Aspiring manga, chibi, and kawaii artists
  • Manga, comic book, and graphic novel lovers 


With the Manga World Coloring, manga lovers can color in their favorite kind of art! This 96-page book contains awesome and adorable characters by artist Scott Harris. Suitable forall ages, subjects to color in include fantasy characters, chibis, and various human characters, such as warriors, superheroes, and fashionable outfits on everyday people.

You can color your way through manga, chibi, kawaii, and furry art with this series of four coloring books: Manga World Coloring, Chibi World Coloring, Kawaii World Coloring, and Manga Furries Coloring.Collect all four in the series to color in more than 150 cute and cool characters and scenes!