Archives: Walter Foster Books
Illustrated by Marc Ordiali, this book invites you to add stickers to complete 10 mini shops—from a bookshop and bakery to a flower stall, cheese counter, café, and more—each filled with whimsical details and adorable animal characters. If you love kawaii stationery, interior design, and soothing craft moments, it’s the perfect relaxing, screen-free creative escape.
Rather than designing scenes from scratch, this activity offers a gentle, calming process: simply follow the sample layout, match each shop to its corresponding sticker sheets, and layer transparent stickers to build out the scene. Each sticker adds furniture, décor, products, and character moments that bring the tiny shop to life. The result is a finished, cozy vignette that feels deeply satisfying.
It’s the perfect way to unwind, with no pressure—no drawing, no complex crafting, just a soothing sequence of placing carefully illustrated stickers onto 3D shop backgrounds.
Inside, you’ll find:
- 10 cozy miniature shop scenes printed in an aesthetic isometric style
- 300 transparent, repositionable stickers with décor, signage, shelving, plants, foods, and cute animals
- Completed image templates that show how the finished scene should look
- A no-stress activity ideal for evenings, travel, hanging out with friends, or mindful relaxation
- A collectible, giftable format perfect for those who love kawaii art and cozycore aesthetics
Whether you’re placing pastries in Sweet Crumb, shelving books in Story Nook, or arranging flowers in Mini Bloom, each stickered scene becomes a tiny world of calm and charm. Mini Shops Sweet & Cozy Sticker Book offers a gentle, aesthetic craft experience—a sticker book that transforms simple stickering into a delightful moment of everyday coziness.
Explore even more cute, cozy spaces with Mini Home Sweet & Cozy Sticker Book.
Illustrated by Marc Ordiali, this book invites you to add stickers to complete 10 mini rooms—from bathrooms and bedrooms to workshops, gardens, and cozy living spaces—each filled with soft details and adorable animal characters. If you love kawaii stationery, interior design, and soothing craft moments, it’s the perfect relaxing, screen-free creative escape.
Rather than designing rooms from scratch, this activity offers a gentle, calming process: simply follow the sample layout, match each room to its corresponding sticker sheets, and layer transparent stickers to complete the scene. Each sticker adds furniture, décor, plants, household items, and character moments that bring the tiny space to life. The result is a finished, cozy vignette that feels structured, approachable, and deeply satisfying.
It’s the perfect way to unwind, with no pressure—no drawing, no complex crafting, just a soothing sequence of placing carefully illustrated stickers onto beautifully designed room backgrounds.
Inside, you’ll find:
- 10 miniature room scenes printed in an aesthetic isometric style, including a bathroom retreat, kitchen nook, garden, craft workshop, bedroom sanctuary, and more
- 300 transparent, repositionable stickers featuring décor, lighting, plants, textiles, furniture, appliances, and cute animal residents
- Sample completed images that show how the finished room should look
- A no-stress activity ideal for evenings, travel, cozy afternoons, or mindful relaxation
- A collectible, giftable format perfect for those who love kawaii art, interior styling, and cozycore aesthetics
Whether you’re arranging towels in Bubble Bliss, styling outfits in Cozy Closet, setting the table in Nibbly Nook, or watching your garden grow in Petal Patch, each stickered scene becomes a tiny moment of comfort and calm. Mini Homes Sweet & Cozy Sticker Book transforms simple stickering into a delightful escape—a sticker book that turns everyday interiors into cozy, pocket-sized worlds.
Explore even more cute, cozy spaces with Mini Shops Sweet & Cozy Sticker Book.
Learn to paint your favorite everyday items using watercolor, gouache, ink, pastel, and more.
From food and kitchen tools to clothing, gardening supplies, home decor, cosmetics, and more, Paint Every Little Thing will show you how to see the beauty in the everyday—and how to capture it with paint as well!
Start by learning about the supplies you will need with the help of the tools and materials section; then peruse the painting and mixed-media techniques, which include layering, blending, glazing, and more. You’ll also learn how to mix colors.
Once you’ve learned the basics, it’s time to dive into the creative prompts and step-by-step painting projects. Covering fun, appealing subjects, these include:
- Food (your favorite foods, ingredients, restaurant items, and more)
- Kitchen tools (what you cook with!)
- Clothing
- Random things from around the house
- Outside items (gardening tools, plants, and so on)
- And much more!
Throughout the book, find beautiful, original artwork. The creative prompts will inspire you to create art of your own with more open-ended suggestions, while the step-by-step projects feature complete instructions for painting in professional artist Kristine Lombardi’s trademark loose, beautiful style.
The Inspired Artist series invites art hobbyists and casual art enthusiasts to have fun learning basic art concepts, relaxing into the creative process to make art in a playful, contemporary style. Following closely after the successful first book in the series—Draw Every Little Thing—Paint Every Little Thing is the ideal resource for artists of all skill levels looking for a creative outlet in their everyday lives.
Also available from the series: Block Print for Beginners and Watercolor Painting at Home.
Draw and paint your dream town—no passport required! In Paint the Town with Urban Anna, illustrator Astrid Wielinga—known online as Urban Anna—shows you how to bring scenic urban architecture to life in pencil, fineliner pen, and watercolor. With 17 step-by-step projects, this inspiring guide walks you through her full creative process, from materials and drawing basics to adding watercolor magic.
Each project features:
- Globally inspired storefronts—from Parisian patisseries to Irish pubs
- Step-by-step instruction for sketching and painting details with confidence
- Tips for developing your own style and finding inspiration in everyday scenes
- Printed watercolor templates and downloadable tracings, so you can start painting right away
Filled with inviting, feel-good art and gentle guidance, Paint the Town with Urban Anna makes watercolor urban sketching fun, relaxing, and beautifully achievable for artists of all levels.
Find the beauty in everyday architecture—and paint your own whimsical world, one storefront at a time.
Copycat Drawing makes learning to drawfun, easy, and totally stress-free! With more than 650 step-by-step tutorials, this delightful book teaches you how to sketch everything from adorable animals and tasty foods to cozy homes and bustling city scenes. Each subject is shown in just 3–5 simple steps, making it perfect for beginners of all ages.
What makes this book special is its interactive format—every page includes a traceable outline and space to draw your own version, so you can learn by copying, tracing, and practicing. The charming, Kawaii-inspired style by illustrator Nozomi Kudo ensures every drawing is cute, approachable, and fun.
Inside, you’ll find:
- Easy 3–5-step drawing tutorials for over 650 subjects
- Categories, including food, pets, people, animals, and city life
- A mix of tracing and freehand practice to build drawing skills
- Cute, Kawaii-inspired art perfect for all ages
- A relaxing, creative way to unwind and enjoy art every day
Whether you’re looking to unwind, fill a sketchbook, or build drawing confidence, Copycat Drawing is the ultimate creative companion for doodlers and aspiring artists alike.
Drawing Magical Manga Girls is your all-in-one reference for designing, sketching, and coloring fantastical manga heroines using traditional and digital tools. Whether you’re a complete beginner or a seasoned artist looking to explore new techniques, this book provides step-by-step instruction for illustrating expressive female characters in pencil, fineliner, watercolor, and digital formats.
Manga artist Raemion (@raemion) brings her signature storytelling flair to 16 unforgettable magical girls. You’ll master the fundamentals of anatomy, facial expressions, dynamic poses, and outfit design while learning how to bring each character to life with professional coloring techniques. Plus, the bonus chapter on digital illustration walks you through Procreate and Clip Studio Paint tutorials to take your art to the next level.
Inside, you’ll find:
- A beginner-friendly guide to drawing and coloring female manga and anime characters
- Tutorials for four styles: pencil sketching, fineliner, watercolor, and digital
- 16 character projects, each featuring a distinct look and magical theme
- Tips on materials, shading, and storytelling through visual design
- A full digital art chapter for Procreate and Clip Studio Paint
From a powerful fox demon to a dreamy stargazer, Drawing Magical Manga Girls gives you the skills and inspiration to create your own enchanting characters in any medium.
Forget florals—it’s time for fog, fangs, and fun. Creepy Cute Watercolor takes watercolor in a wonderfully witchy new direction with art projects celebrating all things spooky and adorable. Artist Stephanie Bayles of @guild_of_calamity invites you to a beginner-friendly journey through gothic themes, from Mush Boos (ghostly toadstools) and Catus (prickly little felines) to haunted radios and sickly lollipops.
Never watercolored before? No problem! This book includes all the basic how-to information you need to get started painting goth watercolor. Stephanie will show you which brushes to use, colors to mix, and steps to follow for frighteningly cute finished paintings. Plus, the watercolor practice pad with pre-printed sketches means you don’t have to worry about your drawing skills either!
This first-of-its-kind watercolor guide includes:
- 24 step-by-step tutorials featuring creepy-cute characters, haunted objects, and moody motifs.
- Built-in watercolor pad with pre-printed sketches for immediate painting fun.
- Ready-to-print bonus designs to continue your watercolor adventures.
- Watercolor basics covering tools, techniques, and tips for eerie effects.
- Aesthetic inspiration for fans of whimsigoth, dark academia, spooky cute, and horror styles with a helping of aw, that’s so cute!
Whether you’re looking to paint Ahhh!vocadoToast, Hot Dawgs, or Meow Shrooms, Creepy Cute Watercolor turns your spooky obsessions into frame-worthy, giftable, and downright fun works of art. It’s the perfect choice for beginners, hobbyists, and seasoned artists seeking something a little offbeat.
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.
Relax and color your way through a cozy, kawaii world of 3D interiors and magical spaces.
Illustrator Becky Cas (@beckycas_) brings her signature supercute aesthetic to Kawaii Cozy Corner Coloring, a charming collection of 42 3D scenes filled with cute creatures, tiny details, and creative calm. Each page feels like a diorama—an imaginative little world designed to bring joy and relaxation.
The kawaii-style artwork celebrates all things cute, soft, and happy. Through her cozy, comfort-filled worlds, Becky Cas inspires colorists to slow down, unwind, and find beauty in small moments.
Kawaii Cozy Corner Coloring includes everything you need for the perfect screen-free creative escape:
- 42 single-sided, perforated, hand-drawn coloring pages printed on premium, marker-friendly paper
- Sweet animal characters—bunnies, bears, birds, frogs, cats, and more—living their best cozy lives
- Adorable 3D scenes, including a bakery, coffee shop, flower shop, cozy bedrooms, a greenhouse, and even a magical wizard’s study
- Intricate yet approachable line art suitable for beginners and advanced colorists alike
- A soothing, mindful aesthetic inspired by the cozycore trend
Perfect for fans of cute art and mindful creativity, Kawaii Cozy Corner Coloring turns every page into a warm, relaxing retreat—one that invites you to slow down, color softly, and make every corner your own cozy world.
Perfect for beginning artists, Faces & Expressions offers a comprehensive introduction on how to draw faces and expressions—the most important aspects of an individual. First, learn everything about the tools and materials you need to get started, including selecting the right pencils, papers, and erasers for their work. Then discover tips for drawing and shading techniques, such as how to achieve volume, suggest depth, and render various hair and skin textures. With some knowledge of pencil drawing basics, begin mastering the art of drawing the human face through a series of helpful examples and easy-to-follow, step-by-step projects. Projects include a child portrait, an adult portrait, a senior portrait, and others that feature different techniques for capturing expressions and rendering features, including eyes, mouths, noses, and hands.
Featuring the stunning artwork of gifted artist Diane Cardaci, this 10.25 × 13.75–inch book features artwork designed to inspire a classical approach to rendering faces in graphite pencil. With its wide-ranging instruction, plethora of artist tips, and beautiful artwork, Faces & Expressions is the perfect resource for any beginning portrait artist.
Designed for beginners, the How to Draw & Paint series offers easy-to-follow guides that introduce artists to basic tools and materials and include simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist. Drawing: Faces & Expressions allows artists to develop drawing skills by demonstrating how to start with basic shapes and use pencil and shading techniques to create varied textures, values, and details for a realistic, completed portrait drawing.