Archives: Walter Foster Jr. Books
As the third title in the line-up to refresh Walter Foster's successful Learn to Draw series, Learn to Draw Pets features 64 pages of drawing instructions for a variety of domestic animals children love–from a kitten or a puppy to a guinea pig, bunny, box turtle, and many more. This book opens with brief information for getting started, the tools and materials needed, and some sample drawing exercises to warm up. Young artists-in-training will learn to draw their favorite pets by following the step-by-step instructions in this beautifully illustrated book. Each lesson begins with a basic shape, such a square, a circle, or an oval, and progresses to a finished colored piece of artwork, making it easy for children to follow along. Along the way, engaging text provides fun and interesting facts about each featured pet, allowing for an educational, well-rounded drawing experience. With a mix of art instruction and engaging information, Learn to Draw Pets is the perfect way for children to discover more about their favorite animals and pets, in addition to expressing their artistic side.
Learn to Draw Dogs & Puppies includes fun, engaging content featuring the loyal and favorite canine companions children know and love. With this fun and educational drawing book, budding artists will discover just how easy it is to draw more than two-dozen breeds of dogs, ranging from small and sassy to big and burly. The book opens with a brief introduction to the tools and materials young artists need to get started, as well as several warm-up exercises. Then the real fun begins! Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions demonstrate how to draw a range of breeds, including a Labrador, an English bulldog, a Siberian Husky, a Dalmatian, and many more. Each drawing lesson begins with a basic shape, such as a square, a circle, or an oval, and progresses to a finished color piece of artwork, making it easy for children to follow along. Along the way, engaging text provides fun and interesting facts about each dog, allowing for an educational, well-rounded artistic experience. Learn to Draw Dogs & Puppies features dozens of fun and interesting facts, making it a perfect resource for teaching children about these wonderful furry friends, while encouraging them to express their creativity and practice their drawing skills.
Animals from the Polar Regions are popular subjects among children, and Learn to Draw Polar Animals includes recognizable, engaging wildlife from both the Arctic and Antarctic. Now young artists can immerse themselves in the animal kingdom while learning to draw a variety of polar animals that range from cute and cuddly to massive and majestic. Learn to Draw Polar Animals is a fun and educational drawing book featuring easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions. The book opens with brief information for getting started, the tools and materials needed, and some sample drawing exercises to warm up. In Learn to Draw Polar Animals, young artists-in-training will learn to draw their favorite Arctic and Antarctic animals, including a polar bear, a killer whale, a penguin, an arctic fox, and a snowy owl, as well as many other cold-weather creatures. Each drawing lesson begins with a basic shape, such as a square, a circle, or an oval, and progresses step by step to a finished color piece of artwork, making it easy for children to follow along. Along the way, engaging text provides fun and interesting facts about each featured animal, allowing for an educational, well-rounded drawing experience. With a mix of art instruction and engaging information, Learn to Draw Polar Animals is the perfect way for children to discover more about Arctic and Antarctic creatures and critters, as well as express their artistic side.
Fairy Tale Fun teaches young artists to draw a range of favorite, fun, and quirky fabled figures in true cartooning style. Children will love learning how to reinterpret popular fairy tale characters in cartoon form, as well as design their own fantasy characters, all with a colorful, silly touch. Featured sections cover characteristics, expressions, and gestures that make a whimsical, magical cartoon character come to life on the page, as well as creative ideas and techniques for rendering mythical characters in unexpected costumes, disguises, or locations. Projects include widely recognized fairy tale figures and characters from classic stories, fables, and legend, including princesses, fairies, knights, dragons, giants, and more, reinterpreted in a fun, kid-friendly style! Each lesson begins with a simple shape and progresses to a colorful final piece of art, making it easy for budding artists of all skill levels to follow along. Fairy Tale Fun teaches young artists-in-training how to take their drawing skills from enthusiastic doodler to ace cartoonist through a series of engaging, easy-to-follow step-by-step cartooning projects. Along the way, tips and tricks from a professional cartoonist are included to guide their efforts, making this book an experience that is sure to create a new favorite pastime.
Furry & Feathered Friends follows the second title in the Cartooning for Kids series, Mean ‘n’ Messy Monsters, expanding on its core concepts and teaching young artists to draw a range of fun, furry, and feathered animals in true cartooning style. Children will love learning how to reinterpret their favorite animal friends in cartoon form, as well as design their own favorite critters, all with a colorful, silly touch. Featured sections cover humorous characteristics, silly expressions, and over-the-top gestures that make a cartoon animal come to life on the page, as well as creative ideas and techniques for rendering a favorite animal in an unexpected costume, disguise, or location. Projects include popular animals and quirky pets, including dogs, cats, birds, hamsters, rabbits, and more, reinterpreted in a fun and whimsical kid-friendly style! Each lesson begins with a simple shape and progresses to a colorful final piece of art, making it easy for budding artists of all skill levels to follow along. Furry & Feathered Friends teaches young artists-in-training how to take their drawing skills from enthusiastic doodler to ace cartoonist through a series of engaging, easy-to-follow step-by-step cartooning projects. Along the way, tips and tricks from a professional cartoonist are included to guide their efforts, making this book an experience that is sure to create a new favorite pastime.
Mean 'n' Messy Monsters follows the introductory title in the Cartooning for Kids series, Crazy, Zany Cartoon Characters, expanding on its core concepts and teaching young artists to draw a range of fun and unique monsters in true cartooning style. Children will love learning how to reinterpret their favorite popular monsters in cartoon form, as well as design their own menacing characters, all with a colorful, silly touch. Featured sections cover characteristics, expressions, and gestures that make a cartoon monster come to life on the page, as well as creative ideas and techniques for rendering a monster in an unexpected costume, disguise, or location–all to scare and surprise, of course! Projects include widely recognized monsters from classic stories, movies, and legends, including beasts such as Godzilla, King Kong, Frankenstein, Mummies, zombies, and more– reinterpreted in a fun and whimsical kid-friendly style! Each lesson begins with a simple shape and progresses to a colorful final piece of art, making it easy for budding artists of all skill levels to follow along. Along the way, tips and tricks from a professional cartoonist are included to guide their efforts, making this book an experience that is sure to create a new favorite pastime.
Cartooning is celebrated as an art form by artists of all ages for its expressive, silly, and often exaggerated nature. Now young artists can join in on the fun with the relatable, quality instruction in Walter Foster's new Cartooning for Kids series. As the premiere title in the series, Crazy, Zany Cartoon Characters teaches young artists-in-training how to take their drawing skills from enthusiastic doodler to ace cartoonist through a series of engaging, easy-to-follow step-by-step cartooning projects. Children will learn the specific elements of cartooning, including how to exaggerate features, draw silly expressions, and create over-the-top gestures, as well as how to draw a variety of humorous animals and unique characters. They'll even learn how to develop and draw their own original cartoons. Featuring a variety of subjects, including quirky people and whimsical animals, as well as fantasy creatures, robots, and space aliens, Crazy, Zany Cartoon Characters provides the essential concepts for drawing in a true cartooning style. Projects start with simple shapes, such as a circle or an oval. Each step builds upon the previous and progresses to a finished final color artwork. Along the way, tips and tricks from a professional artist and illustrator are included to guide children in their artistic efforts, making this book an experience that is sure to create a new favorite pastime.
Dots & Spots: A Super-Duper Squiggly Doodle & Drawing Book is a wacky sketchbook that probes the depths of the imagination through creative prompts and a series of colorful dots and spots to inspire hilarious and quirky drawings.
With this 112-page super-duper activity book, all you need is your imagination and pencil to sketch, doodle, and design exciting—and sometimes silly—pieces of art. Discover how many things you can draw by starting with just a circle! With Dots & Spots, you can:
- Design your own emojis
- Sketch a kooky miniature golf course
- Draw a mythical creature that lives in an undersea cave
- "Bake" a pizza pie with pizzazz
- Decorate flying donuts
- Color in your own superhero costume
- Doodle the eyes on a monster
- Draw all the ingredients in the witch's cauldron
- And so much more!
On each page of Dots & Spots you will find a wacky drawing prompt, along with the actual spots and dots that will help you start drawing. These questions will inspire unusual, amusing, and super-silly pieces of artwork. The ever-changing size and position of the colorful spots will push you beyond your comfort zone and make you change your perspective with every page turn. With more than 100 inspirational dots, spots, and prompts, this book will really get your creative juices flowing!
Dots & Spots: A Super-Duper Squiggly Doodle & Drawing Book is the perfect activity book for when you have artist’s block or when you just want to sit back, draw, and let your mind wander.
After an introduction to art materials and how to use this book, the real fun begins. Just follow the step-by-step projects to draw Ian, Barley, Blazey, and more!
The easy-to-follow instructions in this book guide you through the drawing process; each step builds upon the last until the character is complete. You just need to grab a pencil, a piece of paper, and your copy of Learn to Draw Disney•Pixar Onward; then flip to the character you want to draw. Lightly draw the basic shapes shown in step one, and move on to step two, step three, and keep going! The new lines in each step are shown in blue, so you know exactly what to draw. After adding all the details in each step, darken the lines you want to keep and erase the rest. Finally, add color to your drawing with felt-tip markers, colored pencils, watercolors, or acrylic paints. You can draw the characters over and over, getting better with each try.
Plus, learn about the characters from Disney and Pixar's Onward as you draw them. Brief character descriptions and art instruction from professional Disney animators round out this exciting artistic adventure.
Grab your drawing pencils and go on a grand and glorious artistic quest with Ian, Barley, and the other fairy-tale creatures from Disney and Pixar’s Onward.
With more than 80 fun experiments, SUPER Science Experiments: Outdoor Fun is the ultimate lab book for kids who love nature and the outdoors!
This fact- and fun-filled book includes tons of simple, kid-tested science experiments, many of which can be done with items from around the house, and require little to no supervision! That’s right—no adult help needed. That means no grown-ups doing all the fun stuff while you watch. You can do lots of messy, cool, mind-blowing experiments all by yourself! All the supplies you need are probably already in your home. No fancy gadgets or doohickeys needed!
Whether you’re building your own bird or butterfly feeders, thermometer, or air horn, this book has something for everyone. Each experiment features safety precautions, materials needed, step-by-step instructions with illustrations, fun facts, and further explorations.
With SUPER Science Experiments: Outdoor Fun,kid scientists like you can:
- Look at underwater critters without getting your face wet
- Build a home for bees
- Measure rainfall and wind speed
- Create an ecosystem in a bottle
- Make a worm hotel
- Trap a cloud
- And complete many other SUPER science experiments!
At once engaging, encouraging, and inspiring, the SUPER Science Experiments series provides budding scientists with go-to, hands-on guides for learning the fundamentals of science and exploring the fascinating world around them. Also in this series, check out: Cool Creations, Build It, and At Home.
There’s no better boredom-buster than a science experiment. You will learn something and astound and amaze your friends and family. So, what are you waiting for? Get experimenting!