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A captivating colouring experience, exploring the lush botanicals and hidden creatures of the world’s tropical rainforestsSpecial features:Artist Created: No AI or stock images. All 46 original colouring designs were hand-drawn especially for this book by artist Rachel Reinert, inspired by her travels to rainforests around the world.Enjoy a Quality Coloring Experience: Printed on premium heavyweight paper, no bleed-throughs with alcohol markers, with a special sewn binding that lets you open the book flat.Frame Worthy Art: Coloring images are printed on one side of the page only so they can be easily removed and framed.A Thoughtful Gift: Beautiful colour foil stamping on the front cover makes it a perfect gift for yourself or a friend or family memberTake a creative trip of discovery to the inner reaches of the rainforest, colouring a world most of us can only imagine, filled with:giant water lilies, anthuriums, hibiscus, and banksiatoucans, flamingoes, and macawsbouquets and boughs laden with wild orchidssloths, jaguars, and chameleonsEvery original colouring image is hand-drawn by artist Rachel Reinert and filled with captivating details to splash with colour, whether you work with crayons, coloured pencils, or markers. Colouring isn’t just a fun activity, it provides tangible benefits to your mental health. Colouring can induce a calming meditative state as well as relax the brain and improve its ability to function. It can also relieve stress and anxiety and improve focus.So immerse yourself in the world of Tropical Wonderland and let it take you on a colourful journey of creative relaxation and mindfulness.

A colouring journey of extraordinary animals and the beautiful worlds they live in.Special features:Artist Created: No AI-generated or stock images! Every one of the 46 colouring designs was hand-drawn by artist Ken Matsuda.Two Colouring Tutorials: Artist Ken Matsuda shows you his process step by step with coloured pencils and with watercolours.A Quality Colouring Experience: Printed on heavyweight paper; the durable sewn binding lets you press down on the pages without cracking the spine.Bonus Content and Codes! Includes 9 full-page fully coloured designs, as well as QR codes at the back of the book for each artwork that will lead you to a coloured version on the author’s Instagram page for inspiration.The Perfect Gift: This premium package includes 24 pages of full colour as well as 46 beautiful black-and-white designs, plus colourful foil stamping on the cover.Enter the amazing, wildly imaginative world of Ken Matsuda, with stunning depictions of giant tortoises and hermit crabs carrying their habitats on their backs; whales and penguins in a graceful dance; hippos, iguanas, foxes, and so much more, entwined with dogwood blossoms, poppies, and other beautiful botanicals. Matsuda also includes detailed step-by-step tutorials for how to colour one of the designs in two different ways, using coloured pencils for one and watercolour paint for the other. For added colouring inspiration, 9 fully coloured designs are included as well as QR codes at the back of the book that lead to fully coloured renderings for the rest of the artworks on the artist’s Instagram page.Ecotopia is a colouring celebration of the world around us, bringing into creative focus what often goes unnoticed. Colouring is an enjoyable activity that also delivers tangible mental health benefits. It can calm as well as relax the brain and improve its ability to function. Colouring can also relieve stress and anxiety and improve focus. So discover the creative world of artist Ken Matsuda and colour yourself calm and captivated!

Nature’s Joyful Moments is a creative exercise in self-care, transporting you to hidden glades of peace and happiness. There is a wealth of delightful and heartwarming scenes to choose from: playful otters, songbirds amidst flowers and berries, shy woodland creatures, cheery chipmunks and field mice, ducklings and bunnies, smiling upside-down sloths and possums, and so much more.What all of these original colouring designs share is artist Jane Maday’s signature positivity and love of the outdoors. Her drawings also land in the sweet spot of having plenty of lovely details to colour without being too fiddly for young hands or for those that have perhaps become a bit unsteady but still love to colour or engage in an activity that leaves them feeling positive and relaxed.Colouring isn’t just an enjoyable activity, it provides tangible mental health benefits. Colouring can induce a calming meditative state as well as relax the brain and improve its ability to function. It can also relieve stress and anxiety and improve focus.So immerse yourself in the happiness and innocent joy of the natural world with the sweet and charming original designs of Jane Maday!Special features:Artist Created: No AI or stock images! Every one of the 54 colouring designs was hand-drawn by artist and popular Instagrammer (@JaneMaday) Jane Maday especially for this book.Positive and Uplifting: Jane’s signature style is guaranteed to bring a smile and brighten a day.A Quality Coloring Experience: Printed on heavyweight paper so no bleed-throughs with alcohol markers; special sewn binding lets you press down on the page without cracking the spine.Frame Worthy: Images are printed on one side of the page only for ease of removal for framing or colouring.

Be transported to your happy place as you colour cute animal BFFs having the best time ever!Special features:• Charming designs that are relaxing and easy to colour! Feel the stress melt away as you colour scenes of sweet and whimsical animals engaged in all sorts of fun activities.• Original hand-drawn art—no AI or stock images! Colour your way through 42 designs created by artist Jane Maday especially for this book in her signature super-cute style.• Bonus page of colour-your-own stickers! Colour 12 of Jane Maday’s delightful characters turned into stickers.• 4 pages printed in colour. Includes how-tos on blending colours and shading, as well as creative patterning ideas and one of the designs colored in by the artist for inspiration.• The perfect colouring choice for adults and kids! Make it a family activity!Birthday parties, picnics, a day at the beach, skating, building a snowman, sharing an ice cream. We can all think back to a day that lives forever in our memory, that we will never forget, when we were with family or friends and everything was the best it could possibly be. In The Best Day Ever, artist Jane Maday has captured 42 absolutely delightful and enchanting moments of cute animal friends having the greatest of times with one another. And you get to be there too, adding your own creative colour to every sweet scene. Artist Jane Maday’s designs are super easy to colour—the perfect way to unwind and reset!In addition to the colouring designs, you also get a page of stickers of characters from the book that you can colour yourself, as well as four pages of colour inspiration that include suggestions for patterns you can use in your own colouring and a design fully colored in by Jane Maday.

Jane’s newest colouring collection and the next in her The Art of series celebrates kindness in all its forms, to ourselves and to others.Special features:• Artist-created, no AI or stock images! Every one of the 38 colouring designs was hand-drawn by artist and popular Instagrammer Jane Maday (@JaneMaday), especially for this book in her signature whimsical style.• Words of support and understanding: Every easy-to-colour design includes a quote or affirmation about the importance of kindness and compassion. The perfect way to colour yourself calm!• Great for gift giving: The beautiful cottagecore cover features gold foil stamping and decorative spot varnish.• A quality colouring experience for all ages: Printed on heavyweight paper so no bleed-through with alcohol markers; the durable sewn binding lets the book lay open.• Frame worthy: Designs are printed on one side of the page only for ease of removal for framing or colouring.We all need a kind word sometimes. In The Art of Kindness, Jane Maday couples thoughtful words of encouragement with sweet and loving images of the world around us. Quotes from sources as wide-ranging as Annie Lennox, Amelia Earhart, Nelson Mandela, L. Frank Baum, and Maya Angelou are entwined in designs that feature beautiful flowering bouquets, serene scenes, cosy corners, and a delightful menagerie of bunnies, songbirds, kittens, and puppies guaranteed to melt the stress and sustain the soul.Jane Maday believes in colouring as a positive act of self-care; she created The Art of Kindness (the follow-up to the best-selling The Art of Positivity) with the goal of uplifting through words and images and extending generosity to ourselves and those around us.Colouring is an enjoyable activity that also delivers tangible mental health benefits. It can calm as well as relax the brain and improve its ability to function. Colouring can also relieve stress and anxiety and improve focus.So colour yourself inspired with The Art of Kindness!

Artist and bestselling author Rachel Reinert creates a sumptuous collection of gorgeous blooms and bouquets to colour. Floral Wonderland explores the endless beauty of flowers and their myriad possible arrangements. The designs include: •Seasonal bouquets •Arrangements from around the world •Wide variety of blooms: classic cultivated flowers, wildflowers, woodland blooms, dried flowers, and more •Bridal bouquets and arrangements •Different style vases, pitchers, wreaths, sheaves, and a terrarium The drawings include variations such as bouquets from different perspectives, very simple arrangements, and overabundance, giving colourists choices on how long they want to spend colouring.

In her follow-up to the wildly beautiful Botanical Wonderland, Rachel Reinert gives fans a magnificent new world to colour: the desert. Colouring enthusiasts will rejoice at illustrator Rachel Reinert's gorgeous collection, inspired by the unique beauty of desert plants and landscapes. As an avid traveller, Rachel has spent much time in desert environments across the globe, and skilfully transforms their stunning rock formations and flora into truly inspired artwork. Her inviting images fully capture the desert's vastness and serenity, and colourists will experience that sense of calm as they complete the drawings. As with Botanical Wonderland, each illustration is printed single-sided on high-quality perforated stock. The book includes pictures of Rachel's coloured art, along with photos from her travels and one full-colour image for inspiration or framing.

Reinert's fresh take on modern florals has earned her a following among private collectors and interior decorators, and Botanical Wonderland makes her aesthetic accessible to everyone. Each illustration is hand-drawn and printed on single-sided perforated pages for easy framing, and the book includes a few finished, fully coloured botanical paintings to inspire would-be artists to draw their own beautiful works. One bonus sheet, coloured and signed by Rachel, will be included in the back of the book.

Special features:• Super easy instructions: Every colouring tutorial is two pages: a full-page colouring design in black-and-white is on the right and the directions and illustrations for how to colour it in four steps is on the left. Just colour along!• Bonus colouring pages! At the back are 12 extra colouring images, printed on perforated pages so you can easily remove them and refer to the different tutorials as you colour.• The perfect gift for anyone who loves to colour, at any age: It’s an incredible value with 43 original full-page designs and over 150 colour illustrations, printed on high-quality heavyweight paper for no bleed through and a durable sewn binding.• An expert author: Artist Rachel Reinert is the author of the best-selling Coloring Wonderland series of colouring books.Coloring is a wonderful way to unplug and unwind as you apply your colour creativity to your designs. But maybe you’re curious about taking your colouring to the next level—to learn how to blend colours, to highlight, to shade, to create glow effects. Color with Me is the perfect guide to leveling up your skills, with incredibly easy-to-follow tutorials for colouring beautiful designs. It includes 31 step-by-step projects, each completed in two pages, with the full-page black-and-white design for you to colour on the right and the directions for applying colour in four simple steps on the left. The colours used (pencils, markers, and/or gel pens) are listed, so just follow along! The subject matter includes:• Animals: rabbit, fox, chameleon, tree frog• Birds and insects: hummingbird, toucan, beetle, butterfly• Flowers: hollyhocks, orchids, poppies, tulips, nasturtiumsColor with Me also includes a colouring basics chapter that covers the techniques that will be used in the tutorials, along with a primer on how to create pleasing colour schemes. As a bonus, after you have worked your way through the tutorials, there are 12 original full-page colouring designs. Printed on perforated pages on one side of the page only, you can remove them and put your newfound skills to work!So colour yourself creative with Color with Me and take your colouring to a whole new level!

The fourth offering in Rachel Reinert’s best-selling Coloring Wonderland series, Woodland Wonderland is a delightful sojourn in the magical world of woodland flowers and creatures. Journey through the lovely flora and fauna of our woodlands and forests, which can be gathered up into beautiful bouquets, wreaths and other captivating arrangements for you to colour.Among the forest lovelies you will find entwined together in Rachel Reinert’s captivating colouring images are: Native flowers like trillium, foxgloves, lupines, daisies, cosmos, columbines and poppies Ferns, moss and mushroomsLeaves, pine boughs, acorns, pineconesResidents of the forest and flowers: butterflies, fawns, bears, wolves, hedgehogs, bees and more

Need to get organised? Blogging star Rebecca Spooner shows you how to create a great journal that will put your life in order. Whether you're rearranging your laundry room, planning the week's menus, outlining your dream vacation, or training for your first 5K, Journal Me Organized provides all the information you need to eliminate mental clutter, focus on goals and enjoy a creative outlet. Author Rebecca Spooner covers everything, from choosing a notebook and the basics of cross-referencing to the intricacies of different types of journaling, planning, goal setting and time management. The fun truly begins with Spooner's inspirational pages, clever ideas, and easy-to-follow instructions. She provides tutorials, sample lettering to trace, and templates that range from minimalist daily spreads to exuberant designs that capture the joy of holidays, birthdays and personal milestones.

Attention all creative fashionistas! The ultimate guide to drawing today's most stylish fashion designs is here—created by the world's most popular author of art instruction books. Set your inner designer free with this on-trend sequel to Christopher Hart's bestselling Fashion Design Studio, featuring easy templates to help aspiring fashionistas draw the garments of their dreams. Hart not only covers perennially popular styles and the basics of drawing dresses, tops, pants, and accessories, he provides the fun details all fashion-forward artists love. Here are irresistibly hip touches like hi-low hemlines, cutout shoulders, patchwork denim, high-cut waistlines, floral-print ankle boots, and carefully clashed patterns. Every page will spark your creativity and give you all you need to draw your most fabulous creations!

Outdoor painting tips and more from the best landscape painters working today. Many painters enjoy working outdoors when the weather is good, but they also need to know how to deal with it when the weather changes! This book includes the best instruction on the special challenges of painting landscapes outdoors from a variety of the best plein-air artists working today in all major media—oil, pastel, watercolour, acrylic, and gouache. It includes: - Materials, site selection, and practical tips - Values, shapes, composition, colour, and elements of landscape painting - Bringing outdoor studies back into the studio - Complete start-to-finish demonstrations - Hundreds of gorgeous images - A wealth of knowledge from a variety of instructors

Cartooning can be as easy as 1, 2, 3 and A, B, C! Using material from Drawing Cartoons from Numbers and Drawing Cartoons Letter by Letter, this fifth book in the Christopher Hart Books for Kids how-to-draw series teaches kids a fun way to create 125+ characters. Start with the number 4—then turn it into a kooky bird! Or transform an L into a zooming, flying superhero. With his simple step-by-step directions, Christopher Hart gives kids ages 4 and up an easy process for learning to draw as they also build their reading, writing, and number recognition skills. Hart uses the numbers 1 to 9 as well as multidigit numerals, and upper- and lower-case letters from A to Z. It's creative fun at its best!

There's more than one way to keep a journal. How to Journal Like an Artist will teach you everything you need to know to draw your daily life. In this encouraging and inspirational guide, Jane Maday shares tips and techniques on keeping a sketch journal, also known as an illustrated journal or art journal. From information on art materials to creative prompts to step-by-step instructions, you'll learn how to record your favourite memories with art instead of words. Plus you'll get blank pages to practice on and pictures to cut out and use in your own collages. How to Journal Like an Artist is a colourful, illustrated how-to guide for artists, journalers, and creative souls of all styles and experience levels.

This ultimate step-by-step guide from popular Instagram artist Jane Maday makes drawing incredibly simple and crazy cute!Special features:Perfect for Beginners: Includes a quick-start chapter on drawing basics and easy-to-follow step-by-step visual directions for how to draw 270 cute things.A Wonderful Gift: Over 1,200 drawings printed on premium quality paper with a sewn binding that allows you to open it flat to follow along.Bonus! 29 thematic worksheets with even simpler step-by-steps that include a space for you to give it a tryHow to Draw Super Cute makes drawing super simple. If you can pick up a pencil, you can be drawing adorable doodles in minutes. Author and popular Instagrammer Jane Maday is a master of breaking cute images down into extremely easy steps that start with shapes (like circles) that are simple to draw, perfect for beginners.Jane gets you started right with a chapter on basic drawing techniques. Then pick your category of cuteness and dive in, with her short-and-sweet tutorials on drawing flowers, woodland and farm animals, birds, pets, and all the other things in life that bring happiness and make us smile.The book also includes quick-draw thematic worksheets (Pretty Posies, Little Critters, Mushrooms & Toadstools). Each contains 5 super easy step-by-steps with a final blank space for you to try your hand at it!Whether you are a daydreaming doodler who wants to up their game, a creative journaler who wants to add images to words, or simply a cute-a-holic, How to Draw Super Cute will have you covered in cuteness and drawing in no time!

A captivating colouring book in storybook form, the tale of a little girl’s dream journey to a magical land.Special features:Artist Created: No AI-generated or stock images; every colouring image was hand-drawn by artist Yoshimi Sekiguchi especially for this book.A Quality Colouring Experience: Printed on heavyweight paper; the durable sewn binding lets you press down on the pages without cracking the spine.Bonus Content! Includes 4 pages of fully coloured designs for inspiration, as well as a page of message cards printed on heavy stock that can be coloured in and cut out.The Perfect Gift: This premium package also includes colourful foil stamping on the cover.In this enchanting fairy-tale colouring book, a little girl is fast asleep when a shooting star comes through her window and brings her beloved teddy bear to life. He takes her on a magical journey through Dreamland, where she meets the Astronomer and returns a star stolen from the sky to a princess.You’ll be transported as you colour the little girl as she journeys through Dreamland, the beautiful gardens of the flower ladies, the Astronomer’s observatory, and the princess in her castle, along with the animals who take care of her.In addition to 59 pages of original black-and-white colouring designs filled with delightful details, there are four pages of artworks coloured by the artist to provide you with inspiration. And as a final bonus, there is a page of designs for you to colour in and cut out for use as message cards, printed on heavy stock.Colouring is an enjoyable activity that also delivers tangible mental health benefits. It can calm as well as relax the brain and improve its ability to function. Colouring can also relieve stress and anxiety and improve focus. So colour yourself calm and captivated in the sweet and charming dream world of artist Yoshimi Sekiguchi.

Learn to draw 365 cute animals, toys, foods, and more with easy step-by-step tutorials from Christopher Hart, the world’s top-selling art instruction author. Kids ages 5 to 8 and beginners of all ages will be delighted by the hundreds of cute things they can draw in only 4 to 6 steps!So many drawings! 365 cute and fun things for kids to learn to draw.Easy for beginners ages 5 and up! With over 1,800 step-by-step illustrations, no reading is necessary—a perfect activity for preschoolers or any age!Space to practice drawing right in the book—no extra paper needed—makes this perfect for on-the-go creative fun!From America’s best-selling how-to-draw author: Christopher Hart has written more than 100 art instruction books with over 8 million copies sold in more than 20 languages.This book is a must-have for kids ages 5 and up and their parents and caregivers looking for ways to keep kids entertained, practice their drawing skills, and build kids’ confidence. There is so much variety over the 365 drawings—cute animals, fun people, engaging characters, monsters and aliens, yummy foods, backgrounds and settings, and more—and all have a space to draw in the book. The drawings are cute and easy and can be done in 4 to 6 simple steps with no reading required!Warm up with adorable animals using basic shapes and cute details. Learn to draw simple faces, fun expressions, and kooky hairstyles! Yummy foods, cool places, cute monsters, and more drawings await! All these things and beyond are organised into six great sections with a Table of Contents so artists can more easily find what they feel like drawing today. With so many simple and fun things to draw, this book makes it easy to keep kids engaged for hours! This book of hundreds of fun and easy drawing activities makes a beloved gift for kids ages 5-8 or beginners of all ages, and is perfect for screen-free skill-building, summer activities, rainy day creativity, and building a love for drawing.Studies have shown that drawing helps young children to learn how to express themselves emotionally and creatively, as well as developing memory, fine motor skills, problem-solving skills, and cognitive flexibility. Fire up your child’s drawing skills with hours of creative and self-guided fun!

Best-selling author and artist extraordinaire Catherine Holmes goes beyond the backyard with Drawing Nature, a quick and easy guide to drawing animals, plants, and landscapes from across the globe. Step-by-step tutorials break down how to illustrate perennial favourites like eagles and elephants, as well as more exotic subjects like capybaras, baobab trees, and echidnas, in just fifteen minutes per project. Readers will work in pencil, oil pastel, and other mediums as they learn about techniques like shading, scumbling, and hatching. From cuddly koalas to hairy tarantulas, Drawing Nature makes it easy for nature lovers of all ages to draw fascinating flora and fauna from every continent.

Charming original colouring designs with encouraging affirmations guaranteed to de-stress and delight as you colour yourself calm!Special features:• Artist Created: No AI-generated or stock images! Every one of the 46 colouring designs was hand-drawn by artist and popular Instagrammer Jane Maday (@JaneMaday) especially for this book in her signature style.• Affirmations That Uplift: Every colouring page includes an inspiring quote that will put a smile on your face.• A Quality Colouring Experience: Printed on heavyweight paper so no bleed-through with alcohol markers; the durable sewn binding lets you press down on the pages without cracking the spine.• Frame Worthy: Images are printed on one side of the page only for ease of removal for framing or colouring.Life Is Beautiful Coloring Book celebrates the good things that are all around us in our day-to-day world. Its designs range from the lovely (gardens full of flowers, bees, and butterflies) to the comforting (kittens and cups of tea) to the enchanting (owls in flight and cheery chipmunks). Filled with quotes and affirmations, it will uplift and encourage you as you colour.Jane Maday’s colouring designs have lots of details to colour without being too fiddly, perfect for children as well as adults who love to colour and engage in an activity that leaves them feeling positive and relaxed.Colouring is an enjoyable activity that also delivers tangible mental health benefits. It can calm as well as relax the brain and improve its ability to function. Colouring can also relieve stress and anxiety and improve focus. So colour yourself happy with Life Is Beautiful Coloring Book!

Life Is Sweet Coloring Book is everything you want in a colouring book. Its colouring images range from the whimsical (a duck holding the banner “All I want to do is colour”) to the comforting (lovely depictions of house and home) to reminders of the small things that make life wonderful (sleepy kittens, flower bouquets, and a nice cup of tea). Filled with quotes and affirmations, it will uplift and inspire you as you colour.Jane Maday’s art will put a smile on your face and provides plenty of detailed images for a satisfying colouring experience. Life Is Sweet Coloring Book includes 46 images to colour, all printed on a single side on high-quality paper to prevent bleed-throughs! So colour yourself calm, colour yourself relaxed, and colour yourself happy with Life Is Sweet Coloring Book!

Have fun learning to draw a variety of subjects by following large, visual step-by-step instructions. From nature to food to animals, buildings and transportation you’ll discover just how easy drawing can be with an easy two-stage process. First, create a structural sketch. Then add values to complete the drawing. How to Draw Step by Step: A Visual Guide to Realistic Drawing contains more than 55 individual demonstrations and 6 composition drawings—over 400 large illustrations in total! Valuable lessons include:Learn the materials needed for successful drawing and how to use themThe use of measuring, proportioning and aligningHow to create the illusion of depth with perspective and values

Instagram star Jeannie Dickson has created a modern and inviting introductory watercolour painting book for adults, beginners, aspiring young artists, and journalers that will be a source of inspiration and art instruction for their creative journey. Hello, Watercolor! offers a fresh approach to painting watercolours with concise and accessible information. Aspiring artists and journalers will immediately be able to apply the techniques they learn on these pages—including brush lettering—to more than 15 exciting step-by-step projects, from painting origami animals, sparkling glass shards, and beautiful alphabets to still life painting of luscious florals, fruits, and fanciful unicorns. Among the features that make this handbook both a valuable learning tool and source of inspiration: • Projects include a list of techniques with cross-references. • Each project includes watercolours used with swatches so readers can make substitutions easily. • Popular colour palettes and colour "recipes" for foolproof paint mixing. • 12 monthly challenges with daily or weekly prompts to inspire painting all year long. • Templates to trace and watercolour paint for some projects. • Ideas to share work and connect with other expert or beginner watercolour artists!

With more than 380 step-by-step illustrations, How to Draw Your RPG Character by fantasy illustrator and game artist Chrissa Barton teaches you how to bring your character to life even if you’ve never drawn before. She starts with a primer on basic drawing techniques, then takes you through how to draw different body types, facial features, and types of hair. In the final section, Chrissa puts it all together, with detailed tutorials on how to draw all the character types and classes from Dungeons & Dragons. You’ll learn how to draw elves and half-elves, gnomes, humans, halflings, half-orcs, dragonborns, and tieflings as fighters, wizards, barbarians, druids, warlocks, and more.

You learned the basics of drawing the faces and figures of all the different character types and classes of Dungeons & Dragons and other role-playing games in Chrissa Barton’s inaugural book, How to Draw Your RPG Character. Now step it up with tutorials in how to customise your character to make it uniquely your own. Chrissa covers in step-by-step detail how to draw:All weights of armour, from light protection for a rogue or druid to full heavy armour suitable for a fighter or paladinRobes, cloaks, and other clothingAccessories like boots, a wizard’s hat, different styles of helmets, and glovesAll manner and styles of swords, as well as hammers, bows and arrows, and magic staffsMusical instruments like the lute and drumPotion bottles and scrollsSymbology to include in the design of clothing, weapons, and armor to communicate lineage or allegianceThere is also a chapter devoted to how to draw a selection of creature companions that includes:WyvernOwlbearWolfHorse and unicornRavenThe final chapter shows how to put it all together, with tutorials for fully drawn characters customised with details that pull from all the tutorials included in the book.With its layflat binding and more than 500 step-by-step illustrations, How to Draw Your RPG Character: Armor, Weaponry, & Creature Companions makes customising your fantasy character fun and easy!

Step into a magical world of fanciful characters, animals, and landscapes that will delight adult colouring fans of fairy tales, landscapes, and whimsical drawings. Inspired by fairy tales and magical realism, artist Renata Krawczyk has created illustrations that will delight fans of colouring intricate scenes of fantasy and wonder. The beautiful drawings include such charming scenes as cottages adorned with fairy lights, delicate flowers, paper sailboats, tiny teacups, toadstools, hot-air balloons, unicorns, and more.

Embroider endlessly customizable patterns and projects from Japanese designer Rieko Oka of Ten to Sen Moyo Seisakujo Patterns Studio, whose unique textiles have captivated craft & design enthusiasts.20 embroidery patterns, each including full-colour photos, thread colours, stitches, tips, and the traceable pattern in colour and clearly annotated with stitches. Photos of the projects in multiple colour schemes for each pattern encourage creativity!Variety of imagery and ways to customize: From whimsical cats to hygge trees, the patterns feature animals, flowers, raindrops, and more rendered in a range of styles and stitches, along with guidance for using the entire pattern or creating a small motif from a portion of it.Ideas for how to turn the patterns into projects, including a boxed-corner pouch, pen case, mini bag, brooch, and, of course, displaying your art! Projects feature step-by-step illustrations.Beginner-friendly: The patterns use 12 basic stitches that are fully explained with step-by-step illustrations.A perfectly cosy gift! Printed on quality paper with a durable sewn binding that will stay open, making it easy to follow along.Fabric becomes your canvas and embroidery floss your paint with author Rieko Oka’s 20 lovely, simple-to-execute hand embroidery patterns. Drawing with Thread is perfect for those who are new to embroidery, as well as those who are ready to branch out from beginner kits and are looking for new inventive patterns. Beautiful photographs and descriptive diagrams make the patterns easy to follow. Suggestions for alternative colour schemes and pattern uses allow you to make each pattern your own. And the book’s handy size makes it as portable as an embroidery hoop!Whether you’re a beginner embroiderer interested in a variety of easy, cosy, and versatile embroidery patterns, or are more experienced and are looking for interesting patterns to try, you’ll love learning to draw with thread with Rieko Oka’s 20 nature-inspired patterns.

Learn how to paint beautiful botanicals in watercolour, with over 50 step-by-step projects!Popular Instagrammer and artist Jeannie Dickson teaches you how to capture the flowering beauty of the world around us in captivating watercolour.Special features:• Perfect for beginners! Whether you are new to watercolour or new to botanicals, everything you need to get started is here, including easy-to-follow instructions for 14 watercolour techniques, as well as templates for many of the flower tutorials.• The ultimate reference: You’ll find step-by-step visual tutorials for how to paint 40 different botanicals, from greenery like ferns and pine branches to flowering lovelies like peonies, poppies, hollyhocks, hydrangeas, and sunflowers. • Put it all together! In addition to the specific floral tutorials, there are 11 step-by-step projects that teach you how to create pleasing compositions from what you’ve learned, whether it’s a still life painting, a floral frame, or your own original thank you card.• Expert instruction! Jeannie Dickson is the author of Hello, Watercolor! and her popular Instagram page (@JeannieDicksonDesigns) showcases her watercolour designs, featuring florals and hand lettering.Author Jeannie Dickson starts out by laying down a firm foundation with chapters on watercolour supplies, water control, brushwork basics, and watercolor techniques, including wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and different ways to create visual texture. There is a chapter on color theory and color mixing, then four chapters of botanical tutorials, organized by their function in a composition, much like a florist would use them in a bouquet: greenery, focal flowers, accent flowers, and textural elements. Every tutorial includes the colour palette and the specific brushes used, as well as detailed step-by-step photos and instructions that make it easy for you to follow along. Many of the tutorials also include templates, so no drawing is required!In the final chapter, Jeannie Dickson brings it all together, teaching you how weave the different florals together to compose your own botanical painting, with 11 projects featuring bouquets, wreaths, garden scenes, and more.

Level up, let your fantasy geek flag fly, and crochet your own custom cosplay or gamer amigurumi!Special features:• So many animals! Pick your geek spirit animal, from hamsters and dragons to axolotls and bears.• Mix and match for gaming or cosplay! Each critter can be custom crocheted to be a hoodie-wearing gamer or be put in any of 7 different cosplay outfits, from an adventurer to a cyborg! More than 90 unique combinations!• Perfect for crochet newbies! Includes a stitch & technique guide covering everything you need to know to crochet any of the 26 patterns, as well as over 350 photos.Looking for a more immersive gaming or cosplay experience? Crochet your own custom animal companion to join you in your exploits! There are 13 different animals to choose from, all super cute and waiting to accompany you (or the gamer or role player in your life) on your adventures! Every animal can be customized to either be a hoodie-wearing gamer or to don one of 7 unique cosplay outfits, complete with accessories, like your choice of three different types of game controllers, headphones, a wizard’s hat, sword and shield, light saber, or nerdy glasses.The patterns are easy to follow, with more than 350 photos, covering all the stitches used and how to assemble each crocheted critter.