Books with author Walter Foster Jr. Creative Team

With Disney Princess: Learn to Draw Favorite Princesses, artists-in-training embark on a thrilling artistic adventure with the Disney princesses! This 128-page book includes drawing projects for all 12 Disney princesses and their friends. Disney Princess celebrates the most magical adventures, each woven around a relatable, empowered heroine who inspires kids (and adults!) to realize their full potential. And you can realize your full artistic potential with Disney Princess: Learn to Draw Favorite Princesses, where you journey to a magic kingdom under the sea to draw the little mermaid Ariel, to an enchanted castle where all the objects come alive to draw Belle, and to China during the Han Dynasty to draw the brave warrior Mulan. This edition also includes the newest princess, Moana! After an introduction to art tools and materials, a series of drawing exercises invites you to warm up and learn a few basic drawing techniques. Then the real fun begins! Find drawing projects for all the Disney princesses: Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, and Moana. You can also draw their faithful friends, including Cinderella’s mouse companions Jaq and Gus, Jasmine’s tiger Rajah, Mulan’s guardian spirit Mushu, 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 Disney Princess: Learn to Draw Favorite Princesses, and flip to the character you want to draw. 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 Disney princess drawing with felt-tip markers, colored pencils, watercolors, or acrylic paints. Plus, learn some fun facts about the Disney princesses as you learn to draw them. For example, did you know that Aurora from Sleeping Beauty is drawn one thick eyelash? Or that Rapunzel’s chameleon friend Pascal has three toes on each foot? Brief character descriptions and art instruction from professional Disney animators round out this exciting artistic adventure. So grab your drawing pencils and go on an artistic journey with the Disney princesses!

ABC What Can I Be? presents a wonderful world full of possibilities—from Astronomer to Zookeeper and everything in between. Representing kids of all kinds, this book shows that there are no limits to what a kid can pursue. Whether they are fascinated by animals, trains, flowers, teaching, or any other thing, kids can grow up to be whatever they want! ABC What Can I Be? presents a whole alphabet full of exciting, thoughtful, and wonderful things girls and boys can do. Pairing a career with each letter of the alphabet, ABC What Can I Be? features colorful illustrations, as well as playful rhymes to get kids thinking about all the possibilities for their future. Each page introduces a letter of the alphabet with bright artwork and highlights a career that is fun, challenging, and makes a big impact in its own way. These 26 careers—which include Dentist, Floral Designer, Meteorologist, Robotics Engineer, Train Conductor, and Wildlife Conservationist—are just some of the things a kid can become! A fun read for the whole family,ABC What Can I Be? is not only perfect for teaching toddlers their ABCs, but also for encouraging them to consider all the careers available to them when they grow up, regardless of their gender. With endearing illustrations and mindful concepts, the ABC for Me series pairs each letter of the alphabet with words that promote big dreams and healthy living.

Sticker Pictures: Pets gives you tons of pixel inspired images to color in and put stickers on. Grow your inner artist by coloring your favorite pets! Take coloring to the next level with these bright, geometric color-by-number templates of your favorite pets. Sticker Pictures: Pets is filled with 14 simple pixel images to color, including a puppy, kitten, bunny, and hamster. Use the included stickers along with crayons, colored pencils, and markers to fill in each image, and watch your inner artist grow!

Learn to draw 17 of your favorite dogs and puppies using a variety of easy-to-follow methods with the Dogs & Puppies Drawing & Activity Book. With this interactive drawing book, discover just how easy it is to draw 17 different dogs and puppies of all shapes, sizes, and colors—including a Parson Russell Terrier, Siberian Husky, and a Pug puppy. From the small and sassy to the big and burly, there's a breed for everyone. The 64-page, spiral-boundDogs & Puppies Drawing & Activity Book teaches how to draw with three methods: tracing, grid-drawing, and basic shapes. Five tracing pages are included so you can trace. Using the grid method, just copy the lines and shapes into the corresponding square on your blank practice grid. And you will also learn the same step-by-step method used by professional artists: the basic shapes method. To draw like the pros do, just follow the illustrations that show how each step builds upon the last to create a finished piece of artwork. Look closely at the new lines in each step and draw the dog or puppy on the practice page provided after each basic shapes project. Find the technique that works the best for you, and draw your favorite dogs and puppies over and over again!Drawing projects include: ChihuahuaPug puppyPomeranianOld English SheepdogEnglish Springer SpanielDachshundParson Russell TerrierBoxerSiberian HuskyGolden Retriever PuppyPembroke Welsh CorgiGerman ShepherdDalmatianGreat DaneBulldogYorkshire TerrierBeagleFun facts and interesting tidbits of information about each dog breed are also sprinkled throughout the book. Activities include: Dog Breed Word SearchDinner Time! MazeHidden Hound PicturePup-Poo! ActivityMix-Up Word UnscrambleTail-Wagging TriviaAll Grown Up! Match ActivitySu-Dog-Ku Sudoku PuzzleWith the included tracing paper and plenty of practice pages, Dogs & Puppies Drawing & Activity Book can help you create perfect puppy portraits!

Your artistic destiny awaits! With Learn to Draw Disney•Pixar Onward, embark on a thrilling artistic journey to the once-magical world of Onward. Join teenage elf brothers Ian and Barley on a quest to discover the artistic magic in your world. This 64-page book includes drawing projects for your favorite characters from Disney and Pixar's movie Onward (March 2020). 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. 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 some fun facts about the characters from Disney and Pixar's Onward as you learn to 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 Learn to Draw Disney The Lion King, artists-in-training will embark on a thrilling artistic journey to the African savanna! This 64-page book includes drawing projects for your favorite characters from the Academy Award®–winning, classic Disney movie The Lion King. After an introduction to art tools and materials, a series of drawing exercises invites artists to warm up and learn a few basic drawing techniques. Then the real fun begins! You'll find step-by-step drawing projects for Simba, Mufasa, Scar, Timon, Pumbaa, Nala, and more! The easy-to-follow instructions in this book will 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 The Lion King; then flip to the character you want to draw. You’ll 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’ll 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. If your drawing isn’t perfect, hakuna matata! You can draw the characters over and over, getting better with each try. Plus, learn some fun facts about the characters from The Lion King as you learn to draw them. Brief character descriptions and art instruction from professional Disney animators round out this exciting artistic adventure to the Pride Lands. So grab your drawing pencils and go on an artistic journey with Learn to Draw Disney The Lion King!

Young children will learn about letters with Marvel's Avengers! With Marvel’s Avengers Chalkboard ABC, kids can practice the alphabet with this write-and-wipe book with reusable chalkboard pages. Unite, learn, and discover with the Avengers! In Marvel's Avengers Chalkboard ABC, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Black Widow, Thor, and others unite to join kids as they learn the alphabet! This innovative book mixes the alphabet with the super heroes from Marvel's Avengers to make learning the ABCs exciting for young learners! Toddler and preschool-age children will love the letter associations. It won't be hard to remember the alphabet when you know that "C is for Captain America!" And it gets even more fun when it's time to practice by writing letters on the blackboard-style pages. This write-and-wipe book provides tracing and composition practice, and it even comes with specially sized chalk to fit small hands. Wipe the pages clean for endless adventure. Nothing makes the ABCs more exciting than learning them with Iron Man by your side!

With Learn to Draw Star Wars: Droids & Vehicles, you can learn how to re-create some of the most recognizable machines in the galaxy: the protocol droid C-3PO, the astromech droid BB-8, the Millennium Falcon, and more. Inside this 128-page drawing guide, you will find step-by-step instruction on how to draw Star Wars droids, spaceships, and land transport vehicles of all shapes and sizes. Lucasfilm collaborator and professional artist Russell Walks provides easy-to-follow instructions, insightful character notes, drawing tips, and memorable moments from the films. After a brief introduction to drawing tools and materials, basic pencil techniques, shading techniques, and how to depict different textures, the book jumps right into step-by-step drawing projects. See how each drawing lesson begins with basic shapes, with each new step building upon the last, eventually progressing to a finished fine art piece. Included in Learn to Draw Star Wars: Droids & Vehicles are drawing projects for K-2SO, C-3PO, R2-D2, Luke’s X-34 Landspeeder, the Millennium Falcon, an AT-AT walker, an Imperial Probe Droid, BB-8, a First Order TIE Fighter, and a Resistance T-70 X-Wing. You can also take a closer look along with Russell Walks at how to draw Star Wars technology, R2-D2’s different tools, details of the Millennium Falcon, and the different pilot’s helmets shown throughout the saga. So grab some paper and a pencil, and get ready for your artistic journey through the Star Wars universe!

Introduce preschool children to basic concepts like counting with 123 Lift & Learn, a bold, colorful lap book. With a large format perfect for sharing and reading aloud, 123Lift & Learn is a wonderful way to introduce your toddler to numbers and counting! Filled with bold, bright illustrations and engaging paper flaps, this book is made to explore together and discover the numbers hiding underneath each colorful illustration. Kids will be delighted to lift and learn, easy as 1, 2, 3! The Lap Board Concepts series from Walter Foster Jr. is the perfect way to introduce toddlers to the early concepts of reading, counting, and problem solving. With a colorful, contemporary style, this traditional lift-the-flap learning book will help preschool children learn shapes, numbers, and colors in an entertaining, exciting new way.

With the new expanded collector’s edition of Learn to Draw Disney•Pixar Toy Story, artists-in-training can draw characters from all four Toy Story movies! This 128-page book includes drawing projects for your favorite Toy Story characters. After an introduction to art tools and materials, a series of drawing exercises invites artists to warm up and learn a few basic drawing techniques. Then the real fun begins! You'll find step-by-step drawing projects for Woody, Buzz, Bo Peep, Forky, and more! The easy-to-follow instructions in this book will guide you through the drawing process; each step builds upon the last until the Toy Story character is finally complete. You just need to grab a pencil, a piece of paper, and your copy of Learn to Draw Disney•Pixar Toy Story; then flip to the character you want to draw. You’ll 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’ll 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. Plus, learn some fun facts about the Toy Story characters as you learn to draw them. Brief character descriptions and art instruction from professional Disney•Pixar animators round out this exciting artistic adventure.

How to Draw & Paint Fashion & Costume Design, the third book in the Walter Foster Collectibles series, contains yet another extraordinary collection of vintage Walter Foster titles from the 1940s through the 1960s, including Female Fashion, How to Draw and Paint Today's Fashions, How to Draw and Paint Fashions, and the Art of Costume Design. In addition to providing an overview of basic drawing and painting techniques, artists will learn how to capture figures in various poses, as well as the dynamics of facial features and expressions, and other elements of drawing. Additionally, this colorful 128-page book features easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions for rendering a range of early 20th-century fashions and theatrical costumes. From casual wear and formal gowns to textures, hats, and shoes, artists who are fond of vintage fashion and eras gone by will appreciate the book for both its instructional qualities and aesthetic and collectible values.

Challenge your coloring skills with Color-by-Number Animals, an exciting new way to color by number.Taking the traditional coloring book to the next level, these geometric color-by-number templates allow beginning artists to relax and unwind as they color, while encouraging more advanced color-by-number enthusiasts to complete the templates in a variety of mediums, including colored pencils, markers, and crayons. After a short introduction detailing a basic color-by-number guide with tips and examples of each medium, more than 30 unique, color-by-number templates are included for artists to color and create their own masterpieces. As the designs become more complex, fewer numbers are included for an additional challenge, encouraging artists to choose their own colors and patterns to complete the design. A full-color reference gallery is also included so that artists can compare their completed images to the original renderings or take a sneak peak at the finished artwork for guidance. With more than 30 color-by-number templates to color, beginning and intermediate artists of all ages will be mesmerized by this unique spin on the traditional color-by-number activity book.