Art & Drawing Books

The patterns, contributed by a diverse group of 47 talented designers from all over the world, are clear, approachable and graded into three sizes, and are accompanied by gorgeous photography. Using a variety of different techniques and yarns, the book has something for both beginners and advanced knitters, including lace, cables, stripes, ruffles, colorwork -- even a pair embellished with beads!

52 Weeks of Socks, Vol. II offers even more inspiration for all sock enthusiasts. They are fun to make, quick to finish and always needed -- no wonder so many knitters love socks!

ANIME GOES TO WAR: A powerful narrative engine, such as Kaneda's red motorcycle in Katsuhiro Ôtomo's Akira, war is the beating heart of anime, its shadow hovering over various genres.

HUMAN, ALL TOO HUMAN?: Man versus machine. Exploring new dialectics of body and mind through films like Rintaro's Galaxy Express 999 and Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: On the other side of the mirror, we discover wonderful worlds in dreamlike colors populated with protective spirits, fantastic creatures and humans that save the world like the messianic girl in Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä to the Space Pirate Captain Harlock

LIFE NOW: Exhibiting the metamorphosis of society and lifestyles, with scenes from family life to the schoolyard to the company, anime also sketches the human tragic-comedy with great acuity like Makoto Shinkai's Your Name.

This uniquely powerful form of artistic expression has embraced complex and provocative ideas since its inception in the mid twentieth century.

This dynamic and wide-ranging book explores eighty key themes of the genre, from wars to natural disasters, nature to ecology, childhood to magic, dystopias to fables. It looks at more than one hundred masterpieces of Japanese animation, including Akira, Ghost in the Shell, One Piece, Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies and Howl's Moving Castle, to show how practitioners consistently balance tradition with modernity and how anime's distinct style has influenced other forms of media such as video games, comic books and live-action films.

Covering an enormous range of talent--from Isao Takahata, Katsuhiro Ôtomo, and Makoto Shinkai to Studio Ghibli and Mamoru Oshii--it demonstrates how anime makes room for limitless creativity. Unfettered by the physical constraints of nature's laws, these artists realize our deepest emotions and our wildest dreams.

With 13 nature-inspired origami step-by-step patterns, this unique activity book is full of amazing origami inspiration, beautiful art, and extracts from well-loved nature poems, as well as 50 sheets of origami paper.

Showcasing enticing cut-paper artwork from pattern designer and illustrator Clover Robin, this stunning gift book is ideal for origami fans of all ages!

Featuring clear step-by-step instructions for 13 plants and flowers and fifty pull-out sheets of beautifully patterned origami paper, crafters can create their own distinct versions of each nature-inspired piece, including a cherry blossom, an orchid, a cactus, and more.

From a pine tree to a lotus flower, the three different difficulty levels will suit both beginners and experts, and a handy QR code will link aspiring origami artists to helpful how-to videos that cover all pieces and steps.

Read the poems and enjoy the pictures . . . then make the stunning origami pieces!

This garden-inspired amigurumi collection contains 35 darling patterns for crochet flowers and plants, plus pots, vases, and baskets for arranging. Trusted Instagram fiber artist Sierra's Stitches has made crochet bouquets her specialty, with life size blooms and greenery made from just a hook and yarn--plus a bit of wire to shape petals, leaves and stems. With these lovely patterns, crocheters can create their own plush blossoms like the Sunny Sunflower, Romantic Rose, Classic Calla Lily, Delightful Daffodil, Flawless Forget-Me-Not, and more in addition to plants like Eucalyptus and Fern to complement.

Sierra presents each flower's pattern in both a full size and a mini size, and she also shares bouquet arrangement ideas to match up these gorgeous crocheted flowers for maximum effect and beauty.

Draw with Art for Kids Hub: Cute and Funny Foods brings the best of Art for Kids Hub to the printed page!

Featuring popular hits from the channel, such as the cute ice cream cone and birthday cake, kids and their families will be amazed at all the cute and funny food items they can draw. With these super clear and accessible step-by-step lessons, Dad Rob and family prove that anyone can learn to draw - and make it fun.

Millions of YouTube viewers have learned to draw with the Art for Kids Hub. Now you and your whole family can, too!

Art for Kids Hub has achieved over a billion views on YouTube by offering kids and families the perfect starting point on their drawing journeys. Dad Rob and his family have built a huge following thanks to their delightfully accessible lessons that gather the whole family to make art together. Their unique, easy-to-follow approach puts fun first, encouraging kids to draw in their own way and be proud of the results.

Don't miss the rest of the Draw with Art for Kids Hub series:

A sketchbook is an essential tool for the growth of any aspiring artist, but its blank pages can be daunting to even the most motivated. Obsessed with perfection, many wind up treating their sketchbooks more like portfolios than playgrounds.

In Drawing Is Magic, author John Hendrix teaches aspiring and advanced artists to find their unique visual voices and become creative daredevils. Through his freeing, offbeat exercises, drawers learn a sophisticated philosophy of creative thinking--in a way that is totally accessible and fun.

The traditional craft of embroidery has become more exciting as a new generation of stitchers bring contemporary style to subjects such as houseplants and modern interiors. This smart little book, written with beginners in mind, perfectly captures that aesthetic and gives readers the skills they need to succeed.

Embroidery covers the materials you need to get going, offers simple introductions to the key stitches, and includes ten contemporary projects that evolve in complexity. Each project has a template to be copied, enabling the reader to get started straight away and achieve great results in a short time. Specially commissioned step-by-step photography makes the whole process easy, and after only a couple of days with your needle and thread, you'll find that you're making designs to show off.

Understanding our emotions is a lifelong process. Many of us were taught to avoid, suppress, or run away from intense feelings like grief, anger, and sadness. What if, instead of hiding from your emotions, you collaborated with them?

Feel Something, Make Something is a guide to experimental, creative self-expression and reflection. Caitlin Metz believes that making art--whether it's a detailed scribble on a crumpled receipt or a 100-day series of photos--gives your feelings a physical form and provides space to observe them from a distance. To help kickstart your creative process, Metz offers tutorials on zine-making (complete with a pull-out DIY zine to keep in your wallet), drawing, bodymapping, mindmapping, self-portraiture, and writing personal manifestos.

This act of creation can be a form of release, documentation, ritual, conversation, or disruption. You may choose to sustain your feeling, to channel it into your work, or to shift it completely. To feel something and make something is both an invitation to take a breath and an opportunity to shift your perspective.

Feel Something, Make Something is not about making perfectly polished works of art. The outcome of your art-making is arbitrary. The process is the work.

Innovative and completely visual, this card deck of 50 gorgeous granny squares will help you create successful design combinations every time you pick up your hook.

Trained on Savile Row, Rehana Begum's taught sewing for years, and knows how to introduce beginners to their sewing machines without stress or disaster. Now she presents that expertise in an elegant contemporary format. With the book's clearly illustrated techniques section, you'll quickly learn how to thread your machine, choose your stitch, and start up without creating a frustrating tangle of knots. Begum then introduces simple patterns, including a tote bag and a simple dress, so you'll quickly be able to build on your skills and turn them into finished products to be proud of. Removing the fear, this book will painlessly get you sewing--and open the way to a satisfying skill that will serve you for the rest of your life.

The world of cute art has a delicious style of fusing food and character drawings--and this ultra-adorable book by Angela Nguyen features a menagerie of irresistibly sweet creatures.

How about a hot dog with an actual dog inside, kitty sushi, or bear eggs on toast?

It's all so simple: ellipses and circles become a plate of pancakes garnished with blueberries that have ears, eyes, and smiles. Turn a triangle into an animal-topped slice of pizza--or add ears to the crust. Angela teaches all the basic techniques, providing a solid foundation for your work, and includes everything from appetizers to desserts and snacks. You'll want to draw them all . . . and cook up some of your own original ideas, too!