10 Favourite Inspiring Art & Craft Books 2024 📚

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Hello everyone! Make yourself a drink and get cosy - it's time for a quiet and relaxing look through some amazing books that are full of ideas and inspiration. I loved sharing these with you. Natasha xxx
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▶ The Books:
Winds of Autumn by Blackbird Designs
The Liberty Book of Simple Sewing
Creepy Cross-Stitch by Lindsay Swearingen
Owls by Matt Sewell
How To Draw The Countryside by E.G. Earthrowl
How To Draw Wild Animals Of The Countryside by W.S. Hunter
The Colour Mixing Companion by Julie Collins
Milton Avery (Royal Academy of Arts)
Zakka Embroidery by Yumiko Higuchi
Grandma Moses: American Modern
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@NatashaNewtonArt 10 дней назад

Leave your art & craft book recommendations below! Thank you. 📚

@CinSpain 9 дней назад

RU-vid won't let me comment on your video, for some reason 🤷‍♀️ but... I would feel tempted to convert one of your paintings, or a part of one, into embroidery. As you're in the UK, and it's easy to get real wool there, I would even buy some thin wool yarn, maybe even natural/handdyed wool for the stitching, to replicate the structure of paper and paint... As it has structure, and it doesn't have the even dye... 😊 ❤

@katebagley8234 7 дней назад

Have you seen Dinara Mirtalipova Imagine a Forest? Stunning x

@Janartable 9 дней назад

I’m sure you’ve heard of “Maude Lewis”, the Canadian version of grandma Moses. She was a very arthritic, tiny woman who lived in a one room cottage in Nova Scotia, and sold her paintings on the side of the road. She painted everything in her house too, with her childlike flowers. Her books are very inspiring. I’m sure you would like her work too.

@Suzy373 7 дней назад

There is a film about her life too if you didn’t know already 🙂

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

I have one of her books! :)

@sofieonecrow 9 часов назад

I live in Pennsylvania, have for most of my life. In all the places I've lived, the items used to store pins and needles were called pin cushions. All sorts of designs and types are made. I love sewing paraphernalia, especially needle books and pin cushions. Thanks for posting the books and your suggestions for alternatives!

@jessbutterfly1934 10 дней назад

I could imagine they use as sketchbook covers they’re absolutely beautiful, I was in hospital about a year or two ago for an extended period of time, and during Covid you couldn’t have any visitors and it was quite boring and an art therapist that made a little packets of things to do in. One of them was embroidery, and it was a one colour mandala. I fell in love.

@NatashaNewtonArt 9 дней назад

What a lovely idea! I'm so sorry that you were in hospital for so long at such a difficult time.

@thieleaf_the_shelf_dragon 7 дней назад

in case no one has told you yet: the maker of the creepy cross stitch books just published a new cross stitch book very recently, theyre all creepy but more witchy magic-y designs ^^ i didnt expect so see cross stitch things from you and thats so exciting as someone whos into this stuff too ^^ a lot of cross stitch designs are ones that dont tickle my fancy for stitching myself, but theyre just beautiful to look at regardless! this is a lovely collection of books, thank you for sharing!

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

I've already pre-ordered her new book - it looks amazing! I find her designs very inspiring. More cross-stitch content to come!

@louisebourne5779 6 дней назад

I love Matt Sewell books I love how his birds are painted the simplicity of them. Great illustrator. Love the Grandma Moses book. Sending you lots of love xxx

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

He really captures the essence of each bird, I love them! xxx

@KateColors День назад

I like all the things you mentioned. I started tole painting back in the 80s when I didn't think oil painting was within my reach though, my ultimate goal. Tole Painting then had all the farmhouse-type patterns sort of like Grandma Moses' work. I loved embroidering and cross-stitching as a child and sewing. I still do all these things and have stayed pretty much in all these motifs plus, abstracts. I feel like I was born into the wrong era, too. 😊 Thank you for sharing your inspiration books. ❤

@bethcrane5780 День назад

oooo aahhhh! love those stitchery books. So inspiring. Thanks Natasha!

@NatashaNewtonArt День назад

So glad you like them!

@mariac4602 9 дней назад

I loved the idea, you first mentioned in Patreon, about only taking one element of the image rather than the entire image. Love it! Also, I have definitely looked at these types of books for inspiration in my sketchbook. The simplicity of the folk art style really lends itself to fun sketches.

@lunanorth 10 дней назад

Lovely Natasha Thankyou for thinking of me, especially as Milton Avery inspires me so much. ❤❤❤ Milton Avery is very interesting to read about, he took a very singular path with his approach to painting. So happy to be mentioned 🌳🪶

@NatashaNewtonArt 9 дней назад

It's interesting to hear that he inspires you, Luna! When I saw that particular painting, the use of colour reminded me of your lovely work. ❤ x

@lucysmith7658 9 дней назад

Thanks Natasha, I love Shaun Tan’s book ‘Creature’. He, like myself, is an Australian illustrator. I love his strange stories so much!

@NatashaNewtonArt 9 дней назад

Thanks for the book recommendation, Lucy!

@victoriavelazquez9461 9 дней назад

Your art would look stunning stitched!

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

Thank you so much!

@carolineashley839 9 дней назад

I have no book recommendations, but I think you might like Maud Lewis. She is a Canadian Folk artist. Sally Hawkins portrayed her in the movie Maudie a few years ago. Added artist and book information : I think you might enjoy The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. Emily Carr was an artist that created work around the same time and sometimes she exhibited with the group. I think you would like her work, dark and spiritual. I do also love looking at Children's books with beautiful illustrations such as Trying by Kobi Yamada and Elise Hurst. A beautiful book with a beautiful message.

@suesummers8813 9 дней назад

Always love your book reviews

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

Thanks Sue!

@FaithAnnNB 8 дней назад

It’s called a pincushion in Canada as well 😊. I love Blackbird Designs and folk art patterns / samplers! Prairie Schooler no longer makes new cross-stitch patterns, but their charts are still sold at various places; they have cute Halloween designs as well as some designs with houses. Country Cottage Needleworks also has lots of little patterns with houses, but they are more “cutesy” than “spooky” 😅. I have collected a lot of older styled samplers over the years and have far too many shelves of cross stitch books and charts. Even when I’m not in the mood to stitch, I just enjoy flipping through everything and looking at the designs. The last book you shared was beautiful!

@1982MsCara 6 дней назад

It’s called a pincushion in the US as well. 😊

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

I've managed to get my hands on a couple of Prairie Schooler patterns! Plus a couple more Blackbird Designs booklets and a Stacy Nash pattern. :) I can't wait to share them! I find them so inspiring, like you said. Thank you for the Country Cottage Needleworks suggestion.

@PaulaScardamalia 10 дней назад

One of my sons gave me this book for Christmas, "Natural Palettes: Inspiration from Plant-Based Color". Palettes like Sugarcane Husks, Tansy, Pomegranate Rinds. Each palette has four colors in big rectangles on a page and info about the plant on the facing page.

@NatashaNewtonArt 9 дней назад

I have this book! It's beautiful. I love the natural, often more muted, colours.

@felicific9641 9 дней назад

Nice job! I love that people share their book recommendations with flip through . It really helps me to decide next purchase. I have purchased wonderful books I would never have thought to get.

@heathergregg9975 День назад

one of my favourite inspirational sewing books is "Bloomsbury Needlepoint from the tapestries at Charleston Farmhouse" by Melinda Coss, closely followed by the astonishing collection of French embroidery projects from magazine "100 ideas" in "The Embroidery Book: over forty beautifully simple projects for you and your home" published Guild Publishing London, 1989 - similar ideas in "French Style Embroidery 100 ideas" edited Jan Eaton 1987.

@mildredmassey4742 9 дней назад

I have stitched for years and always enjoyed it. At one point I was stitching the continental stitch on 40 count gauze. Needed powerful magnification and great light There are so many great books and pamphlets out there. Enjoy!!!!

@lindahazel5075 10 дней назад

I love the swatches too. All the colors are so beautiful!

@stephenjohnson4879 10 дней назад

I always enjoy these videos as they open your eyes to discovering artists you’d not necessarily considered or explored. Your passion shines through every time you open one of your selected books. Thank you for another inspiring video sharing your favourite books.

@NatashaNewtonArt 9 дней назад

I'm so glad that you enjoy these videos! I always love sharing my book collection.

@margaretsmith51 9 дней назад

Great inspirational book collection. My go to vintage books are Janet Marsh’s Natures Diary published 1979, Collins Guide to the countryside published 1984 and The Big Book of Decorative Painting by Jackie Shaw published 1994 (Folk Art). My treasured vintage book is The Technique Watercolour Painting by L. Richmond and J Littlejohns published 1930. I too love inspirational books.

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

Thanks so much for sharing your book recommendations, Margaret!

@redcordelia 9 дней назад

I've only ever heard a pincushion called a pincushion on this side of the pond.

@luneleaart 9 дней назад

So cosy and lovely 🍁watched this after dinner, like a very inspiring autumn bedtime story

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

So glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

@mbh0422 5 дней назад

I personally don’t like doing cross stitch. However, the designs out of that first book are right up my alley! I might have to try it. We call it a Pin Cushion here in America too. 😊

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

They're so inspiring!

@mbh0422 5 дней назад

⁠That Creep Cross Stitch looks cute as well. Man only two books in and I want both. 😂 Odds are I am going to want all of them. 😂

@coffemuse 9 дней назад

I profoundly agree about vintage art styles. I don't actually bother looking at artists on Instagram these days (which I know is kind of extreme) because I really feel as if I've seen it all before. Lovely books!

@jessicastrideart 9 дней назад

I love the photography in the Winds of Autumn book. It looks so cosy and is making me look forward to autumn and cosy evenings!😊xx

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

I know exactly what you mean! xx

@GoogleBot-lf7xv 9 дней назад

Fabulous. I particularly liked the zakka embroidery book. But then I do love the Japanese aesthetic.

@ChantelleArts 10 дней назад

These all look amazing, I might have to pick some of these up ☺☺

@NatashaNewtonArt 9 дней назад

Thank you! I'm glad you like them, Chantelle. :)

@snowpony001 8 дней назад

Thanks for showing such wonderful books. I don’t do any sewing but still really enjoyed seeing the books as the patterns are so beautiful and inspiring. Loved the vintage drawing books and am going to look for them. The Grandma Moses book is really nice. I love her work and remember, as a child, having a book of “The Night Before Christmas” illustrated by her. If you like her work you should look up her great grandson, Will Moses. His work is very similar in style and just as inspiring. My sister just recently found two beautiful framed prints of his in a thrift store 😊. Would love if you did a video that included your Observer’s books. Or do you already have such a video? I’ve looked at some for sale online but they don’t seem to ever include many pictures of the inside of the books and the shipping is very high from the UK to America. Thanks.

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

I'll check out Will Moses, thank you! I don't think I've featured any of the Observer's books yet.

@skeovkp48598 9 дней назад

Just ordered those two vintage how to draw books so thanks for the recommendation. I love vintage illustration, and I agree that much contemporary illustration is very similar. I remember having a drawing instruction book called "Lively drawing" when I was a child in the 60s, which had a big influence on me, but I can't seem to find it now.

@suebolton2825 9 дней назад

Loving all these suggestions!! I have a book by Charles Wysoki called Heartland - bought it in a second hand bookshop in Lyme Regis years ago. It reminds me of the Grandma Moses style. I think he also did calendars. His work is fabulous. 🥰

@awatercolourist 7 дней назад

21:43 Very Natasha Newton paintings. 😂

@crystalipock9725 8 дней назад

As always, a lovely look at some fabulous books. Thanks for your recommendations. They were quite inspiring and interesting. I personally love to cross stitch and was pleasantly surprised that I like the Halloween style book designs quite much! Hilarious. Together Forever...I recommend Country Garden Cross Stitch by Jane Iles UK 1996 and Flower in Cross Stitch by Jane Alford, Dorothea Hall & Shirley Watts USA 1996

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

There are so many good Halloween/Autumn cross-stitch designs out there! I love The Prairie Schooler, Stacy Nash, and Carriage House Samplings to name a few. :) Thanks for your recommendations!

@dianneorlando4447 9 дней назад

Such a great review of some really interesting books, thanks! Also, I couldn’t agree with you more in terms of trending art on Instagram and style similarities.

@catherinebrown9119 10 дней назад

Thank you for this. I am really attracted to the Zakka Embroidery book. So intriguing. I would love to see what you do with it.

@NatashaNewtonArt 10 дней назад

Lots of great ideas in the Zakka Embroidery book!

@avirtualcanvas7584 9 дней назад

I love your book reviews,and hearing how they inspire you,I have the same Milton Avery book as well,I think a cloud cushion would be a great addition to your studio space!(Matt) Two books you may love are "Colours Of Art"The Story Of Art In 80 Palettes" by Chloe Ashby,I use this one a lot and also "Textile Folk Art" by Anne Kelly a look at textile based folk art in different cultures around the world,think this one you'll just love as a book

@sjmsutherland 10 дней назад

I really enjoyed this video!! Also I found a copy of the How to Draw the Countryside book on Ebay...and accidentally purchased it, oOoops 😊 thank you again for a lovely video, I always enjoy them, but especially the books of other artists who inspire you!! I also agree, there are some artists about these days who are very inspired by artists I like, you really can't distinguish who painted what!! I've found myself looking towards classics, not just in art but novels too!! Have a lovely week ahead!!xx

@NatashaNewtonArt 9 дней назад

I'm so glad that you enjoy this type of video and I hope you love the book!

@coloredcarol8074 10 дней назад

I also love folk art and am very into embroidery. I have three books by Yumiko: Zakka and two bigger ones with botanicals and seasonal themes. I find they look very folk indeed. I also have another one on modernJapanese embroidery, you might like it too. And I’m not sure if you know WOB, but it’s a treasure trove of vintage books at very good prices. I got many natural history books from them.

@NatashaNewtonArt 9 дней назад

Thank you so much for the WOB tip! I'd love to know the title/author of the Japanese modern embroidery book. :)

@Smiley-Chops 10 дней назад

The folk art book at the end reminded me of Anne of Green Gables

@katel9378 10 дней назад

10:04... the little house with feet... cute! ❤️❤️❤️

@NatashaNewtonArt 9 дней назад

I love that too!

@AmazinGraceXOXO1 10 дней назад

Village Buildings of Britain by Matthew Rice is such an amazing book!

@NatashaNewtonArt 9 дней назад

I need to check this out - someone mentioned this book to me the other day! Was it you? :)

@AmazinGraceXOXO1 9 дней назад

@@NatashaNewtonArt it may have been me yes 😅. I'm just so fascinated by buildings in England I will tell anyone who will listen about this book 😂 If you take a look at the cover...the whole book is in that style. And for us folks that draw and paint it can be so inspiring!

@paulineshelley4421 10 дней назад

Thank you for sharing these books. Have you tried charting your own art work? I believe there are computer programs for doing this. I love the Zakka book and all the motifs, especially the trees. Some years ago I collected vintage embroidery transfers and some books. The really early ones are very art deco in design and simplistic style, a bit like the Japanese book. I still look at the transfers, but haven’t used any of them yet. I know exactly what you mean about the art cloning problem on the internet. I suppose historically there’s always been a tendency to copy styles that are popular or fashionable, but with the internet it’s more so with everything being shared online. I love the folk art, naive style too. 😊

@NatashaNewtonArt 9 дней назад

I haven't yet, but I may do so! :) I think you're right about the copying - it's always happened, but I do feel as if it's becoming much more prevalent with the advent of social media.

@katebagley8234 7 дней назад

Have you seen Dinara Mirtalipova Imagine a Forest

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

I have that book and featured it in a previous book video (I can't remember whether it was on here or on my Patreon!).

@awatercolourist 7 дней назад

10:54 NO!

@awatercolourist 7 дней назад

The spider has a skull on it. Why? 😭

@NatashaNewtonArt 5 дней назад

Spooky!

@awatercolourist 4 дня назад

@@NatashaNewtonArt No, creepy 😄😭