Fine art

This is an excellent book for those just starting out with drawing and also intermediate level students. There is good basic information on how to use pencils, as well as creating value and textures. There are exercises design to help you incorporate perspective in your drawings, including drawing cubes, cylinders and conical objects.
Pencil Drawing Techniques [...]

Paper and mixed media

Cards! We all need cards at some time or another, and very often fall into the trap of making one in the same old style, as we either left it too late (again!) to get too experimental – or else we chickened out (again!) and went and bought one.
So, as you can imagine, I was [...]

Fiber art

Shibori, A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Color & Texture on Fabric by Lynne Caldwell is one of the better books written for artists interested in learning the art of shibori from beginning to some intermediate techniques.
Summary

Comprehensive lists of tools, materials and techniques for four types of shibori
Very good step-by-step instructions accompanied by clear photos and [...]

Inspiration

Written by an artist FOR artists, every detail has been considered, starting with such practicalities as a book with a rigid, wipeable cover and interior ring binding.
This book will stay open whether laid flat or propped up on your workstation, so that you can follow along – with the page in question open right in [...]