Books with main characters who paint or draw. Recommendations are welcome
created by Leseliesel
last updated October, 2026
Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1
Kamome Shirahama
Fossil Feud: A Novel
Maggie North
Eliza and Her Monsters
Francesca Zappia
The Elsewhere Express
Samantha Sotto Yambao
Roll for Romance
Lenora Woods
Blood Water Paint
Joy McCullough
Meet Me in the Garden
Nina LaCour
Venus, Vanishing: A Novel
Rebecca Birrell
I Am You
Victoria Redel
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
An Enchantment of Ravens
Margaret Rogerson
The Masterpiece
Ămile Zola
Ăgua Viva
Clarice Lispector
War of the Foxes
Richard Siken
Drawing the Ocean
Carolyn MacCullough
Green Fuse Burning
Tiffany Morris
Notes from a Regicide
Isaac Fellman
Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey Vol. 1
Akiko Higashimura
Look Back
Tatsuki Fujimoto
ăă«ăŒăăȘăȘă 1 [Blue Period 1]
Tsubasa Yamaguchi
Girl with the Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Coco Mellors
A Forgery of Fate
Elizabeth Lim
The Muse of Maiden Lane
Mimi Matthews
Sweet Talk
Cara Bastone
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Talia Hibbert
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson
Hello Stranger
Katherine Center
What the River Knows
Isabel Ibañez
I have some suggestions!
Thank you!
Maybe Coco Mellorsâ Cleopatra and Frankenstein? Cleoâs an artist.
Thanks!
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