Friday, July 24, 2009

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Kaleidoscopic Designs



Love this book. Too much. All the line drawings in Kaleidoscopic Designs are done by hand. It's utterly amazing to think about as you're coloring in the pages. Very fun. Highly recommended! I'm going to post all the pictures I've colored from this book, one a day, so keep coming back!


M

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Paisley Designs




Obviously, I love the 'design' sorts of coloring books. Those and the fashion ones are my favs. I love using bold markers for the designs. Paisley Designs is another Marty Noble book, and I love all his work. This one is a must have! If you click on the link, it'll take you to Amazon where I see they have a few colored examples uploaded. Very cool!

Monday, July 6, 2009

Pre-Raphaelite Paintings



Color Your Own Pre-Raphaelite Paintings by Marty Noble is another keeper. I like when the books have colored pictures of the actual paintings on the back covers so you can chose to either duplicate the original painting, or give it your own idea of color. I did a little of both with this example.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Heart Designs



Hearts seem so innocent, so...kind. Yet this coloring book just may drive you mad. It has the simplest designs, and then very busy ones. As you can tell by the colored pic, I like busy. The pages are a little thin in this one, so if you use markers, it will bled through and you won't be able to use the pic on the other side of the page. But check out Heart Designs by Wil Stegenga for hours of fun.