As promised,
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wander | world is featuring our own coloring book projects along with some fun colorer's groups you can opt to join. We believe it is never too late to be coloring outside the lines and out of bounds!
Art throughout the ages captures and captivates varied creative
expression and emotional communication from both its creator and its viewer.
Today more than ever we seek individual and personal avenues to express
our creativity and develop our creative self-expression.
In answer to our cry, the contemporary art world and today’s art publishers
have minted a humongous selection of coloring books, pages and free downloads.
All guaranteed to provide kids and grownups, beginners and experts with the
stimulating sensory techniques and calming artistic tools we so crave.
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Eager and excited to color, we forgot to scan originals. |
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Our first two attempts at inking and coloring. Original mandala by Angela Porter, Entangled |
There are coloring books about
Mid-Century Modern Patterns by Jenn
Ski,
Day of the Dead by Sarah Walsh,
Geometric Patterns by Lisa Congdon and
Animal Kingdom by Millie Marotta. There are hundreds of coloring books about
fairies, dragons, medieval times, flowers, ethnic designs and animals.
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Used Sakura Pigma Micron 0.1 & Staedtler triplus fineliner 0.3
pens,
Faber Castell ECO & Koh-I-Noor colored pencils & Fiskars gel pens
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Artist Valentina Harper has four creative coloring books with Fox
Chapel, with another six or seven in the works. Thaneeya McCardle, an eclectic
artist who lives a nomadic lifestyle, does folk-art types of illustrations with
international themes. Former greeting card designer Joanne Fink has a large
following with her Zenspirational coloring books.
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Original art shown here. |
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Replaced the innermost circle with my own art. |
Mental
Floss magazine has even featured a list of some pretty bizarre coloring
book choices.
If you are inspired to start your own projects and need some guide and
support, here are some colorer’s public groups you can check out and join. You can join closed groups too, you just have to send in a request first.
Nice article! I'll include the link to it in my own article on coloring at sallybahner.blogspot.com.
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DeleteWow that's great - thank you Sally! I just read your article - it is so wonderful that you share your experience and helpful tips so generously. Happy trails!
DeleteI love what you have done with my colouring sheet designs! You certainly have taken the colouring craze to a wonderful new level :-) Angela.
ReplyDeleteO wow! What a pleasure indeed Angela - thank you!
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