Creative Coloring Patterns of Nature: Art Activity Pages to Relax and Enjoy! (Design Originals) 30 Designs from Forest, Field, and Sea, with Beginner-Friendly Tips, and on Extra-Thick Perforated Paper - Softcover

Valentina Harper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497200067 ISBN 13: 9781497200067

Publisher: Design Originals, 2015

Synopsis

Color the natural textures of the living world!!

• 30 uplifting designs from forest, field, and sea, including flowers, feathers, birds, butterflies, and more
• 8 gorgeous examples fully colored to provide inspiration for your own creations
• Inspiring quotes on the back of each design, along with space to write a little note or reflection
• One-side-only designs so you don't have to decide which pages to color and which to sacrifice
• Perforated pages detach easily, either before you color to use a different surface, or after you're done for display and gifting
• Thick, toothy paper resists bleed-through and stands up to markers, gel pens, brush pens, watercolors, colored pencils, and more

Feel the soothing power of nature!

Coloring isn't just for kids anymore. Inside this book are 30 ready-to-color illustrations for grown-ups that encourage mindfulness and positive energy, with imaginative designs from nature, including bees, hummingbirds, fish, fruit, vegetables, leaves, flowers, mushrooms, ocean waves, shells, and more.

Feel your calm and relaxation grow as you color these sophisticated designs, each so richly detailed that you could take leisurely hours to complete just one page. With the beginner-friendly advice and examples, you don't need the skills of an artist to personalize each intricate drawing and have a fun and fulfilling artistic experience.

Author and talented artist Valentina Harper provides helpful, easy-to-follow tips on how to color her designs. Her flowing, fantastical, and dreamlike drawings invite you to lose yourself in amazingly therapeutic interactive art. As an added bonus, popular craft author and artist Marie Browning joins the fun with eight beautiful fully colored examples to inspire your creativity.

Printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper that resists bleed-through and allows for great results whether you use markers, gel pens, watercolors, brush pens, glitter pens, colored pencils, or crayons, each coloring page is also perforated for easy removal and display. Take the pages out one by one if you prefer to color on a different surface, or remove each page when your art is done to frame, hang up, or gift to a friend or loved one. Quotations on the back of each page offer inspiration and reflection, along with a few lines to write a note or observation.

This nature-rich coloring book joins Valentina Harper's popular Creative Coloring series:

• Creative Coloring Birds
• Creative Coloring Botanicals
• Creative Coloring Flowers
• Creative Coloring Inspirations
• Creative Coloring Mandalas
• Creative Coloring Animals
• Creative Coloring A Second Cup of Inspirations
• Creative Coloring Mandala Expressions
• Creative Coloring Inspirations from the Heart
• Creative Coloring Through the Seasons

The perfect way for adults to release stress and enjoy art activities, Creative Coloring Patterns of Nature is your excuse to get out your markers and feel like a kid again!

"My office team literally took a double-take at these adult coloring books. [They make] the coloring process fun. They're also a great tool for aligning one's thoughts with empowering truths and unleashing creativity."
—Mike Dooley, author of Infinite Possibilities

About this title

About the Author

Artist and graphic designer Valentina Harper is the author of the best-selling Creative Coloring series from Fox Chapel Publishing. Her original prints, paintings, and drawings can be found in licensed consumer products, commissioned works, and her Etsy.com store. Valentina uses black ink and other mediums to create flowing, intricate, and highly detailed patterns. Her artwork is characterized by a fantastical, dreamlike appearance, expressed in digital drawings, mixed media, and pen & ink illustrations.

From the Back Cover

Color the Natural Textures of the Living World

Feel the soothing power of nature as you color intricate patterns of forest, field, and sea. Inside this book you'll find relaxing art activities that explore the lush diversity of our living world, from flowers, feathers, and fruits to bees, birds, and butterflies.

You won't need to have the skills of an artist to personalize these inspiring illustrations. Talented artist Valentina Harper provides easy-to-follow tips on how to color her designs. Beautifully colored examples of finished work will inspire you to get great results.

Printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper that resists bleed-through, all pages are perforated for easy removal and display. Whether you use markers, gel pens, watercolors, or colored pencils, this book is the perfect way to relax and enjoy coloring.

PRAISE FOR VALENTINA HARPER

"My office team literally took a double-take at these adult coloring books. [They make] the coloring process fun. They're also a great tool for aligning one's thoughts with empowering truths and unleashing creativity."
—Mike Dooley,
New York Times bestselling author of Infinite Possibilities

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OTHER BOOKS IN THIS SERIES
Creative Coloring Botanicals
Creative Coloring Mandala Expressions
Creative Coloring Birds
Creative Coloring Animals
Creative Coloring Inspirations
Creative Coloring Mandalas
Creative Coloring Flowers

Edition details

• Publisher: Design Originals
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1497200067
• ISBN 13: 9781497200067
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 72