Christmas Coloring Book (Coloring is Fun) (Design Originals) 32 Fun & Playful Holiday Art Activities from Thaneeya McArdle on High-Quality, Extra-Thick Perforated Pages that Resist Bleed-Through - Softcover

Thaneeya McArdle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497200806 ISBN 13: 9781497200807

Publisher: Design Originals, 2015

Synopsis

Enter a world of creative self-expression with this charming Christmas coloring book!

• 32 fun and playful art activities to take you on a festive journey of patterning, shading, and coloring
• Easy way to de-stress and unleash your inner artist, without any need for special skills
• Guide to basic art techniques from patterning and combinations to shading and color theory
• Beautifully colored finished examples to help spark your creativity
• Decorate with your favorite coloring implements—it's perfect for markers, colored pencils, gel pens, and watercolors
• High-quality, extra-thick paper that resists bleed through
• Perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display

This charming Christmas Coloring Book features 32 fun and playful art activities that will take you on a festive journey of patterning, shading, and coloring sure to put you in the mood for jolly yuletide fun! You'll encounter many wild and whimsical holiday characters here, from saucy snowmen and ice skating birds to acrobat elves and stocking stuffer puppies. These whimsical holiday images offer an easy way to de-stress and unleash your inner artist.

Thaneeya McArdle's transcendental art explores a visual language of shape, form, line, and color. Each vibrantly detailed illustration is designed to exercise your creativity. Beautifully colored finished examples are provided, along with a handy guide to basic art techniques, from patterning and combinations to shading and color theory.

This therapeutic coloring book is perfect for decorating with markers, colored pencils, gel pens, or watercolors. Printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper that resists bleed-through, all of the pages are perforated for easy removal and display.

Come inside and play with doodles, shapes, and patterns! Coloring and patterning are relaxing, meditative activities that encourage self-expression, sending you on a creative adventure. Use each of these pages as a launching pad to spark your creativity and unleash your inner artist.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Festive Coloring Fun

Welcome to the Christmas Coloring Book! I'd like to invite you to come inside and play with doodles, shapes, and patterns. Coloring and patterning are relaxing, meditative activities that encourage self-expression, sending you on a creative adventure. I hope that you'll use each of these pages as a launching pad to spark your creativity and unleash your inner artist.

Inside you'll find 32 festive art activities that are sure to put you in the mood for jolly yuletide fun. You'll encounter many wild and whimsical holiday characters here, from saucy snowmen and ice skating birds to acrobat elves and stocking stuffer puppies. I've provided you with coloring suggestions, but there is no right way or wrong way to color these merry visions.

Each illustration is perfect for decorating with markers, colored pencils, gel pens, watercolors, or crayons. Christmas Coloring Book is printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper to resist bleed-through, and each page is perforated for easy removal and display.

Happy art making!
Thaneeya

"Thaneeya McArdle has grown quite a following for her fun coloring books that are just begging to be colored." —CLEVERPEDIA

About the Author

Professional artist Thaneeya McArdle is the author of more than 30 best-selling coloring books from Design Originals. Thaneeya creates colorful art in a variety of styles, ranging from abstraction to photorealism (with a special focus on creating vibrantly detailed art). Her artwork hangs in private collections around the world, and can also be purchased on t-shirts, puzzles, jewelry, coloring books, and more. Thaneeya shares her love of art at her popular art instruction site, Art-is-Fun.com, with fun lessons and detailed information on drawing, painting and mixed media. Her site has received over 32 million page views and counting. In addition to her passion for art, Thaneeya also enjoys travel, photography, reading, and learning new things.

About this edition

• Publisher: Design Originals
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1497200806
• ISBN 13: 9781497200807
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80