Chalk-Style Family Coloring Book: Color With All Types of Markers, Gel Pens & Colored Pencils (Design Originals) 32 Cozy Designs with Sayings Celebrating Families in the Rustic Folk Art Style of Chalk - Softcover

Deb Strain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497201748 ISBN 13: 9781497201743

Publisher: Design Originals, 2016

Synopsis

Celebrate family life with the beauty of chalkboard art—without the mess!

• 32 hand-drawn designs, each with all the charming imperfections of original chalkboard art
• 8 beautifully colored examples to help inspire your palette choices and creativity
• Family-oriented messages from "my family is my treasure" to "all hearts come home for love" surrounded by inspiring decorations
• Looks like a real chalkboard, with white line illustrations on textured black backgrounds
• High-quality, extra thick paper resists bleed through and stands up to markers, gel pens, watercolors, brush pens, colored pencils, and more
• One-side-only designs so you don't have to decide which pages to color and which to sacrifice
• Perforated pages detach easily so you can present your art as a gift, or frame and display it

Revel in the unbreakable bonds of love and family with chalk art!

If you love the simplicity and spontaneity of coloring with chalk—but wish it was less dusty—this book is for you! Enjoy uplifting messages and wry humor with beautiful chalkboard art coloring pages. These 32 hand-drawn designs feature familial sentiments, expressions of togetherness, and celebrations of home—with all the charming imperfections of original chalkboard art. Relax and fill these beautiful designs with color to create your own inspirational chalk art masterpiece!

Each heartwarming white line illustration is presented on a textured black background, just like a real chalkboard! You'll be delighted by the way warm colors, bright colors, neons, and lighter pastel shades really pop from these designs. You can even use light-colored pencils and gel pens to personalize your work with lettering, flourishes, and patterning.

Inside Chalk-Style Family Coloring Book, author and talented chalkboard artist Deb Strain provides useful coloring tips and tricks, basic information on color theory, insight to her own creative process, and 8 beautifully colored examples to help jump-start your chalk art coloring adventure. Also included are 8 Guided Coloring Pages that make coloring easy for beginners, featuring a ready-to-use color palette included with each 3/4-page design.

The 32 handmade designs honor the joy of family, with messages like "in our family we forgive, we share, we listen, we trust," "take a deep breath, you're home now," and "you will forever be my always." Each message is surrounded by homey, calming images of hearts, stars, flowers, butterflies, birds, decorative borders, and more. Each inspirational pattern is printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free paper, so you don't have to choose which pages to color—you can color them all!

On the back of each page, you'll find an uplifting quotation about the delights of family along with lined space to write a small note or reflection. The pages of this motivating adult coloring book are perforated, so when your art is complete, it is easy to remove for framing, display, or gifting.

Celebrate your family and enjoy all the beauty of coloring with chalk—but without the mess—with Chalk-Style Family Coloring Book!

About this title

About the Author

Acclaimed artist Deb Strain has been one of Moda Fabrics top designers for 19 years. She licenses her work on products from fabric to greeting cards, calendars, dinnerware, and figurines. Deb and her husband own Saltbox Wholesale, a business that distributes their Folk Art line of stationery products. She is the author of With Love from a Country Kitchen, and her art has appeared in numerous other books including A Grandma Is a Gift from God, Your Friendship Is a Gift from God, and Hope Will Light Your Way.

From the Back Cover

Show Me—Super Easy Coloring Pages

First time coloring? Don't know where to start or what colors to choose? Check out our super easy coloring pages inside. Throughout this book, you'll find easy coloring starter guides and these awesome features:

• Perforated Pages
  for easy removal
• High-Quality Paper
  resists bleed through and is acid free to last 200 years!
• How-To
  tips and techniques
• Fully Colored Examples
  for ideas and inspiration

Deb Strain
Deb Strain's dream has always been to create art and share it with others. Art is her passion, and family is her real-life love. She merges the two together, drawing inspiration for her art from the laughter, creativity, and love found in her home.

ARCHIVAL QUALITY - ACID FREE
200 YEAR PAPER
Meets ANSI Standards for Permanence

DO Magazine artist
FAIR TRADE SEAL OF APPROVAL guarantee
COLOR TANGLE CRAFT DOODLE

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Chalk-Style Holiday Coloring Book
Chalk-Style Expressions Coloring Book
Chalk-Style Botanicals Deluxe Coloring Book
Chalk-Style Good Times Deluxe Coloring Book
Chalk-Style Nature Coloring Book
Chalk-Style Garden Coloring Book

Edition details

• Publisher: Design Originals
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1497201748
• ISBN 13: 9781497201743
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80