Day of the Dead Coloring Book (Coloring is Fun) (Design Originals) 30 Beginner-Friendly Creative Art Activities with Sugar Skulls for Dia de Muertos; Extra-Thick Perforated Paper Resists Bleed Through - Softcover

McArdle, Thaneeya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574219618 ISBN 13: 9781574219616

Publisher: Design Originals, 2014

Synopsis

Experience the colorful mysticism of sugar skull folk art with creative art activities inspired by Dia de los Muertos!

• 30 imaginative designs from talented artist Thaneeya McArdle based on Day of the Dead sugar skulls, and waiting to be filled with vibrant color
• Designs include fun dancing skeletons and animals as well as traditional nichos and papel picado
• Patterns range from simple to complex, with some easy to fill in with big swipes of color and others packed with intricate details that will let you spend hours on a single page
• Guide to basic art techniques from patterning and combinations to shading and color theory to give you a creative way to relax without need for special skills
• Beautifully colored finished examples and Guided Coloring Pages with suggested color combinations make it easy for beginners, and help spark your creativity
• Decorate with your favorite coloring implements—these pages are perfect for markers, colored pencils, gel pens, and watercolors
• High-quality, extra-thick paper is acid-free, rated to last 200 years, and resists bleed through
• Perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display

Give your coloring a new lease on life with this quirky coloring book! Inside Day of the Dead Coloring Book you'll find 30 creative art activities inspired by the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos. Fun, exotic, and full of psychedelic details, these intricate drawings are sure to spark your imagination and encourage your creativity!

Express yourself with fascinating images based on Day of the Dead sugar skulls. You'll love coloring this mystical folk art, from dancing skeletons to traditional "nichos" and "papel picado." The book also provides valuable advice on coloring and patterning techniques, plus some fully colored examples to get you started.

Printed on high quality extra-thick paper, this inspiring coloring book for grownups is perfect for decorating with markers, colored pencils, gel pens, or watercolors. Designed to eliminate bleed-through, each page is perforated for easy removal and display.

Enter a whimsical world of creative self-expression: Come inside Day of the Dead Coloring Book and play with doodles, shapes, and patterns! Coloring and patterning are relaxing, meditative activities that encourage self-expression, sending you on a creative adventure. You can use each of these pages as a launching pad to spark your creativity and unleash your inner artist!

About this title

About the Author

Professional artist Thaneeya McArdle is the author of more than 30 bestselling 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.

From the Back Cover

Experience the Colorful Mysticism of Sugar Skull Folk Art

Welcome to the Day of the Dead 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.

I took my first intercontinental plane ride before I learned to walk, and I've been hooked on travel ever since. From staying with a tribal village family in India to getting married under a tree in Australia, the world offers me such an amazing variety of experiences—cultures to explore, places to see, differences to appreciate. Art is my way of assimilating and interpreting the world around us. And my travels allow me to keep my art and techniques fresh and interesting.

The quirky Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos, is celebrated with exotic sugar skulls and other symbols that are perfect for decorating with markers, colored pencils, gel pens, or watercolors. Day of the Dead Coloring Book is printed on high-quality, extra-thick paper to eliminate bleed-through. Each page is perforated for easy removal and display.

Happy art making!
Thaneeya

Praise for Thaneeya McArdle:
"The information...about color and patterning theory and techniques is presented in a particularly concise and clear way."
—HELLO HAPPY

Edition details

• Publisher: Design Originals
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574219618
• ISBN 13: 9781574219616
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80