The Twelve Dancing Princesses: Grayscale Adult Coloring Book (Beautiful Fairy Tales)

• Bring on your colors and escape to the magical and romantic world of fairy tales! With 24 unique GRAYSCALE images of THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES to color, plus a set of 12 repeated bonus images, there are a total of 36 pages to color.

• Illustrator Ruth Sanderson created this coloring book for adults from the paintings in her picture book THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES, available from Crocodile Books.

• GRAYSCALE COLORING is different from coloring line art, and fun to try out if you enjoy realistic pictures. The tonal shading in these images will show right through your colors and give your artwork depth and subtle beauty.

• Colored Pencils are suggested for the best results on this paper. Each picture is printed single-sided on 55 lb. pure white paper.

Ruth Sanderson's career as a professional illustrator spans 40 years, and she has illustrated over 85 books for children, including versions of numerous fairytales, including The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Cinderella, Goldilocks, and Papa Gatto. The Golden Key, a Victorian fairytale by George MacDonald, features over forty scratchboard illustrations. Many of the pen and ink drawings for her first adult coloring book, THE WORLD OF FAIRIES, are based on her fairy paintings. The Twelve Dancing Princesses GRAYSCALE Adult Coloring Book is the first in a series, entitled BEAUTIFUL FAIRY TALES. Her coloring books are also available for purchase on her ETSY shop, as PDF downloads, for people who would like to print on their paper of choice. Ruth is the co-director of the MFA in Children's Book Writing and Illustrating offered during summer terms at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. She lives the rest of the year with her family (plus three cats and one horse) in Massachusetts. Her website is ruthsanderson.com