Color Your Own Van Gogh


Book Description

Immerse yourself in the magic of world-renowned painter Vincent van Gogh’s art—experience the great master’s sense of color and creativity and unleash the artist inside you with this enchanting coloring book for adults. A major Post-Impressionist painter, known for his rich use of bright colors and distinctive and recognizable style, Vincent Van Gogh has continued to inspire artists and art-lovers for more than a century. Since his death in 1890, his vivid paintings—including The Irises, The Bedroom, and Sunflowers, as well as his pensive self-portraits—have been the source of countless studies among art critics and students, and have inspired artists and art-lovers around the globe. Now, Color Your Own Van Gogh lets you experience the artist as never before. Printed on a heavy paper stock suitable for display, this one-of-a-kind coloring book allows you to “paint” thirty of the artist’s most captivating works from the exclusive collection at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, using paints, pencils, or even crayons. The book employs a unique drop binding that allows the front cover to “drop away” from the binding, allowing for a completely flat surface to color, and ease of removing images from the book. In addition to the black-and-white line illustrations, Color Your Own Van Gogh includes full-color reproductions of the artist’s original paintings to help you color true to life, or stimulate your own imaginative palates and color design. Relax, create, and enjoy some of the most beautiful art the world has ever known with this inspiring and unique Van Gogh collection.




Color Your Own Monet Paintings


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The art of Claude Monet reveals a delicately colored world of harbors and beaches, roads and gardens. With this book, serious colorists can create their own versions of this famous Impressionist's lovely landscapes, seascapes, and graceful figures. Thirty works include Water Lilies I, The Regatta at Argenteuil, and others. From great works of the Italian Renaissance to masterpieces from the Impressionist movement, the Dover Masterworks series offers more experienced colorists the opportunity to re-create some of the world's most famous paintings. The illustrations are printed on only one side of perforated pages, making it easy for artists to remove and display their finished pieces. The original paintings are included in full color on the inside covers for reference.




Dover Masterworks: Color Your Own Still Life Paintings


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Thirty illustrations based on works by major artists of the past five centuries include paintings by Pissarro, Renoir, van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, Rousseau, Matisse, and other masters. Illustrations are printed on one side of perforated pages.




Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color


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Sixty color-ready illustrations of timeless treasures by Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters include works by Cassatt, Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, van Gogh, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Sargent, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, and others.




Special Subjects: Basic Color Theory


Book Description

Learn how to use color effectively and become a well-rounded artist with this easy-to-follow guide. A perfect resource for new artists and art hobbyists, Basic Color Theory demonstrates the color wheel at work and covers all the essentials, including complementary, primary, secondary, and tertiary colors; hue, saturation, and value; color mood, temperature, and schemes; and how to create a color chart. Each concept is clearly explained in easy-to-comprehend language so beginning artists can put their newfound knowledge to immediate use. Also included are step-by-step tutorials, as well as techniques for basic color mixing in different mediums. Designed for beginners, the How to Draw and Paint series offers an easy-to-follow guide that introduces artists to basic tools and materials and includes simple step-by-step lessons for a variety of projects suitable for the aspiring artist. Basic Color Theory allows artists to widen the scope of their abilities, demonstrating how to create color and value charts, basic color mixing techniques, and a comprehensive approach to understanding color relationships.




Creative Haven Birds Draw and Color


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This book provides you with step-by-step instructions for drawing your own beautiful birds. There is also a completed black-and-white full page line drawing of each bird for you to use to experiment with different media and color techniques.




Colored Pencil Painting Bible


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Learn to paint with groundbreaking new techniques for a favorite medium! • Dazzling colors, incredible realism—with simple step-by-step demonstrations • Easy-to-follow instructions from a top colored-pencil artist • Master the wide range of colored pencil effects possible, including blending, layering, translucent effects, and more Radiant color…painterly finishes…astonishing realism…with colored pencils! Achieve rich, luminous color and eye-popping ultra-realistic effects. Artists of every level will be inspired by the amazing new techniques created by Alyona Nickelsen, presented in Colored Pencil Painting Bible for the very first time. Nickelsen’s innovations will delight readers and detailed you-can-do-it processes bring her striking results within reach for every artist. Take colored pencils beyond the ordinary with Colored Pencil Painting Bible!




Flowers in Colored Pencil


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The newest title in the Drawing Made Easy series pairs the lively, vibrant strokes of colored pencil with a stunning array of botanicals. From garden and tropical flower portraits to gorgeous floral still lifes, there is a project to suit every flower lover. Inside, accomplished artist Cynthia Knox teaches her method of developing a colored pencil through simple step-by-step demonstrations, with helpful tips and tricks sprinkled throughout. She also discusses basic flower shapes, anatomy, photographing references, and setting up dynamic still lifes.




Dover Masterworks: Color Your Own Cezanne Paintings


Book Description

These excellent illustrations allow colorists to "paint" Cézanne's most famous creations, including Leda and the Swan, Still Life with Apples and Peaches, and many others. Illustrations are printed on one side of perforated pages.




Dover Masterworks: Color Your Own Abstract Art Paintings


Book Description

These 29 meticulously rendered black-and-white drawings invite colorists to create their own versions of some of the greatest abstract artworks of the twentieth century. You may follow the original color schemes, as depicted on the book's inside covers, or introduce your own variations. Featured paintings include Stuart Davis's Hot Still-Scape for Six Colors — Seventh Avenue Style, Ad Reinhardt's Number 30, Frank Stella's Lac Laronge III, and many others. Captions identify the artist, title, date of composition, and medium. Printed on one side only, the perforated pages can be easily removed for display.