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Millie Marotta Coloring Books

October 13, 2020 By Addicted Colorist 3 Comments

Millie Marotta is one of the “must buy” illustrators if you are a dedicated coloring book addicted colorist.

Her images are quite different and distinct from other illustrators, you will recognize her books in an instant once you color in one. Many that are new to coloring see all the signature Millie Marotta tiny spaces and think they need to color each one individually. I chose to see those tiny lines as detail behind my shading and highlighting with colored pencils. Just get creative and give her books a try, you will be a fan in no time.

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Millie Marotta’s Woodland Wild

Millie’s latest book just launched in October 2020, includes her usual enticing flora and fauna including an adorable napping fox, little owl, Japanese pygmy woodpecker, peacock, badger, and polecat, along with whimsical ginkgo leaves, blossoming flowers, and tropical seeds and fruits sprinkled throughout the pages.

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Millie Marotta’s Brilliant Beasts

Millie’s Brilliant Beasts is a compilation of her fan-favorite creatures from past books so if you are new to her work, this would be a perfect step to see if this is your coloring style.

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Beautiful Birds and Treetop Treasures

This book will contain Millie Marotta’s signature style of detailed illustration that can be colored in an intricate way or the easy way depending on your own personal coloring style. I always opt for the easy way. This bird-centric coloring book will include beautiful hummingbirds, Major Mitchell’s cockatoos, lyrebirds, cardinals, marvelous spatuletails, pygmy owls, and laughing kookaburras.

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Animal Kingdom Color Me, Draw Me– Illustrated by Millie Marotta

Millie’s first coloring book was “Animal Kingdom” in 2014 which includes all sorts of detailed animals from beautiful birds to fantastic fish, delicate dragonflies to elaborately decorated elephants.

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Tropical World – A Coloring Adventure illustrated by Millie Marotta

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Reviewers have things like this to say about Millie’s second coloring book:

“A colouring book filled with art so beautiful and intricate, you’ll be hesitant to colour it in, even though your own shading only serves to enhance these amazing illustrations.”—Buzzfeed.com
“In her books, you’ll find whimsical images of idiosyncratic animals, flowers in bloom, and sophisticated patterns at play. Who doesn’t love the idea of immersing oneself into a fantastical world of monochromatic illustrations and bringing them to (colorful) life?” —MarthaStewart.com
“Coloring can be weirdly calming, even for grown-ups. “Animal Kingdom” is a coloring book for adults, filled with stunning, intricate illustrations of various fauna and foliage that’ll ensure hours of relaxation.” —RealSimple.com
“I am on the coloring bandwagon. I can’t wait to try all the fun animals in this book especially the bunnies and squirrels that are just darling. If you haven’t tried it lately I highly recommend it! So fun and relaxing.” —CraftGossip.com

Wild Savannah – A Coloring Book Adventure

Wild Savannah was released in 2016 and it’s my favorite of the three, with lots of big cats, endangered animals and flora and fauna of the Savannah.

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Curious Creatures – A Coloring Book Adventure by Millie Marotta

In her most personal book yet, Millie brings you her selection of the most remarkable animals on earth to colour in. A huge wildlife fan since she was a child, Millie has researched curious creatures which are fascinating to look at, have amazing survival skills, intriguing behaviour and courting rituals and are wildlife wonders. Meet the adorable Macaroni Penguins with their yellow crests, the showy King of Saxony Bird of Paradise, the enduring camel, the majestic flying fish to the long-lived walrus and mighty moose.Millie Marotta’s Curious Creatures features animals from all over the world, from all kinds of habitat, from the sea to the mountain tops and from Arctic cold to hot deserts. Remarkable birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and insects are all brought to life by Millie’s beautiful illustrations

Millie has also released absolutely gorgeous hardcover artist editions of her coloring books.

Animal Kingdom Color Me Draw Me Delux Hard Cover Edition

In addition to Millie Marotta’s stunningly intricate images of everything from beautiful birds to fantastic fish, this beautiful edition includes five extra prints in an envelope, four gatefolds, and a gorgeous cover embossed with gold. The high-quality paper is perfect for colored pencils, as well.

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Tropical Wonderland Artist Edition

“A colouring book to keep and treasure forever. The wonderful illustrations from Millie Marotta’s Tropical Wonderland are reproduced on the thickest paper yet (180 gsm) on one side only, including 13 gatefolds and with five additional prints that can be pulled out of an envelope at the back of the book. These prints are ideal for framing. This is an edition for all Millie fans and even those new to her work who want something special to record their creative colouring and drawing or indeed just a beautiful collection of illustrations. The book is linen bound with screen-printed illustrations and foiling that add a new dimension to Millie’s work. It is, quite simply, a beautiful book.”

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Millie Marotta’s Home Sticker Book

Millie even has a line of 75 home decor stickers in her unique style for you in a book. Her inimitable nature designs add style anywhere in the home, gracing the walls or decorating bookcases, tiles, mirrors, and more. Use the fun giraffes and elephants to create a menagerie in a child’s bedroom; let fish stickers happily “swim” above the tub; and grow an indoor garden with Millie’s fabulous flowers. Best of all, they’ll come off without effort (or leaving a spot) when you’re ready to freshen the décor!

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Millie Marotta Free Pages

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If you are new to coloring or just want to dive in a little deeper be sure to read our expansive supply recommendations along with our tips and tricks articles.

*How to Get Started with Adult Coloring Best Colored Pencils
*Best Gel Pens
*Best Markers that Don’t Bleed Through the Paper
* Background Supplies
*Coloring Tutorials
*13 Tips & Tricks for Colorists

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Daria Song’s Gorgeous Imaginative Illustrated Coloring Books

July 11, 2020 By Addicted Colorist 14 Comments

The first time I saw one of Daria Song’s coloring books I fell completely in love with her illustration style.

These are simply GORGEOUS Adult coloring books.

DARIA SONG is an author and artist from Seoul, Korea. Winner of the Kyung Hyang Arts Contest, Song has a master’s degree in fiber arts and has exhibited at numerous galleries and museums in Korea, Singapore, Turkey, and Hong Kong. She spent five years of her childhood in San Francisco, California, before returning to Korea, and the sense of wonder and mystery that comes from living in a far-off place inspired The Time Garden.

Daria has gone and done it again, created a magical book that is completely different from anything else on the market. I received the book from her publishers and still can’t bring myself to color in it or cut out anything because it’s just that perfect. There are paper doll sets to cut out, puzzles to do, search for treasure and mostly just enjoying the amazing artwork throughout the book. This is much more than a coloring book. I did a flip-through for the members of the Facebook group here, so join us to see.

The Mysterious Mansion

A young girl, playing in the countryside, enters a mysterious mansion and must solve a variety of puzzles and riddles to get out. With a range of different activities—from dot-to-dot, to intricate mazes, to optical illusions and coloring pages.
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The Time Garden A Magical Journey and Coloring Book

I was so excited to receive Daria’s first book “The Time Garden” from Amazon and it is spectacular, gorgeous, intricate, whimsical I could gush on and on. If you like Johanna Basford’s style of illustration I think you will love these intricate coloring books too. They are completely different in subject matter yet for some reason they seem similar to me. Perhaps it is the luscious thick paper printed with pictures on both sides of the paper telling a story.

Daria Song’s Christmas Book “The Gift” or.. “Night Voyage”

The third book in Daria Song’s “Time” series is available for pre-order in the US. Known throughout Asia as “The Gift,” or “All Gifts of the World.” The English version is called “The Night Voyage: A Magical Adventure and Coloring Book” I think I like “The Gift” better but I’m not in charge. I have seen Daria sharing images from this book since October and am beyond excited to get my hands on one of them.

The tabby cat you see in this image is throughout the book for you cat lovers that are also Daria Song fans. Her Christmas book follows the little girl on a new nighttime adventure when the conductor of her toy train comes to life and helps her distribute gifts across the world.

The Night Voyage is an evocatively illustrated story of a little girl who is swept away on the eve of her birthday by her toy train conductor on a magical journey to distribute gifts around the globe. Taking devotees of The Time Garden and The Time Chamber on an imaginative new adventure, The Night Voyage continues Daria Song’s wildly successful series with the beautifully intricate art that her fans have come to love, featuring a world of paper cranes, penny-farthing bicycles, trolleys, cityscapes, and hot air balloon-filled skies.

This gorgeous Christmas book is available on Amazon US – UK – Canada or Book Depository Worldwide. October 2016

In both of Daria’s books, you get to travel along with her to her childhood imagination and then out into the pages that her talented hands create and illustrate. This first book “The Time Garden” has a little red-headed girl escaping from a coo-coo clock and exploring the big beautiful world outside. My best advice is to not stick to a traditional color palette and let your creativity wander while you fill in these gorgeous illustrations with color.
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A dazzlingly beautiful coloring book for all ages, The Time Garden will sweep you away into a whimsical cuckoo clock–inspired world, created in intricate pen and ink by the internationally best-selling Korean artist Daria Song. Then, explore the magical world outside the clock through the eyes of a fairy in the sequel, The Time Chamber: A Magical Story and Coloring Book.
Journey through the doors of a mysterious cuckoo clock into its inky inner workings to discover a magical land of clock gears, rooftops, starry skies, and giant flying owls—all ready for you to customize with whatever colors you can dream up.

The Time Chamber: A Magical Story and Coloring Book

Korean artist Daria Song’s sequel to The Time Garden takes readers on a visual journey into a magical nighttime world seen through the eyes of that same little ginger girl.

Time Chamber Coloring Book for adults by Daria Song

This second book in best-selling Korean artist Daria Song’s coloring series features the voyage of a fairy who, when the cuckoo clock chimes midnight, enters the human world. To the tiny fairy, everything seems enormous and magical, from the curtains to the chandelier to a mystical rowboat that takes her further into an inky adventure. Filled with the imaginative, intricately detailed illustrations Song’s readers have come to love, The Time Chamber presents a view of our world made new—and ready for coloring.

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We are not kidding you need this book if you love intriguing detailed coloring books. You probably should get two because someone else is going to want it for a gift once they see it.

All of Daria’s books feature extra-thick craft paper, ideal for non-bleed-through coloring, and the jacketed cover with flaps is removable and colorable. Special gold-foil stamping on the cover and spine and a To/From page make it perfect for gifting to adults and kids alike.

Daria Song’s Christmas Coloring Book “The Gift”

Daria has created an AMAZING Christmas Coloring book this year as well but it is only available in Korea, Viet Nam, and the Philippines right now. If you follow her on social media I’m sure you have seen many of the colored images. It’s fantastic and amazing and has everything wonderful about Christmas in it. At least Johanna gave us 4 intricate Christmas illustrations to color in this year but I am really hoping and praying for both these talented illustrators to give the UK and the US Christmas coloring books in 2016!

This is a picture from inside that Daria colored with Staedtler pencils & Staedtler fine liners

The Gift Christmas Coloring book from Daria Song

As soon as this book is available to the US & UK market we will have the links for you!
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Daria Song Coloring Notebooks and Journals

Time Garden Week at a Glance Coloring Diary

A full coloring page faces each week so you can enjoy coloring on the go and keep yourself organized.

The Time Chamber: A Magical Story and Coloring Book

Korean artist Daria Song’s sequel to The Time Garden takes readers on a visual journey into a magical nighttime world seen through the eyes of a fairy.

I just received Daria’s first book “The Time Garden” and it is spectacular. This gorgeous book has arrived! See the instagram video below, and images of the boat picture I’m working on first on the Coloring Book Addicts FB page.

Click to order on Amazon… not kidding you need this book if you love intriguing detailed coloring books. You probably should get two because someone else is going to want it for a gift once they see it.

Daria Song’s two books are in the large square format and printed on both sides of the luscious thick paper like Secret Garden. Here is a quick flip through of the Time Garden.

These are the four I’m excited about receiving… Let me know in the comments if I have missed any of your favorites.

Happy Coloring!

Squidoodle’s Unique Illustrations to color in by Steve Turner

June 11, 2020 By Addicted Colorist 2 Comments

You might know Steve “Squidoodle” Turner from his generous sharing of his incredibly unique black and white illustrations that he posts on many of the Coloring Book groups on Facebook. Indeed that’s how I discovered his quirky and imaginative doodle creatures and creations.

Steve’s latest and greatest creation is Skull Doodles! This isn’t your regular skull coloring book you know, for your coloring pleasure you’ll find sugar skulls, patterned skulls, skull mandalas, dinosaur skulls, unicorn skulls and other creations from this prolific illustrator.

Skull Doodles Coloring Book

Imaginary Buildings and Magical Lands

Fantastic Forests, Landscapes, Castles and Doodled Cities to Color by Steve Turner.

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Steampunk Animals

A Mechanical Coloring Adventure: Vintage and Futuristic mechanical animals to color.

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100 Hearts by Squidoodle

Steve launched his second highly detailed coloring book in November of 2015. It includes all the letters of the alphabet with each letter filled with creatures and items that start with that letter.

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squidoodle's book of fancy letters coloring book

All 26 letters of the alphabet, on single side pages with doodles items to color in. Taken from the intricate hand drawn pen drawings of Steve Turner a.k.a Squidoodle. Each letter is detailed and ornate, with doodled items beginning with that letter. Try and spot as many as you can! As well as the 26 letters of the alphabet there are four added symbols – & + = and a heart. Each letter sits centrally on the page, away from the spine – you can cut the letters out, color them and give them as gifts to family or friends.

All the pages inside this book are taken from the hand-drawn illustrations by Steve Squidoodle Turner. I carefully selected items to be contained in each letter – making it fun for kids and adults alike. The A contains an astronaut, an apple, an aeroplane, an anchor…. The B contains a bee, Big Ben, a beetle, balloons…. you get the idea!!

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A Day at the Beach by Squidoodle – Steve Turner

The Natural Atlas by Squidoodle – Steve Turner

Creative Insults for Foul-Mouthed Beasts – A UK Sweary Coloring Book by Squidoodle – Steve Turner

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Steve kindly agreed to answer a few questions so you could get to know where his inspiration comes from and how the mind of an artist works.

Coloring Book Artist Steve “Squidoodle” Turner Q & A

Q. What do you Enjoy Drawing the Most?
A. I love drawing animals the Most

Q. How did you get started?
A. I’ve always drawn but only recently started taking it seriously. I mainly draw because it’s therapeutic.

Q. Who or what is your inspiration?
A. I draw inspiration from nature and mechanics and the interesting contradiction between them.

Q. What materials do you enjoy using the most?
A. Fineline pens and drawing pads.

Q. Do you like to color in your designs or prefer to have others do that?
A. I prefer it when other people colour my work because it creates something completely different. I never do a drawing just for colouring, I envisage them as black and white so when someone colours my drawing, it takes on a whole new identity which is fantastic.

Q. What supplies or brands do you recommend for your book or designs?
A. For colouring in I’ve heard prismacolour pencils are pretty good. Sharpies are bold but they bleed a little. I’d like to see someone colour my drawing with pastels.

Q. What is your favorite thing to do when you aren’t doing art?
A. Apart from drawing, I like going away camping in my old campervan. But I still take a sketchbook with me….

Bonus! I asked Steve if there was anything else I should ask that his fans might want to know about him. He came up with the question…”What’s the strangest thing you’ve drawn?”
A. I did a commissioned drawing of the entire digestive system. It was really unusual and fun and I actually learned a lot doing it.

Steve’s first coloring books is available on Amazon

Squidoodle’s Adventures in Colouring and Doodling

squidoodle adventures in colouring and doodling

In Steve’s words….. My first coloring book for grown-ups or kids! Squidoodle’s Adventures in Colouring and Doodling is an A4 (For we Yanks that’s 8 1/2 x 11 letter size) It’s a 16-page coloring book, on single sides, featuring all the favorites: Ornate owl, campervan, dragon, Steampunk and more. Color it in, Doodle the backgrounds….or both! Printed on single sides so if you use pens, it doesn’t matter if they go through.
Many of the designs have white areas for you to complete in your own doodle style.

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Check out the video flip-thru of the book below.

Squidoodle Free Images to Color

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Bee Yourself
Heart Island
Christmas Naughty Santas
Steampunk Snowman
Halloween Skull
The Beefeaters & The Telephone Box
Aircooled Volkswagens
1980s Retro Childhood
Breast Cancer Ribbon
Skulljuice

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Steve created this detailed Breast Cancer Ribbon for everyone to color-in in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month of October. He would love to see you color it in and post it to his Facebook page. He’s been overwhelmed with how many people have downloaded and colored.

free breast cancer ribbon from steve squidoodle

*****GRAB YOUR PINK PENS AND COLOUR FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH*****

Let’s raise some money!! As you all know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I have drawn a doodle-ribbon, with flowers, hearts, butterflies, a “There is always hope” scroll, leaves, diamonds, a dove, a glass of wine and loads more.
I want you all to color it. In hot pinks.. pencils, pens, whatever you fancy. All I ask, is that if you download, print it and color it, please take a photo of your colouring and make a small donation to the Cancer charity of your choice. Then send me the photo and I’ll create an album on my page, of all the wonderful colored ribbons. Make sure you share this so others can get involved.
You don’t need to tell me who you have donated to, or how much, but if you do we can get a better idea of how much we can raise.

Download the high resolution PDF here
Happy colouring folks! Let’s see if we can raise some money.
Squiddy D

Coloring Book Art of Kerby Rosanes – Animorphia Imagimorphia Mythomorphia:

January 6, 2020 By Addicted Colorist Leave a Comment

One of the most intriguing coloring book artists contributing to the market today has to be the art of Kerby Rosanes.

He is a Philippines-based illustrator who works mainly with ordinary black pens to magically illustrate his whimsical patterned and character strewn “doodle” world. These little elements are spontaneously combined to create massive compositions depicting his everyday experiences or anything that inspires him.

Worlds Within Worlds by Kerby Rosanes

Ahhh, it looks like Kerby is back to giving us the thick meaty coloring books we love again. This one has 96 glorious pages. Hooray!

A new fantastic and super-detailed adult coloring book, in an entirely new world, with spread after dizzying spread featuring creatures, people, animals, and landscapes that blur the line between familiar and magical, between reality and imagination. Worlds Within Worlds will be released on March 17, 2020, but you can pre-order now.

Worlds within worlds by kerby rosanes pre-order for March 2020

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Kerby Rosanes Newest Coloring Books

In 2019, Kerby came out with two new books for you to lose yourself in.

Colormorphia: Celebrating Kerby Rosanes’s Coloring Challenges

Read these words. This is a COMPILATION BOOK of some of the favorite coloring pages from Kerby’s other books. Don’t order it after you don’t read the description and then give a bad review. It’s a book where 6 colorists have done magical things with Mr. Rosanes’ drawings and he talks about the outcomes.

Colormorphia is a selection of Kerby Rosanes’s most remarkable artwork, featuring a stunning, full-color sixteen-page section at the beginning of the book that displays some of the most accomplished completed artworks produced by Kerby’s fans. These demonstrate the range of approaches colorists can experiment with when coloring. Kerby comments on the styles and the results, describing why they work so well.
Amazon Description.

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Animorphia Sea and Sky: Selections from Kerby’s Bestselling Animorphia

Kerby has hinted at issues with his publisher which is why we are having to wait so long for the new book I’d imagine because he has changed publishers. If you are someone that likes one-sided images, then this might be the book for you.

A handfull selection of Kerby Rosanes’ work from the previous publication Animorphia. Reprinted into a smaller book of easy to pull out, frame optional, single-sided quality cardstock.
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Animorphia Sea and Sky: Selections from Kerby's Bestselling Animorphia

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His first coloring book was Animorphia & Imagimorphia. then Mythomorphia. In the later books, Rosanes was able to publish with better paper so personally, I am enjoying those more than the first, however, the European versions of the book seem to have a nice paper in both. Exciting news, Kerby has a new book coming out, and this time it is one-sided! For those of you that struggled with all the double-page spreads in the first three, your prayers have been answered with his newest book Geomorphia joins Fantomorphia.

Geomorphia from Kerby Rosanes

Geomorphia is packed full of intricate images of stunning creatures and landscapes morphing and shapeshifting into Kerby’s signature, breathtaking scenes. Launched October 2018

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Fantomorphia – Another Extreme Coloring and Search Challenge Coloring Book.

This book is like all his others, lots of cool images inside images, there are lots of skulls in this one and the designs are all one-sided. In the back of the book is the key to the search challenge portion. This book ships March 27, 2018 in the US. You can see my quick flip-through here on Instagram.

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Mythomorphia: An Extreme Coloring and Search Challenge by Kerby Rosanes

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Animorphia

An amazing coloring book for adults featuring the super-detailed animal images from artist Kerby Rosanes. Known for his popular Sketchy Stories blog, Kerby works in intricately detailed black and white line to create creatures, characters, patterns, and tiny elements to form compositions of mind-boggling complexity. Bring your creativity to complete the breath-taking drawings and find hidden treasures and creatures scattered throughout its pages

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Imagimorphia Coloring Book by Kerby Rosanes

Fans of adult coloring books are invited to enter the weird and wonderful world of Kerby Rosanes, the illustrator behind the Sketchy Stories blog and Animorphia, the international phenomenon and New York Times bestseller. In Imagimorphia, animals and objects morph and explode into astounding detail. Bring each intricate image to life with color and find the objects hidden throughout the book.

Printed on quality paper, Imagimorphia is a quirky coloring and search book for fans of adult coloring books like no other.

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Doodle Invasion: Zifflin’s Coloring Book

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Sketchy Stories: The Sketchbook Art of Kerby Rosanes

Although this is NOT marketed as a coloring book, I’ve seen many pages from inside that people have colored in and it is fabulous! You get to know a bit more about his processes as well.

You will glimpse the personal sketchbook loaded with secret doodles, elaborate sketches, and whimsical lines and detailed patterns. Interspersed with his artwork, Kerby also includes techniques, tips, inspirations, and influences.

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Never Quit Drawing: Sketch Your Way to an Every Day Art Habit

If you are an artist in training like I am, you might also enjoy this book but be sure to read the description. There are lots of blank pages for you to sketch on.

Sketch your way to an everyday art habit with this guided sketchbook featuring the artwork of Kerby Rosanes!

Renowned artist Kerby Rosanes knows the high level of energy and creativity it takes to create unique and inspired artwork on a consistent basis. Daily practice is an integral part of mastering drawing and sketching. Never Quit Drawing will inspire you to commit to your art, picking up your sketching pencil and building those creative habits that will take your art to the next level.

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Kerby also has journals and postcards of his art available.

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The Magical Lands of Jane F. Hankins

November 22, 2019 By Addicted Colorist Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Imaginary World of Jane F. Hankins Coloring Books. I believe that you will be just as enchanted as I was after seeing the first book. Jane’s books are professionally published on thick artist paper and several of them are huge oversized books suitable for framing and giving as gifts. Most books contain 25 single-side, 11″ x 14″ prints of original drawings, on HEAVY 80lb. Cover Stock paper, created specifically for this book! Pages are perforated for easy removal, display, and framing.

This is adult coloring, for adults who appreciate real art, not hastily drawn elephants or flowers, filled with computer-generated polygons.

Each book has its own theme and magical qualities so take a look. I have video flip throughs of a few and I’ll link to Jane’s social so you can see even more wondrousness.

Santa’s Magical Christmas Helpers

In this book, she illustrates the spirited antics of Santa’s Helpers. These merry wee Elves have their own version of “The 12 Days of Christmas”, which is quite charming… even if a bit unusual. See how they go about decorating and placing toys under the tree – sprinkling their special Elf Magic wherever they go!

So, take a break this busy season and color your new Christmas Heirloom. I guarantee you will catch yourself smiling!

12″ x 14″ Format pages
Super high quality “professional grade” 80lb. Cover Stock paper
25 single-side, hand-drawn prints, unique to this book
Perforated sheets for easy removal and framing

Don’t want to wait for the contest? You can order now from Jane’s website here or Amazon US, UK or Canada here

Jane Hankins books are just a treat, below you’ll find links to each along with a few flip-thru videos. We think you’ll fall in love like we did.

The Imaginary Garden – A Fine Art Coloring Book

Take a look at my flip through back in 2017. You literally can HEAR how thick and unctuous the paper is.

I have all but two of Jane Hankins coloring books, that alone says a great deal regarding how I feel about her art. These books truly are, as noted on each book, “fine art coloring book(s)”. At first glance they may appear to be on the expensive side. But the old saying;”you get what you pay for” definitely speaks volumes in this case. The art is truly beyond adorable. You will smile even when you are just thinking about these books.
Escerpt from Colorista #1 Review on Facebook

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The Imaginary Underwater World of Jane F. Hankins

If you aren’t familiar with her books they are quite remarkable. A HUGE size 11×17 on 80pound artist quality paper. So, if you’ve been frustrated that you can’t use your fancy markers or paints, this is the book to do that all in. Each of the pages in all her books are perforated and spiral bound. Yes, they are more expensive than your average coloring book but once you have one in your hand you’ll know why.

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The Imaginary World by Jane Hankins

The Imaginary World by Jane F. Hankins — This book was released Spring of 2016

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The Imaginary World of Jane F. Hankins Volume 2

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Last year’s Christmas book was everyone’s favorite song that no one can remember the words to, LOOSELY based on the 12 Days of Christmas.

25 Days of Christmas Magic

INDULGE in an instant Holiday Vacation each time you immerse yourself in the imagination of artist and storyteller, Jane F. Hankins! Her extraordinary take on the traditional 12 Days will leave you laughing. Whether it is the Children’s Nativity Pageant, the Sugar Plum Fairy, or Seven Swans (In Bikinis!) Swimming, adding your own color to these delightful prints of Jane’s seasonal drawings will create a Christmas keepsake to enjoy for years to come!

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When we feature an artist we like to give our colorists a little peek behind the artistic genius in our Meet the Artist Q&A.

Q&A with Jane F. Hankins – Illustrator, Author, Artist

Q1. What do you enjoy drawing the most?

Adorable characters and creatures that dwell in the land between my ears. In other words, all my drawings are from my own Imaginary World. What you are seeing in the coloring books are the creatures I love, and they are what I enjoy drawing the most.

Q2. How did you get started?

I was creative as a child and that started it all! I had lots of crayons, paper, and playdoh and by the age of 4, I declared myself an artist… as well as a dancer and singer. By the time I was in my second year of college, I decided I would concentrate on visual art. I did art sales as a student, juried arts and craft shows and then galleries and museum exhibits. Now, I’m delighted to be creating coloring books that allow collaborative art with colorists from around the world.

It had not occurred to me to do a coloring book until my daughter suggested it in 2017, “Just do what you draw!” Then my dear cousin, Meg, said, “I’ll make it happen!” And that she certainly did!

Q3. Who or what has inspired you?

Literature is an inspiration! Everything from Harry Potter to Fannie Flagg’s wonderful novels has influenced my work. Nature and music are always excellent sources of inspiration. Artists that have inspired me include illustrators Hillary Knight and Maurice Spendak, Garth Williams, who did the Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies that my aunt gave me when I was six years old.

Q4. What materials do you enjoy using?

When I draw I use Micron or Stadler drawing pens. I also love watercolor and color pencils for works on paper. All my artwork is original. I draw freehand, and nothing is computer-generated, enhanced or projected. I work in sculpture, paintings, and drawings. I sculpt using porcelain and stoneware clay which I “cold finish” with acrylic paint and sometimes embellish with found objects (marbles, beads, buttons…). The paintings are acrylic on canvas.

Q5. Do you like to color in your designs or prefer to have others do that?

Prior to developing coloring books, I only colored my own drawings. Now that I’ve developed 8 print books and 3 digital books, I’m so busy drawing that I don’t have as much time to color. I really LOVE seeing how others interpret the drawings and the incredible talent when coloring them. I’m always delighted and surprised by the amazing work of the many colorists that share their pictures.

Q6. What supplies (brands) do you recommend for your book(s)?

As far as a brand, I recommend Prismacolor pencils. I use different brands of watercolor paint, but I only use it sparingly. I’ve seen on social media works that use alcohol markers and other various mediums, and I think they look beautiful!

Q7. What is your favorite coloring book other than your own?

Kerby Rosanes specifically Mythomorphia. I love the detail and creativity of the drawings especially the dragons.

Q8. What is your favorite thing to do when you are not doing your art?

When I’m not creating art, I enjoy writing on my novels, reading, being outdoors, going to movies and, of course, creative playtime with my husband and my granddaughters!

Q9. Who is your favorite coloring book artist?

Kerby Rosanes is my favorite coloring book artist. I’m fascinated by his work and the juxtaposition of the imaginary creatures, with castles and buildings coming out of them. As an artist, I appreciate that they are not computer generated and are original works.

Q10. Can you tell us about any other projects you are working on?

My current project is an angel themed coloring book. Over the past 2 years have been doing a series of paintings of “Our Better Angels”. I’m also looking forward to illustrating and writing a children’s book with my husband. On top of all of that, I’m working on the third volume in my trilogy of “The Peavine Chronicles“.

Bonus Q – Anything else I should be asking you or other artists that would be interesting for your fans or future fans?

Perhaps ask them the importance and/or impact on other mediums artists work with. For me, I’m working in writing, painting, drawing and sculpture and this results in more options as far as artistic expression. Each area inspires artworks in a different medium.

One little known fact about me is I’m fascinated by theoretical physics. It’s a great exercise for the imagination.

Digital Downloadable Books

You can also get 3 books in digital download format in 8 1/2 x 11 size so you can print them off as many times as you want. Click on the image to order!

A Merry Little Christmas Book by Jane F Hankins

The little book of Easter Treatsby Jane F. Hankins

The little book of Halloween tricks & Treats by Jane F Hankins

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Fantastic Adult Coloring Books by Steve McDonald

November 11, 2019 By Addicted Colorist 4 Comments

Fantastic Structures Coloring Book Review

Steve McDonald has done it again and again and again!

Steve’s latest book is entitled Fantastic Machines! The cover photo made me feel very nostalgic, it’s a pinball machine.

Fantastic Machines – A Coloring Book of Amazing Devices – Real & Imagined

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Fantastic Planet – A book of real and imagined places

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Fantastic Structures

We just received Steve’s new book Fantastic Structures and honestly, I like it better than the original? Why you ask? Well, it’s not QUITE as intimidating as Fantastic Cities and many of the iconic buildings in this one are near and dear to my heart.

“Steve McDonald applies his unique photo-based approach to create beautiful, detailed line drawings of amazing buildings and other structures from around the world in Fantastic Structures. The globetrotting selection includes buildings from six continents, including Prague’s Astronomical Clock, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Batllo in Barcelona and dozens more, with fun-to-color detail sections from iconic structures like the Eiffel Tower, London Bridge, and the Chrysler Building. The pages are crisp and white, conducive to a range of artistic applications, and feature the illustrations at a uniquely large and immersive size, with a middle margin identifying the structures and keeping the artwork fully colorable on the page. A dozen imaginative architectural mandala illustrations also complement the amazing real structures in this gorgeous adult coloring book. I think you are going to fall in love with this one!

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Katie Couric explores the Adult Coloring Book “Craze” for Yahoo News featuring Steve McDonald, creator of Fantastic Cities.

We are very excited that Mr. McDonald has decided to branch out from architecture in a new coloring book available to pre-order called Fantastic Collections!

fantastic collections coloring book for adults by steve mcdonald

Artist Steve McDonald uses his unique photo-based approach to create beautiful and intimately detailed line drawings of amazing collections of objects. Finding inspiration in the unusual (museum collections, antiques, and quirky toys) and the everyday (leaves, butterflies, vintage cameras, store product displays), McDonald creates playful and immersive illustrations that are as lovely as they are fun to color. The quality of the large, crisp white pages are conducive to a range of applications, while a middle margin keeps all the artwork fully colorable. A dozen meditative mandalas created from the drawings round out this gorgeous adult coloring book.”

In a news story released September 2, 2015 by Katie Couric about Adult Coloring Books, Steve McDonald shared how reluctant he was to enter the coloring book arena with his art, considering himself a “real artist” who had his cityscapes in art galleries and commercial design projects paying the bills. Why create a coloring book?

In the interview, he credits his kids with getting him to put his unique detailed drawings into books for people to color in. Steve loves the idea that he is now collaborating with people and pulling them into part of the process with his art.

“Instead of just creating one piece and putting it on a gallery wall, each piece gets a life that’s far more extensive and far more lasting,” McDonald said. “The idea that I’m presenting these drawings to people all over the planet and asking them to finish the drawing with their own color, to me that’s incredibly exciting.” Source: Yahoo

Fantastic Cities Coloring Book by Steve McDonald

As you can see with the cityscape samples below, these images are quite detailed and suitable for advanced colorists who enjoy Johanna Basford and Millie Marrota types of books but want some inorganic shapes to bring to life. This book would be a great way to get the men in your life to enjoy your coloring hobby ladies.

Steve McDonald has been humbled by the response and success of this new chapter in his art career

“I thought creating and producing something like a coloring book, maybe that was beneath me as an artist,” he said. “I’ve come to realize that that was a silly opinion to have.”

About Fantastic Cities Coloring Book

Fantastic Cities measures 11 3/4th inch x 11 ¾” inch and is 29 pages with 58 illustrations on rich thick paper printed on both sides. Many of the images in the book are two-page spreads. You will need to take care with what type of art materials you chose to color in these books. Colored Pencils along with fine-tipped non-bleeding pens would be your best bet. If you prefer to use markers you could either pick and choose which pages you want to color the most or buy two books.

Click to buy Fantastic Cities US ~ UK ~ Canada
Click to buy Fantastic Structures US ~ UK ~ Canada
Click to order Fantastic Collections US ~ UK ~ Canada
Fantastic Cities Coloring Poster Set (Pictured below) Only available in the US currently

steve mcdonald fantastic cities coloring poster

Fantastic Cities Postcards by Steve McDonald

Steve McDonald – Fantastic Cities Free Pages to Download

Picadilly Circus, London
Manhattan, New York
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ladakh, India
Tokyo, Japan
Paris, France
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jodhpur, India
Bremen, Germany
San Francisco, California

Purchase Steve McDonald coloring books here: US ~ UK ~ Canada We recommend the same markers to color in this book as the Basford books

Staedtler Colored Pencils

Great for high detailed coloring as these colored pencils sharpen them to a very fine point and they blend nicely. They have a coating around the led that produces less breakage than other pencils. Click here to Order

For larger areas of coloring where you don’t need the fine tips you might want to use the higher-quality artist colored pencils like Faber Castel Polychromos, Derwent, or PrismaColors and for those tiny spots you might want to check out Prismacolor Verithins

. However many find that the cheaper Crayola colored pencils or our favorite budget pencil, Marco Raffines work just fine for them.

Staedtler Pigment Triplus Liners

Are wonderful for double-sided coloring markers because of their vibrant colors and narrow nibs. They won’t leak through the pages of your good quality coloring books and are recommended by Johanna Basford. Click to purchase Staedtler Triplus Fineliner Pens – look for the set with the stand-up case that is very handy for your coloring station at home or when you take them with you as well as keeping them protected. There is a set of 36 but the reviews on Amazon say the additional colors aren’t very good or are repeats of these and for the price this box of 20 is a better purchase. The larger set also doesn’t come with their stand up box.

staedtler markers for complicated coloring

About the Author Steve McDonald

Steve McDonald doesn’t just draw the cities of the world. A lifelong traveler since his family moved to the Middle East in 1979, he’s lived in Saudi Arabia, Italy, India, and Indonesia, visited dozens of other countries, and spent the better part of two decades traveling his native Canada from coast to coast via car, bus, helicopter, canoe, ship, and on foot. Everywhere he goes he soaks up the local color, the architecture, and, most of all, the lines.

Steve’s process includes observing, sketching on-site, and taking photos for reference in the studio, as well as working from many noted photographers’ material. He lays down initial groundwork lines in pencil or on a tablet and then gets busy with the details. Although he works in many media, including acrylics, watercolors, and colored dyes, his favorite is simple pen and ink.

When he’s not knee-deep in the intricate details of his drawings, Steve is likely surfing (most recently in the waves off the coast of Bali, where he lived for two years with his family) or cross-country skiing in the snowdrifts of rural Ontario, which he currently calls home.

A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, Steve’s work has been showcased in many gallery exhibitions, television documentaries, and various publications, and can be found in many private homes and corporate collections worldwide.

Illustrators

Millie Marotta is one of the “must buy” illustrators if you are a dedicated coloring book addicted colorist.

Animal Kingdom Color Me, Draw Me– Illustrated by Millie Marotta

Tropical World – A Coloring Adventure illustrated by Millie Marotta

Wild Savannah – A Coloring Book Adventure

Curious Creatures – A Coloring Book Adventure by Millie Marotta

Millie Marotta Free Pages

The first time I saw one of Daria Song’s coloring books I fell completely in love with her illustration style.

These are simply GORGEOUS Adult coloring books.

The Time Garden A Magical Journey and Coloring Book

Daria Song’s Christmas Book “The Gift” or.. “Night Voyage”

This gorgeous Christmas book is available on Amazon US – UK – Canada or Book Depository Worldwide. October 2016

The Time Chamber: A Magical Story and Coloring Book

Daria Song’s Christmas Coloring Book “The Gift”

Daria Song Coloring Notebooks and Journals

The Time Chamber: A Magical Story and Coloring Book

A Day at the Beach by Squidoodle – Steve Turner

The Natural Atlas by Squidoodle – Steve Turner

Creative Insults for Foul-Mouthed Beasts – A UK Sweary Coloring Book by Squidoodle – Steve Turner

Coloring Book Artist Steve “Squidoodle” Turner Q & A

Squidoodle Free Images to Color

One of the most intriguing coloring book artists contributing to the market today has to be the art of Kerby Rosanes.

Kerby Rosanes Newest Coloring Books

Fantomorphia – Another Extreme Coloring and Search Challenge Coloring Book.

Kerby also has journals and postcards of his art available.

Follow the art of Kerby Rosanes on Social Media

This is adult coloring, for adults who appreciate real art, not hastily drawn elephants or flowers, filled with computer-generated polygons.

The Imaginary Garden – A Fine Art Coloring Book

The Imaginary World by Jane Hankins

25 Days of Christmas Magic

Q&A with Jane F. Hankins – Illustrator, Author, Artist

Q9. Who is your favorite coloring book artist?

Digital Downloadable Books

Jane F. Hankins Social Media

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Fantastic Structures Coloring Book Review

Steve McDonald has done it again and again and again!

We are very excited that Mr. McDonald has decided to branch out from architecture in a new coloring book available to pre-order called Fantastic Collections!

About Fantastic Cities Coloring Book

Fantastic Cities Postcards by Steve McDonald

Steve McDonald – Fantastic Cities Free Pages to Download

Staedtler Pigment Triplus Liners

About the Author Steve McDonald

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