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Fanciful Folk Art Coloring Book

This collection of over 45 whimsical patterned illustrations provides an opportunity to ignite your creativity and unleash your inner artist while you relax and personalize your own beautiful artwork. Whether you choose bold, bright colors or a subdued palette, you will be transported to an imaginary world. All pages are perforated for easy removal and display.

Paperback: 96 pages

Publisher: Taunton Press; Clr Csm edition (February 9, 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1631866826

ISBN-13: 978-1631866821

Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.3 x 10.9 inches

Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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I really enjoy American folk art and have seen self-taught artist Karla Gerard's original artwork (online) and her rug patterns before, so when I came across a coloring book of her original, hand-drawn designs, I was thrilled to be able to purchase and color in it. “Fanciful Folk Art” is a wonderful collection of 45 modern American folk art designs. The designs have the almost child-like quality that one expects with folk art and that is what draws me to this style. The pictures are much more sophisticated than what a child would draw but it evokes that response in me. I love to pick up colors and work in big blocks without much consideration (except, perhaps, contrast.) I only have one other coloring book that I consider to be American folk art so getting a book with so many great designs has been wonderful.The designs in the coloring book are printed on one side of medium weight non-perforated paper. I was able to get the book to lay flat by slightly breaking the spine. The binding is glued rather than sewn so you will have to cut pages out if you wish to remove them. The designs all stop well before the margins so you won't lose any portion of them if you cut them out. The artist has included a framing line around all of her designs. I really appreciate this as it gives me a natural stopping point and keeps me from wasting ink and time. It is also very frustrating to try to draw at the edge of a design when the elements are not finished – the framing line solves this and makes coloring easy and more fun.Both my alcohol and water based markers seeped through the paper. My gel pens and India ink markers left color shadows on the back of the page. My coloring pencils worked well according to type (soft or hard lead.

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