2011 Native Seeds/SEARCH cookbook w/ plastic comb and hard front & back boards. Recipes compiled & collected by a native seed retrieval group in Tucson, AZ.

From Furrow to Fire

Shannon, Scott

mary ann clarck

native search/seeds

It gives me great joy to know that adults have taken up coloring. Our modern society encourages people to be who they are, and if we want to be a person who colors, then I say go for it!  Creating this coloring book was a labor of love. I have been crazy about dragons my entire life. I started drawing them when I was only five years-old.  Dragons have been drawn and written about for about 1500 years in both European and Asian cultures. So this book contains illustrations of both. While I was doing research for this book I was reminded that not all dragons have wings. Both cultures drew them both with and without wings. The only thing that all dragons have in common are horns and teeth.  Most of the drawings are based on woodcuts from Medieval Europe and modern Asia. When I lived in Japan I was very excited when I discovered dozens of woodcuts of dragons at an incredibly low price. I think they were for tourists, but I didn't care. I bought a bunch of them and have now translated them into illustrations for this book.  Another thing that I think people will enjoy about this book is the variety in the types of images that I am offering you. As always, I hope that your finished picture will be worthy of hanging on your wall. With that in mind, I have created a mix of complex and less complicated illustrations. I consider a design complex when it contains images such as geometrics or very detailed items. The less complicated designs, mostly from the Japanese woodcuts, contain less detail and may be successfully colored by younger members of your family (if you want to share).  There is one page that contains four identical images that either you or your child may color. These images contain an illustration of a knight attacking a dragon and the words, “This Book Belongs To”. This page may be removed from the book and copied as many times as you like for your children's books. (Or you may color it once and take it to Kinko's to be printed in color). Our culture used to have the habit, both children and adults, of pasting tags like these into the front cover of every book they owned. It would be a nice habit to revive, especially for children. My granddaughter loves them.  To your artistic success and fun!

An Adult Coloring Book (For The Whole Family!) - Dragons!

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Crafts & Hobbies

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The art of tattooing dates back at least 8,000 years so we don't know how primitive man did it. Mummies with tattooed skin as old as 6,000 years have been found throughout the world including Alaska, China, the Philippines, Russia, Egypt, and the Andes. Through the centuries the practice of tattooing spread throughout most cultures on the planet.  Ryan Dixon, the tattoo designer, combines his fine art skills with his design knowledge to create incredible tattoos.

An Adult Coloring Book - Tattoos

Dixon, Ryan

Beatrix Potter is one of the most beloved authors of children's books throughout the world. Her tales of Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Benjamin Bunny, and so many other adorable characters were all illustrated by Ms. Potter. Her illustrations are now in the public domain. I have converted 50 of her colorful drawings for Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit to gray scale so that you may create beautiful works of art using her original shading while making your own color choices. I can imagine many of your finished coloring works will be suitable for framing and will be a cheerful addition to any child's room. Or, you may wish to make the coloring of these illustrations a family project for you and your children.

An Adult Coloring Book (For The Whole Family!) Beatrix Potter

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