Customer Reviews

Queen Elizabeth I-Paper Dolls To Color

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This would be a perfect gift for a history buff, a teenager, or any adult that secretly loves to color. I study the "queens of the world" for a living-Elizabeth I just happens to be my favorite! I was hooked the minute I opened the book. I had NO idea the dolls, gowns, (a lot of it is costumes for the Elizabeth dolls) horses and characters would be so detailed! It's "brilliant", as the English would say. If you really want to make this a learning experience, I suggest going to your local library and looking at the portraits of Elizabeth I... Then your coloring book will be really authentic! And YES! the costumes ARE truly costumes she really wore. As I stated, I have studied Elizabeth I in depth and I can certainly vouch that the details of the costumes...right down to the jewelry are authentic. You will open this book up and say WOW! Unfortunately, I could only give this book four stars because it is titled "coloring book". I can't imagine getting a fat crayon in between the lines of the extreme details. I think this book requires very good color pencils instead. I own a set of "portrait" colored pencils. They have the colors necessary to really capture the personality of Elizabeth's costumes. If you get this book and have a blooming artist in the family...buy them a good set of colored pencils to go with this. Together they are an everlasting gift.

Huzzah! A book that lets the reader get up close and personal with the Queen of England's wardrobe. The pictures are well drawn, large, yet detailed. So many portraits of the time are sort of muddy-colored, it's hard to see the intricate details of QE's fantastic court dresses. This would be a wonderful book for a costumer, your favorite 'rennie', or someone doing research into the period.

I found a mixed media project that I wanted to try which required drawing an outline of an Elizabethan costume. The drawings in this book are superb.