Color Your Own Van Gogh Paintings (Coloring Books) (Paperback)

by Vincent Van Gogh (Author)

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Product Description
Now art lovers and colorists of all ages can enjoy hours of coloring pleasure. This exquisite new coloring book will launch you on a journey of discovery with a collection of 30 meticulously rendered black-and-white drawings of Van Gogh masterpieces. By referring to the 30 accompanying full-color illustrations, you can bring alive these skillful adaptations that include Sunflowers, Starry Night, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe, The Church at Auvers, and many more. Captions. Line drawings by Marty Noble.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications; illustrated edition edition (December 23, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486405702
• ISBN-13: 978-0486405704
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #292,429 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Color Your Own VAN GOGH Paintings, April 4, 2000

By A Customer

"Color Your Own VAN GOGH Paintings" is a great way to introduce children to a famous painter. As an elementary art teacher (grades K-6), I'm always looking for creative ways to introduce famous painters and techniques to students. This book will be a great asset to the Van Gogh study I introduce to the kindergarten class. We currently read "Camille and the Sunflowers", a book about Van Gogh, and then do a Van Gogh-like sunflower painting. This book will give them another look at Van Gogh's work... and THEY get to give his pictures life by coloring them in! There are 30 meticulously rendered black-and-white drawings of some of his masterpieces. (Also included are the 30 accompanying full-color illustrations depicted on the covers!)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressionist Coloring Book For Kids Of Any Age, December 16, 2005

By	Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I am a fan of this series of books, and especially appreciate their utility in introducing great art to children and young adults. I am a great admirer of Vincent van Gogh, and have always appreciated his unique style and especially his brushwork. In my mind his use of dynamic brushstrokes and bright contrasting colors defines impressionism for all time. The problem, of course, is that these characteristics are impossible to reproduce in a coloring book or paint-by-numbers book of any sort.

While I prefer the abstract coloring books from the same series, I recognize that impressionism is more difficult to reproduce than the (generally) hard-lined linearity inherent in abstract art. While I considered giving this book four stars due to the impossibilities in reproducing a van Gogh masterpiece, I elected to give it five because of the educational and inspirational value that exposing people to these great works intrinsically has.

The book is well printed, and comes with a nice color guide for rendering the individual pieces. It is a bargain, and is a great, interactive way to introduce kids (or adults new to van Gogh, for that matter) to the work of the master impressionist.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good adult therapy, February 20, 2002

By	chillfactor "chillfactor" (Huntersville, NC USA) - See all my reviews

I was looking for a good "adult therapy" style coloring book, and this is exactly what I was hoping for. Since I can't draw, I satisfy my creative yearning with coloring. The pictures have a enough detail to be absorbing, but not so much detail as to be tedious. The paper and granularity of the drawings are perfect for crayons, which I prefer over markers or pencil. My husband still teases me for playing with crayons, but at least my subjects are adult now.