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1. Book Review - Portrait of the Mermaid

By: Sara Burrier, on 9/26/2016
Blog: warrior princess dream (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Another amazing and heartfelt review of my mermaid coloring book. I am SO joy filled hearing how much these lovelies are touching people all around the world. 🐳

❤️ ADORE the blue mermaid!!!!

https://thecoloringaddict.com/2016/09/14/book-review-portrait-of-the-mermaid-by-sara-burrier/

Color by Iris Eenmäe (@iriseenmae) http://thecoloringaddict.com

Get your own copy of Portrait of the Mermaid HERE

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2. A king and a coloring book - Works in progress

By: Paula Pertile, on 5/28/2016
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I decided I need a nursery rhyme for my portfolio.

So I found a sort of obscure one - King Boggen.

"Little King Boggen he built a fine hall.

Pie-crust and pastry-crust, that was the wall;

The windows were made of black puddings and white.

And slated with pancakes, you ne'er saw the like!"

It has food, architecture, and is a children's book thing, which hits three of my sweet spots!

I found a couple of versions of the rhyme. One doesn't call him "Little" King Boggen, and there are other fiddly bits in the text that are different. But I decided to go with "Little", and make him a kid. I also toyed with the idea of making him a dog or other animal (well, it doesn't say the king is a person, does it?), but then stuck with the kid. I did like adding the dog though, and fell in love with the idea of the King being a chef, and the "fine hall" is a table-top size creation that they then enjoy eating.

So this was my first version.

An earlier incarnation . . .

And some revisions to the dog . . .

Then, after sitting on it for a day or so, decided it was too static and predictable.

So I sketched around a bit more, and came up with this ~

The Fine Hall is now a real building size, and everyone's moving around. I added the cat having a wash, and the bird making off with a pancake from the roof. The dog is leaping for a pancake (like a frisbee), and the King is just a weird little guy with a fancy pitchfork, picking pancakes and bits off the Hall and flinging them around. More fun, right? (and fyi, "black puddings and white" is blood sausage (black) and pork/oatmeal sausage (white), which will be the panes of the windows).

I have the dog just about exactly how I want him, and the cat needs a little refining.

But the King needs some work. Not sure exactly who he is - how old, is he jolly or bland or goofy, or what? And what exactly is his outfit? And let's get those legs just right . . .

And the hands - blimey. The top one holding the pitchfork is in probably the hardest position I could possibly create to draw. (Try holding a broom or something, and see how odd your arm/hand looks from this angle).

Still trying different things . . .

and that's where I've left it, for now.

Of course I googled this to see who else had already illustrated this, and found this 1915 image by Frederick Richardson (1862 - 1937) ~

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And then, I'm also working on the next Drawings of Knitting coloring book.

This next one will be full of more 'normal' drawings of knitting (not so 'arty'), and will have Fair Isle designs to color.

I'm going to do a couple of Fair Isle versions of each design, then have one, or maybe two, "blank" versions (like the mittens below) so that people can make up their own designs if they want to.

So here are some mittens ~

And here is a very work-in-progress Turtleneck Sweater. This shows exactly how I create these drawings. I sketch out the basic shape and design, then lay in the rows of stitches, very roughly, with "V's" to show where each stitch goes, then I painstakingly draw each stitch with the black 'ink'. After that's done I'll erase out the background guidelines, and clean everything up. There are always "overdraws" and bits that haven't quite joined up right, that need touching up. Its very fiddly, and I have to take quite a few breaks.

Its Memorial Day weekend here in the States. Regular working people get a 3-day weekend. Not the rest of us though. I'll be doing more of this, and maybe some weed-pulling if its not too hot. I hope you all have a good holiday if you get to have one!

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3. Happy Mermaid Monday!

By: Sara Burrier, on 1/11/2016
Blog: warrior princess dream (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I have started a new project, Huzzah! I must be crazy. @_@

Every day until I feel I have enough, I am going to draw out a fun mermaid portrait. In the end, there will be enough beautiful mermaids for a pocket coloring book! I know, I'm so excited I just want to hide and draw for days to get it done!

On top of that, each drawing will be available for purchase. She will come matted in white ready for an 8x10 frame. You may visit here ↣ Mermaid Portrait #1 Original ↢ to place your sale.

Here is the first one!

Mermaid Portrait #1

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4. Diva Delight: Secret Garden and Christmas to Color

By: Lorie Ann Grover, on 11/30/2015
Blog: readergirlz (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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We are all coloring our heads off this holiday season. Check out these two beauties!

The first is Secret Garden, Artist's Edition, by Johanna Basford. There are 20 drawings to remove, color, and frame. The paper is heavy stock, and you are going to love the imagery collected from her two previous works, Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest. These images were considered the most popular and the larger format awaits your color. Laurence King creates such exquisite works for readers.

This beautiful coloring is from YATOPIA.

The second is Christmas to Color from HarperCollins by Mary Tanana. This one has imagery on both sides of the pages. The holiday theme makes it perfect to leave out on the coffee table for any in the mood to relieve a little stress and express themselves. I had guests coloring during Thanksgiving. Such a fun way to bring together family and friends.

Find your fancy and crack open your Crayolas this holiday season!

Secret Garden, Artist's Edition
By Johanna Basford
Laurence King, 2015

Christmas to Color
By Mary Tanana
HarperCollins, 2015

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5. Drawings of Knitting Coloring Book

By: Paula Pertile, on 11/16/2015
Blog: Drawing a Fine Line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Hello! Its been waaaaay too long, gosh. Time flies when you're slaving away on something, doesn't it?

I've been working on something I'm pretty excited about.

I finally finished, and here it is:

My new Drawings of Knitting coloring book!

Its for sale on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Drawings-Knitting-Sampler-coloring-original/dp/1519192835/

I did all the drawings, and created the book using Amazon's CreateSpace self-publishing tool.

This has been a LOT of work, but also a lot of fun. But a lot of work.

Its a "Sampler" because the 20 drawings are of a little bit of everything: plaid, paisley, a quilt, some food, Fair Isle patterns, a sweater, and other things. (I'd like to do a series, with each book having a separate theme. Eventually.)

I've been drawing knitting in different ways for a while now, and have made cards, fabric, all kinds of buyable things on Zazzle, original drawings, etc. Some were done realistically with colored pencils, some were more stylized and digital. I had a vague idea about making a cohesive sort of collection or licensable 'program' out of "drawings of knitting", but left that simmering on a back burner while I went off to work on other things.

Then, recently, when the whole 'adult coloring book' thing became so huge and that Secret Garden lady sold millions of copies of hers, I thought well hey! As an illustrator, I should do one too, and OMG I KNOW I'LL DO ONE OF DRAWINGS OF KNITTING NO ONE'S DONE THAT!

So long story short, I did it. My first challenge was to figure out how to interpret knitting as a drawing that could be colored. I had a plain page of knitting, but then what? Should I do it like a 'color by number'? But putting little tiny numbers in each stitch would have looked weird. Then I came up with the idea of doing a pattern with greys, which could be colored over. Like so:

So that worked OK. But then my brain took off and I started to get some ideas about drawing other things to look like they were made of knitting. My head exploded a little when I realized all the possibilities. And then I started to work on some of them.

I thought I'd share a little about how I did these drawings, in case you're interested.

It all starts with some doodles with a pencil and paper.

These are the basic building blocks of drawing knit and purl stitches. If you knit, you'll recognize these. If not, I'll explain. The knit stitches (on the left) are what your basic knitted things look like - sweaters, socks, hats, etc. The reverse side of this stitch (or, the inside of those sweaters, socks and hats) probably looks like the drawing on the right. Those are purl stitches. Most of all knitting, even all the really fancy stuff, is done with some combination or variation of these two stitches. You can twist them and overlap them and reverse them and do all sorts of crazy things, which is why knitting is so fun.

But I digress.

Here is one of the drawings from the book. Its called "Fancy Paisley".

Below is my rough pencil-on-paper drawing of the idea. I wanted to make a nice balance of knit and purl stitches, and have it still look like paisley. I'm not sure you could actually knit this (well, someone could - not sure I'm that good), but the fun of doing this with pencil and paper is that I can 'cheat', if you will, and add in stitches, or half stitches, where you normally wouldn't put them if you were really knitting with yarn and needles. I can also change the scale willy nilly, and have some crazy things going on.

After I get enough of the idea down on paper, I scan it into the computer. The one below is how it looks after I've redrawn it with my pen stylus and my Wacom tablet, using Photoshop. Its exactly like drawing it by hand with pen and ink on paper, only I'm using a 'computer pen' and drawing on a tablet, and the 'ink' is digital. So when I say its all hand drawn, it really is hand drawn. Its not some computer program where I push a button and "make knitting". I sit there for hours and hours and hours until my hand gets cramped and my eyes start to blur, drawing and erasing and re-drawing until I get it the way I want it.

THEN. As if that wasn't enough. I re-trace the whole thing to clean it up and make the final copy. The re-tracing goes a little faster, but its still one stitch at a time.

Here are some enlarged little bits of each one so you can get an idea of how the drawing changes from one stage to the next.

These are some other pieces from the book:

"Under the Microscope"

"Slice of Pie"

(The piece before this in the book is of the whole pie.

I know - how weird! but kind of cool, right?)

This one is "Tartan Plaid".

Here's a step-by-step of another one - "Autumn Leaves and Pumpkins"

Again, it starts with a sketch. I did this one on the computer, saving me a step of having to scan a pencil drawing.

I did the leaves like this, separate, so I could repeat them in the drawing. That's where the computer comes in handy. Yes, they're all hand drawn, but I was able to take each one and copy it, then flip it or turn it upside down or something to make an interesting picture.

And here is that interesting picture. It was fun putting this one together. I liked making the 'vine' on the one pumpkin look like a piece of yarn.

And re-drawn and all cleaned up, and with a border.

Each piece has a title on the facing page, like this:

I put blank pages in between the art pages to protect against 'bleed', in case markers or other wet media are used to color with. I already know the paper that CreateSpace uses for their books is not as thick as what you would ideally use for a coloring book, but its OK. What's great about doing the book this way is that its a 'print on demand' book, meaning each one gets printed every time someone orders one. If I had these done at a regular printer, I'd have an inventory of already-printed books piled up in my studio. This way is a much better way to get started!

For every drawing you see in the book, there are others that were left unfinished on the cutting room floor, so to speak. Ideas that were cool, but need a little more work to make "work" as a coloring book page. Lots of super complicated Celtic knot designs, some florals, other weird food ideas, etc. Hopefully they will see the light of day in future books!

But for now, I'm just really happy to have this first book DONE, and actually published. Of course I'm obsessing over everything I think needs improvement for the next one(s), and am worrying over what kind of reviews the book will get (assuming people will actually buy it in the first place, let alone leave a review!). I'm hoping that in the sea of adult coloring books out there now, my little effort will find an audience. It might be a very specific and narrow audience, but I think that there are people with my same love of knitted things that will find it entertaining.

Things are turning to Winter here a bit, finally, with some rain and wind and the heater going. Hope its warm and toasty wherever you are. Don't forget to bundle up when you go online to buy my book! (sorry, had to get one more plug in there).

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6. Mark Your Calendar

By: Sara Burrier, on 9/8/2015
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Monday, September 14th

I will be launching my new coloring book "Pixie Fairy" on Amazon and on my website sarabillustration.com.

I was so excited about my new coloring book coming out that I just had to share some pages with a couple of my closest friends and see how it went!

Needless to say, the ladies fully enjoyed their time coloring with some colored pencils. They actually had a hard time choosing which image to start with!

The first 10 orders will receive

FREE SHIPPING!

Follow me on Facebook or Twitter to stay tuned!

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7. National Coloring Day is August 2nd! GIVEAWAY time!

By: Phyllis Harris, on 8/1/2015
Blog: Phyllis Harris Illustration (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Tomorrow is NATIONAL COLORING BOOK DAY so to celebrate, I am having a GIVEAWAY! To win 3 of my Coloring Books just released a month ago...Be sure to follow all the steps below.

1. LIKE my Phyllis Harris Designs Facebook page and

2. SHARE this post and be sure you share from this post directly so I can document the shares.

3. I will pick a random winner on Sunday, August 9th at NOON, EST!

4. Double your chances by following and re-posting my Instagram post as well over at https://instagram.com/phyllisharrisdesigns/

Be sure to get your copy with FREE US SHIPPING by using the coupon code USShipFree at: http://phyllisharrisdesigns.com/collections/top-sellers/products/coloring-book-for-adults-and-children-the-heart-of-childhood-by-phyllis-harris

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8. More Wings!

By: Steven James Petruccio, on 4/7/2015
Blog: the dust of everyday life (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Here's an illustration of "wings" I did for my Dover coloring book HEROES.

Orville & Wilbur Wright

b/w line art by

Steven James Petruccio

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9. Coming Soon ... BEDBUG Coloring Books

By: Melody Rhodes, on 9/25/2012
Blog: Bedbug Books (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Teaser... Why is "THE BEDBUG WHO WOULDN'T BITE" so excited? Why is he singing and dancing and celebrating? How come he can change his color?—What happened to cause this? Coming soon, the first COLORING BOOK with captions that begin Bedbug's coming colorful journeys... Become a Follower at this site for chances to win Bedbug Books I & II.

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10. "The ABCs of Yoga for Kids" September coloring page

By: Kathleen Rietz, on 9/19/2011
Blog: Kathleen Rietz (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Here is a free coloring page from the book I illustrated for Teresa Ann Power, "The ABCs of Yoga for Kids". In yoga, focus on breathing is very important.

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11. "Prairie Storms": February coloring page

By: Kathleen Rietz, on 6/13/2011
Blog: Kathleen Rietz (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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To help launch the August release of my new picture book "Prairie Storms", written by Darcy Pattison and published by Sylvan Dell Publishing, I will be making available FREE coloring pages drawn by me! Each coloring page features a month with a scene which coordinates with a scene from the book. Just click the image, then either download the coloring page, or drag and drop it to your desk top. Be sure to print the image in a "landscape" format on your printer. The image size is 8.5" X 11". I would love to see your child's finished, colored page when they have finished coloring it.

This week I am featuring the coloring page for the month of February: a prairie dog peeks out of his snow-capped burrow on a foggy morning. Will he see his shadow in the snow?

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12. Illustration Friday: "Chicken"

By: Kathleen Rietz, on 1/17/2011
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Two different illustrations for the topic "Chicken".

The first illustration is for the current children's book I am illustrating for Sylvan Dell, titled "Prairie Storms" (2011). It is a prairie chicken, also known as a prairie grouse.

The second is a coloring page I created, called"Chicken Dance".

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13. EXPLORING MARS COLORING BOOK: Full Release

By: Chogrin, on 8/12/2010
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As you may know, The Autumn Society and The Mars Society (affiliated with NASA) have joined forces to present"Exploring Mars," a children's coloring book featuring our neighbor planet & possible future home MARS.

Shown below are some of the interactive & fun coloring book Illustrations by Autumn Society members and their different views of humans exploring and Terraforming Mars. (click HERE to view full book)

The book will premiere Saturday, August 7th at the 13th Annual International Mars Society Convention, for their Mars Camp education program.

With this book, we hope to inspire a new generation of children to reach higher for the heavens and bring a new frontier of space exploration starting with Mars!

Thanks once again to our Autumn Society members who participated, Lucinda Land & Patricia Czarnik from the Mars Society for making this a reality. And to Dr. Zubrin for pursuing the Terraformation of Mars and the future of human kind in space!

You can view the entire book under our BOOKS link page above.

Front Cover by Bobby O'herlihy

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14. EXPLORING MARS COLORING BOOK: Full Release

By: Chogrin, on 8/12/2010
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Shown below are some of the interactive & fun coloring book Illustrations by Autumn Society members and their different views of humans exploring and Terraforming Mars. (click HERE to view full book)

The book will premiere Saturday, August 7th at the 13th Annual International Mars Society Convention, for their Mars Camp education program.

With this book, we hope to inspire a new generation of children to reach higher for the heavens and bring a new frontier of space exploration starting with Mars!

You can view the entire book under our BOOKS link page above.

Front Cover by Bobby O'herlihy

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15. Busy little fingers

By: Beck Kramer, on 5/20/2010
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So I've been super duper busy drawing and inking and coloring and then doing it all over again. I have a few more commissions to finish up before I take a few weeks off to spend with my Hubby before he goes off to Afghanistan for 7 months. I just finished work on 111 sketch cards for Breygent's Cartoon Classics (can't wait to show them off...) I was also asked to draw a few Star Wars cartoons for the Rebel Legion's coloring book which was probably way too much fun for me...

Here's a peak at the images I drew for them:

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16. Crowdsourcing our Marketing Department

By: jeff, on 5/12/2010
Blog: The MJM Books Blog: Featuring all kinds of info you never knew you needed! (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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It’s an exciting time here at MJM Books… we have added another customizable kids’ book to our catalogue. It’s a coloring book entitled I’m An Artist and even if we do say so ourselves, it’s Fantastic. Check out the preview if you dare.

Our problem is: how do we let people know how fantastic it is? You, faithful reader, know how super-special-awesome we are so we’re asking you for ideas. How should we get the word out? There are no bad ideas, throw them out in the comment section or let us know what you think of the ideas we already have come up with.

Idea 1: Create giant t-shirts and give them to every city-smashing monster we know. Every time the news cameras capture another attack, free advertising!

Idea 2: Use a botnet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet of zombie computers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_computer (see, this site is educational) to hack people’s computers, then upload the I’m an Artist http://mjmbooks.com/store/im-an-artist.html cover as their new wallpaper.

Idea 3: Select a fortune 500 web company, lets say Ebay.com. Become elected chairman of the board: pay each player $50. Then as chairman, insist that the company change its name to www.you-should-shop-at-mjmbooks-instead.com.

Idea 4: Use lasers to write logo on moon… permanently.

Idea 5: Hold a contest asking for video testimonials from satisfied readers and putting those testimonials on late night TV.

Idea 6: Send free printable PDFs of our new book with a small and cute MJM books watermark to every blogger we know and have them offer them to their readers.

Idea 7: Destroy the competition.

We’re pretty sure the last one is going to work…

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17. Yoga Coloring Book Winner!

By: Kathleen Rietz, on 1/4/2010
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Just after midnite today, I drew the winner of the "ABCs of Yoga for Kids" Coloring Book. The winner is...Kathleen W. of Katydid & Kid! Congratulations. I hope your little one loves coloring and learning the poses!

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18. New Year's Giveaway!

By: Kathleen Rietz, on 12/28/2009
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To celebrate the new year and all of my loyal blog followers, I will be giving away a copy of my newly illustrated "The ABCs of Yoga for Kids" coloring book. The book contains pages to color with poses for each letter of the alphabet. It is wonderful on its own or as part of the collection, which includes the hardcover book and the poster. All will be available through the publisher's website, or at Amazon.com.

But if you leave a comment on this post anytime now through January 4th, your name will be entered to win a free copy of the book. I will be giving away only one copy, but the drawing will be random and will take place on January 5th, and anyone can win! Good luck, and Happy New Year!

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Joan Y said, on 12/28/2009 10:48:00 PM

Woohoo! You know I love your art and would love to be entered in your contest! *fingers crossed* Congrats Kate!!

Nikki S said, on 12/29/2009 3:43:00 AM

Count me in!!! This looks fabulous!!!

k.h.whitaker said, on 12/29/2009 5:00:00 AM

I would love to participate also!

Vicki Holdwick said, on 12/29/2009 5:07:00 AM

My first grade ballerina would love this. Not only because she loves to color and is into posing, but she wants to be an artist when she grows up.

She says that will be easy because "I already am an artist, Nana."

I love your illustrations and I am sure she will too.

xoxo

Lonna said, on 12/29/2009 6:22:00 AM

Pick me! Pick me!

Elle said, on 12/29/2009 6:29:00 AM

I've loved children's books since...well, since I was a kid but I realized only recently that a good story for young children is made so much better by the art that accompanies it. Realizing this, I've started keeping track of my favorite illustrators - and you're my favorite!! :)

Vickie said, on 12/29/2009 7:20:00 AM

I love a good giveaway. I hope I win this one. I love your art.

Stephen Hall said, on 12/29/2009 7:38:00 AM

Wahay! Include me! My daughter would love this.. I would too! If not I'll have to pop along to Amazon

Lindsey said, on 12/29/2009 9:16:00 AM

Yessss! Count me in, my friend! What a great giveaway.

Kathleen Rietz said, on 12/29/2009 9:23:00 AM

Awesome! Nine people so far! Thanks for all of your sweet comments. I was not blogging as much in 2009 because I have been busy. I guess that is a good thing, but I've missed having giveaways and being in touch with other bloggers like I used to. Thanks for entering. Wish I could give a coloring book to everyone!

Diana Evans said, on 12/29/2009 10:41:00 AM

oh wow !!! congrats on the colouring book Kathleen!!! looks wonderful!!! count Cole in...he loves to colour!!!

Hugs
Diana

Happy New Year!!!

Kate said, on 12/29/2009 11:29:00 AM

This book sounds great, I would love a copy!!!

Rayna said, on 12/29/2009 12:12:00 PM

I'm anxious to take the coloring book, like I did the other book, to my yoga classes. Folks said they were gonna buy it, and I hope they did! I guess there's no way to tell. But, good luck with all the books.

love, rayna

Phyllis Harris said, on 12/29/2009 3:53:00 PM

Yay! It looks great! Congrats Kate!!

Candace Trew Camling said, on 12/29/2009 5:46:00 PM

count me in on such a fabulous giveaway!

Gary said, on 12/29/2009 6:15:00 PM

Hi Kathy,

I always enjoy clicking on your blog as I sit on the phone pretending that I'm listening to every word my clients are saying. What did I find today but the chance for a freebie! Count me in for the drawing and best wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2010.

Diane J Wong said, on 12/30/2009 8:23:00 AM

Well done, Kate! This would be a great companion to the book, which I love, by the way! : )

esm said, on 12/30/2009 11:24:00 AM

If I win, I'll be sure to give this to any future children I may have!

Eric

Loni Edwards said, on 12/30/2009 12:10:00 PM

Congratulations, Kate! Please enter me in this great give away!

Diane Smith said, on 12/30/2009 11:45:00 PM

Happy New Year to you and Sunshine! Many blessings in 2010!

Jack Foster said, on 12/31/2009 10:06:00 PM

Happy New Year Kathleen! You have been a great inspiration to me in 2009. I read some of your articles that you had written. I followed your advice about blogging and networking, and I have illustrated several books and have a couple in the works for 2010. Thank you for taking the time to point us newcomers in the right direction.

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19. Baaaaaah!

By: Kathleen Rietz, on 7/31/2009
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20. Farm Animals

By: Kathleen Rietz, on 7/30/2009
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©KathleenRietz
I have completed 5 children's books this year: 2 trade publications and 3 readers. I am about to begin illustrating a coloring book, which will accompany the successful book "The ABCs of Yoga for Kids", which was released this past March. I decided to begin adding black line art images to my portfolio a while back, and hope to pick up more work illustrating coloring books. It's a nice change of pace, since there are no colors to be concerned with, but rather I can focus on line weight and have fun just drawing. Right now I am working on a series of farm animals. I have added several new updates to my website, mainly in my illustration portfolios, so be sure to check it out.

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21. New Coloring Pages!

By: Kathleen Rietz, on 7/1/2009
Blog: Kathleen Rietz (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I recently decided to add a new web page to my website. The new page is devoted to black line art for coloring book pages, text books, and story book illustration. Here is a sample.
© Kathleen Rietz
You can see the my other new black line illustrations by clicking here.

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22. Coloring Page Tuesday - Reading Witch

By: Elizabeth O. Dulemba, on 10/21/2008
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     So how does a witch curl up with a good book? On her broom of course!
     Have you ever done that? You're so in to what you're reading, you just can't put it down, no matter what your doing?
     Click the image to open a .jpg to print and color. Send me your colored version (less than 1mb) to [email protected] and I'll post it to my blog!
     For more coloring pages, go here.

     Learn about my bilingual picture book Paco and the Giant Chile Plant ~ Paco y la planta de chile gigante - click the cover.

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23. Coloring Page Tuesday - Falling Leaf

By: Elizabeth O. Dulemba, on 9/30/2008
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     The air conditioner is off, the windows are open. It's cooler when I walk my dog, Bernie, which we both appreciate. Ahhh, we're heading into my favorite time of year!
     Click the image to open a .jpg to print and color. Send me your colored version (less than 1mb) to [email protected] and I'll post it to my blog!
     For more coloring pages, go here.

     Learn about my Cinderella story picture book, The Prince's Diary, click the cover.

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