Books with author Muncie Hendler

How many different designs can you make from one pattern? That's up to you. Just by changing color schemes in this unusual coloring book, you can emphasize different shapes. The striking collection has 30 geometric patterns to pick from: lattices, interlocking shapes, zigzags, optical illusions, brickwork patterns, and other eye-catchers. Color all or just parts of each crisp, black-and-white design to create your own attention-getting compositions.

Art lovers can discover a new appreciation for some of the greatest masters of 20th-century art by coloring 30 carefully rendered black-and-white line drawings. Highlights include Picasso's Three Musicians, The Piano Lesson by Matisse, Léger's The Deck of the Tugboat, Piet Mondrian's Broadway Boogie-Woogie, and other splendid works.From great works of the Italian Renaissance to masterpieces from the Impressionist movement, the Dover Masterworks series offers more experienced colorists the opportunity to re-create some of the world's most famous paintings.The illustrations are printed on only one side of perforated pages, making it easy for artists to remove and display their finished pieces.The original paintings are included in full color on the inside covers for reference.

One of the most important modern painters, Henri Matisse helped launch the turn-of-the-century art movement know as Fauvism. Favoring the use of violent hues calculated to stir the emotions of viewers, Matisse and the other Fauvists ("wild beasts") turned their passion for pure color into an art revolution, creating innovative works of vivid intensity.With his unique coloring book, artists, art lovers, would-be painters, and anyone with an interest in modern art can gain a greater understanding and appreciation of Matisse's works. Included are 30 carefully drawn black-and-white reproductions of works from the artist's long and prolific career, including such masterpieces as Blue Nude I, La Danse, and Icarus, as well as Chinese Fish, Zulma, Nuit de Noël, The Circus, The Sword Swallower, and paintings that reflect Mediterranean influences: The Thousand and One Nights and Moorish Café. Captions identify each work.Colorists can select hues from their own palettes to bring these remarkable pictures to life or follow Matisse's own color schemes. Whatever approach is used, coloring book fans as well as art students and enthusiasts will revel in this opportunity to explore the mastery of color, imagination, and artistic ideas of a giant of modern art.

This exciting coloring book contains meticulously rendered black-and-white line drawings of 29 of the greatest abstract art masterpieces of the 20th century. Now you can create your own versions of such masterworks as Stuart Davis' Hit Still-Scape for Six Colors — Seventh Avenue Style, Ad Reinhardt's Number 30, Frank Stella's Lac Laronge III, Helen Frankenthaler's Indian Summer, Nicholas Krushenick's Measure of Red, and many more. These illustrations offer colorists a wonderful opportunity to explore the ideas and techniques of a host of celebrated painters. Follow the original color schemes as shown on the covers, or let your imagination run free and vary the colors to suit your own creativity.

Art lovers and would-be painters of all ages can discover a new appreciation for 10 of the greatest masters of 20th-century art by coloring 30 carefully rendered black-and-white line drawings. Highlights include Picasso's Three Musicians, Sorrows of the King by Matisse, Léger's The Big Parade, Piet Mondrian's Broadway Boogie-Woogie, and other splendid works. All paintings are shown in full cover on the inside covers.