Books in Dover Mix and Match Coloring Book series

Thirty striking works by noted female artists appear in this eclectic collection. They range from conventional portraits, such as Vanessa Bell's depiction of her sister, Virginia Woolf, to a pioneering abstract painting by Sonia Delaunay. Other landscapes, still lifes, and portraits include works by Frida Kahlo, Grandma Moses, Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, and other distinguished artists. Colorists can rely upon their own imaginations or be guided by the original paintings, as shown in the reproductions on the front and back covers.

Colorists of all ages are invited to create their own versions of 60 great paintings. From masterpieces by Michelangelo and Raphael to striking creations by Paul Gauguin and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, this ready-to-color collection includes excellent renderings of Grant Wood's American Gothic, Winslow Homer's Snap the Whip, and Edward Hopper's Hotel Room, as well as compositions by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Edward Burne-Jones, Claude Monet, John Singer Sargent, Vincent van Gogh, and 45 other great artists. Printed on one side only, the illustrations can be colored with a variety of media, including watercolors. All paintings are shown in original colors on the inside covers and notes provide information on each artist.

From such great epics as Ben-Hur and Gone with the Wind to the madcap escapades of the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, this collection of classic movie posters celebrates thirty timeless films that movie fans never tire of watching. Faithful renderings of posters that breathlessly advertised such great films as Stagecoach, High Noon, North by Northwest, It's a Wonderful Life, West Side Story, and twenty-two others can be reproduced in their original hues or enhanced with an exciting blend of colors from the budding young artist's own palette.

Windswept beaches. Swaying palm trees. Gorgeous sunsets. Colorists, painters, and other artists can escape to exotic, faraway places with this collection of 23 beckoning scenes. Breathtaking images from nature include lush hibiscus blossoms, stately birds of paradise, flamingoes and pelicans, sea turtles, and dolphins at play, plus kayakers and surfers on the Hawaiian coastline, and more. Each page is perforated for easy removal and printed on high-quality paper — one side only — with gray lines that virtually disappear when color is added. As exotic as a tropic isle, it's a great way to get away from it all!

Colorists of all ages will treasure this gallery of graceful courtesans, mountainous landscapes, scenes from Kabuki theater, and other images from the age-old art of woodblock printing. Full-page illustrations include works by such famous masters as Kunisada, Hiroshige, Utamaro, Eisen, and Toyokuni. Colorful reproductions of the original prints appear on the inside front and back covers.

From California's Big Sur country to Mount Desert island off the rock-bound coast of Maine, these beautiful drawings capture images of all things great and small. Included, among other landmark American scenes, are views of Everglades wildlife, Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, Mt. McKinley, California redwoods, the Petrified Forest, Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park, and bobwhite quail in a Kansas wheatfield.Colorists of all ages will enjoy painting or coloring these landscapes, which feature:• Beautiful drawings, specially printed with light gray lines that virtually disappear with the addition of colors for a finished, professional look• High-quality paper, printed on one side only and suitable for watercolor, colored pencils, and other media• Perforated pages for easy removal from the book

From a diminutive rowboat on a pond to a grand luxury liner by moonlight, these 23 illustrations portray an appealing variety of nautical scenes. Realistic drawings depict a deserted beach, fishermen at work, a tranquil alpine lake, a sailboat regatta, and other evocative images. Each page is perforated and printed in light gray lines that virtually disappear when painted or colored, resulting in a professional-looking finished product.

The finest of early Christian art of its kind and one of the most beautiful books of the early Middle Ages, The Book of Kells is an illuminated copy of the four gospels of the New Testament in Latin. For this striking coloring book, Marty Noble has expertly rendered 28 full-page black-and-white reproductions of the book's elaborate artistic ornamentation.Included are eye-catching borders filled with abstract Celtic spirals and interlacements, celestial figures, images of saints, members of the Holy Family, as well as Celtic crosses and other finely detailed floral, animal, human, and fantastic elements.An excellent opportunity for coloring book enthusiasts to participate directly in reproducing one of the great masterpieces of Celtic art, this collection also provides artists of all ages with hours of coloring entertainment presented in a unique format.

Your new robot friends include a drink-dispensing 'bot, a bird-rescue unit, a marshmallow–slingshot robot, and a two-headed repair drone. With these 24 perforated picture pages, you can mix and match their components — the robot equivalents of heads, bodies, and legs — with those of other wacky automatons. Create all kinds of comical combinations and then color them!

Famed for his charming illustrations of elves, fairies, and gnomes, the prominent Victorian artist Richard Doyle (1824-1883) produced a host of these delightful characters for The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland, a book he created with British author Andrew Lang in 1884.Illustrator Marty Noble has skillfully adapted 29 of the English artist's most delightful watercolors from that enchanting book. Brimming with a multitude of nature’s tiniest creatures of the air, field, and stream, the collection also features pixies, imps, and a petite princess and an equally diminutive prince. These captivating figures can be brought to life by colorists and fairyland devotees as they apply their own hues to enchanting scenes of mischievous sprites at play. Captions accompany each illustration.