Books with title Southwest Indian Designs Coloring Book

This striking collection of 30 ready-to-color illustrations display the bold designs of Indian arts and crafts. Clearly rendered in fine detail, these royalty-free images depict a wide array of patterns taken from rugs, masks, sandpaintings, pottery, jewelry, baskets, and other artifacts created by southwestern Native Americans. Included are geometrical designs on a Navajo woven saddlebag, a Chumash rock painting of mythical creatures, a colorful Hopi kachina doll, a lovely Acoma bowl decorated with floral and animal designs, an Apache "crown headdress," and 25 other handsome motifs. A delight for coloring book fans, this expressive collection will also be useful to designers and crafts people in search of authentic Southwestern tribal art.

For thousands of years Native Americans have lived and worked in the hot, arid, and often inhospitable lands of the American Southwest. Now artist Peter F. Copeland re-creates the lives and cultures of those Indians in 40 detailed, carefully researched illustrations.Included are ready-to-color depictions of Southwest Indians of the past and present — from the 1840s to 1980s. Among the realistically portrayed figures are Apache chiefs of the late 1800s and an Apache woman making a traditional cradleboard; Navajo weavers, braves, and a medicine man in ceremonial dress; a Pueblo man playing a wooden flute; a Pima basket maker; a modern Hopi farmer and pottery makers; an Acoma woman baking bread; a twentieth-century Mescalero Apache cowboy; tribal drum makers of the Taos pueblo; and many others.Informative, descriptive captions accompany the illustrations, making this not only an enjoyable collection of pictures to color but also an educational and stimulating introduction to Indian culture.

When the first European explorers and settlers landed on the southeastern shores of North America, they encountered natives with the richest and most advanced levels of culture north of Mexico. Over time the descendants of these ancient peoples formed such famous nations as the Creek, Choctaw, Cherokee, and Seminole. The native population also included lesser-known tribes, among them the Timucuas, Quapaws, Catawbas, and the Chitimachas — many of which are extinct today.Artist Peter F. Copeland documents the remarkable, and often tragic, history of these people in this carefully researched coloring book. Thirty-seven excellently rendered illustrations depict ancient burial platforms, the funeral of a Choctaw chief, Natchez warriors of 1758, Seminole women preparing a meal, Chickasaw warriors serving the Confederacy (1862), a modern Mikawuki Seminole alligator wrestler, and more.Of great interest to young students of Native American history, this excellently rendered volume will entertain and inform coloring book enthusiasts of all ages.

Sixteen contemporary images based on authentic tribal designsStained glass designer Carol Krez has captured the beauty of Native American arts and crafts in this unique coloring book. With sixteen full-page designs, she re-creates stunning patterns found in Southwestern tribal artifacts such as sand paintings, textiles, and pottery, some dating back a thousand years. Motifs depict geometric and abstract designs, images of animals, human figures, and more. Color them with a variety of media, then place them in a window to simulate a glowing stained glass effect. Pages are perforated for easy removal.

Sixteen authentic images of ceremonial masks, stylized animals, and other striking motifs capture the rich and mysterious symbolism of Native American cultures, among them the Tlingit, Kwakiutl, Haida, Tsimshian, Chilkat, and other Northwest Coast tribal groups. To create dramatic glowing effects, simple color illustrations and place near a light source.

This entertaining little coloring book introduces youngsters to traditional designs created by natives of the American Southwest. Eight authentic, easy-to-color images depict fanciful images of birds, a lizard, turtle, flute player and dancer, thunderbird, spider, fish, and deer. Place completed artwork near a source of bright light for striking effects.