Colouring Birds (Colouring Books) - Softcover

Peter Gray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782128719 ISBN 13: 9781782128717

Publisher: Arcturus, 2014

Synopsis

A delightful colouring-in book, featuring beautiful natural history illustrations as colour reference.Natural history illustration is a popular choice for artists and perfect for developing colour technique.,The perfect gift for bird-lovers and budding artists alike. Colour reference images are shown alongside clear line drawings ready for the addition of colour,Each plate is numbered and there is a key for species identification.,Includes garden favourites such as wrens and woodpeckers, to more rarely glimpsed birds like owls and the jewel-like kingfisher.,The colour illustrations are from the ornithological classics 'The Birds of Europe' and John James Audubon's world-famous 'Birds of America'.

About this title

Product Description:

The perfect gift for bird-lovers and budding artists alike. A delightful colouring-in book featuring beautiful natural history illustrations as colour reference. The colour illustrations are from the ornithological classics The Birds of Europe and John James Audubon's world-famous Birds of America. Includes garden favourites such as wrens and woodpeckers, to more rarely glimpsed birds like owls and the jewel-like kingfisher. 45 colour reference images are shown alongside clear line drawings ready for the addition of colour. Product Information: ISBN: 9781789501063 Author: Peter Gray Publisher: Arcturus Format: Paperback Pages: 96 Dimensions: 28 x 22.5 x 1cm

About the Author:

Peter Gray is long established as an illustrator of books, magazines and newspapers with occasional forays into such fields as film storyboards and costume design, advertising and animation projects. Peter is also the author of many books for adults and children, which have been published in many languages all around the world.Since graduating from Loughborough College of Art and Design with a specialist degree in illustration, Peter Gray has contributed illustrations to many books, of wide-ranging subject matter, from classic fiction to educational and historical, for UK publishers Penguin Longman and Oxford University Press and Ernst Klett in Germany. Outside book publishing, Peter has worked on storyboards and costume design for the film industry, most recently on Oliver Stones blockbuster Alexander, and regularly contributes illustrations to national newspapers (Financial Times, Sunday Times) and magazines (The Spectator, Readers Digest).

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcturus
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1782128719
• ISBN 13: 9781782128717
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96