The Witches' Almanac Coloring Book - Softcover

Andrew Theitic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1881098419 ISBN 13: 9781881098416

Publisher: Witches' Almanac, 2016

Synopsis

· 96 Black and white images for colouring

· A brief introduction to the contents of each section

· Historic woodcuts

· 22 Major Arcana and the four Aces of the Tarot

The Witches' Almanac has long featured black and white images of beautiful woodcuts, fantastical creatures, tarot cards, astrological features and constellations, as well as line drawing selected from the folklore of our global community. THE WITCHES' ALMANAC COLORING BOOK brings together a variety of these images along with ones that have not appeared in past Almanacs.

Neatly packed into seven distinct sections, the first fittingly is Woodcuts. When they first appeared in Europe, woodcuts had thick outlines and little shading. A printer inked the block and applied light pressure to transfer the lines to paper. After the ink dried, another craftsperson might colour the images by hand. In other words, the process was very much like a colouring book today, except that today you are the colourist.

THE WITCHES' ALMANAC COLORING BOOK features 96 magical and mystical images arranged in the following sections:

· Woodcuts

· Constellations

· The Planets

· Creatures

· Egyptian

· Americas

· Tarot

About this title

Review:

"The Witches' Almanac" has long featured black and white images of beautiful woodcuts, fantastical creatures, tarot cards, astrological features and constellations, as well as line drawing selected from the folklore of our global community. "The Witches' Almanac Coloring Book" brings together a lager format of these images presented in past Almanacs (in addition to images that have not been presented) allowing the inner artist to emerge in a mediation of color.

Neatly packed into seven distinct sections, the first fittingly is Woodcuts. When they first appeared in Europe, woodcuts had thick outlines and little shading. A printer inked the block and applied light pressure to transfer the lines to paper. After the ink dried, another craftsperson might color the images by hand. In other words, the process was very much like a coloring book today, except that today you are the colorist.

The six remaining sections are Constellations, The Planets, Creatures, Egyptian, Americas and Tarot. Each provides for the artist the space to meditate on the imagery imbuing each with color. The aspiring Tarot reader should especially enjoy the final section where each of the 22 Major Arcana and the four Aces are provided.

About the Author:

Theitic is a prominent member of the New England Pagan community. He became editor/publisher of The Witches' Almanac Ltd. upon the death of founder Elizabeth Pepper in 2005. Theitic lives in Rhode Island.

About this edition

• Publisher: Witches' Almanac
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1881098419
• ISBN 13: 9781881098416
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112