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The Birds Colouring Book

Hardback Gift Edition
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The Birds Colouring Book by Peter Gray offers over 70 exquisite bird illustrations inspired by renowned ornithologists like Audubon, Bowen, and Keulemans. This hardback gift edition features original full-colour plates alongside black and white line drawings, inviting you to bring vibrant songbirds, majestic birds of prey, and iconic species such as kingfishers and flamingos to life with colour. With thick high-quality paper and patterned endpapers, plus an index to help identify each bird, this vintage-style colouring book is perfect for bird enthusiasts and artists alike.
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Format: Hardback
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Ideal for bird lovers, artists, and anyone seeking a nostalgic and engaging colouring experience in a beautifully presented hardback edition.

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This delightful colouring book includes spectacular bird illustrations based on the artwork of Audubon and other classic ornithology illustrators, presented in an attractive hardback gift edition with patterened endpapers.

Whether you are a bird-lover, an artist, or both, this delightful colouring book is sure to please. It features over 70 classic full-colour ornithology illustrations from the likes of John James Audubon, John T Bowen and John Gerrard Keulemans to use as reference, placed beside black and white line drawings ready for the addition of colour.

Included here are bright songbirds and majestic birds of prey, as well as favourites such as the jewel-like kingfisher and the flamboyant flamingo. Their delicate, vivid plumage makes birds ideal subject matter for developing colour technique and rendering those illustrations is guaranteed to provide hours of pleasure. An index of birds is included, helping you identify each bird and find your favourites.

โ€ข Includes 77 designs
โ€ข Printed on thick, high-quality paper
โ€ข Original full-colour illustrations included for easy reference
โ€ข This hardback edition makes a wonderful gift.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Hardback Vintage Colouring series will transport you to a world of vintage charm and nostalgia. These delightful colouring books feature original, full-colour illustrations by classic artists and designers along with black and white line versions for you to colour in.

Series: Hardback Vintage Colouring

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781398824522

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 31 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Arcturus

Illustration: Hardback

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by John James Audubon
  • Illustrated by John T. Bowen
  • Illustrated by John Gerrard Keulemans

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 162.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 480g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Peter Gray is long established book illustrator who has worked on a wide-range of subject matters, from classic fiction to educational and historical subjects. He has also worked on storyboards and costume design for the film industry and regularly contributes illustrations to national newspapers (Financial Times, Sunday Times) and magazines (The Spectator, Readers' Digest). He lives in Suffolk, UK.

These illustrations are based on the work of famed 18th and 19th century naturalists and illustrators, John James Audubon (1785-1851), John T. Bowen (1801-1856) and Johannes Gerardus Keuleman (1842-1912).

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