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Pictura
Coloring Dragons: Featuring the artwork of John Howe from The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit movies
Pictura showcases a stunning range of art to collect and admire and encourages beginning to advanced artists to put their own stamp of creativity on the artwork by coloring it in. Its unique accordion foldout format makes it an attractive decorative piece that can be displayed and shared with others. Some of the world's most famous and respected illustrators set the foundation of the artwork by creating beautiful, original, and imaginative scenes. It is up to the individual to color in these spectacular settings, enhancing the scenes and adding their own personal touch. Coloring Dragons features the unique art of John Howe , famous artist and creator of fantastical worlds and beasts and concept artist on the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films. Through John's work, artists are transported to a magical world of dragons. On the flip side of the panel, this world-famous master offers his expertise and advice about basic drawing skills and the tools and materials needed to draw dragons. With so many details packed into an 8-panel display, Coloring Dragons invites artists to discover hidden mythical creatures and legendary beasts as they color their way through this labyrinthine world of charm and fantasy.
16 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2013
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About the author
John Howe
71 books113 followersJohn Howe is a Canadian book illustrator, living in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. One year after graduating from high school, he studied in a college in Strasbourg, France, then at the École des arts décoratifs in the same town.
He is best known for his work based on J. R. R. Tolkien's worlds. Howe and Tolkien artist Alan Lee served as chief conceptual designers for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, and Howe also did the illustration for the Lord of the Rings board game created by Reiner Knizia. Howe also re-illustrated the maps of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion in 1996–2003. His work is not limited to this, and includes images of myths such as the Anglo Saxon legend of Beowulf (he also illustrated Knizia's board game Beowulf: The Legend). Howe illustrated many other books, amongst which many belong to the fantasy genre (Robin Hobb's books for instance.) He also contributed to the film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. In 2005 a limited edition of George R. R. Martin's novel A Clash of Kings was released by Meisha Merlin, complete with numerous illustrations by Howe.
Howe has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
For The Hobbit films, original director Guillermo del Toro and replacement director Peter Jackson both consulted with Howe and fellow conceptual artist Alan Lee to ensure continuity of design.
Howe is a member of the living history group the Company of Saynt George, and has considerable expertise in ancient and medieval armour and armaments.
Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
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He is best known for his work based on J. R. R. Tolkien's worlds. Howe and Tolkien artist Alan Lee served as chief conceptual designers for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, and Howe also did the illustration for the Lord of the Rings board game created by Reiner Knizia. Howe also re-illustrated the maps of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion in 1996–2003. His work is not limited to this, and includes images of myths such as the Anglo Saxon legend of Beowulf (he also illustrated Knizia's board game Beowulf: The Legend). Howe illustrated many other books, amongst which many belong to the fantasy genre (Robin Hobb's books for instance.) He also contributed to the film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. In 2005 a limited edition of George R. R. Martin's novel A Clash of Kings was released by Meisha Merlin, complete with numerous illustrations by Howe.
Howe has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
For The Hobbit films, original director Guillermo del Toro and replacement director Peter Jackson both consulted with Howe and fellow conceptual artist Alan Lee to ensure continuity of design.
Howe is a member of the living history group the Company of Saynt George, and has considerable expertise in ancient and medieval armour and armaments.
Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
John^^Howe
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October 18, 2014
Tonight I am sharing some of my art and reference books here on goodreads. I hope no one is upset that I want to talk about a 'coloring book'.
I like the tag line on this. "It all begins with a line." And at the bottom of the page, the suggestion, "Display it, Show it, Share it. But first, just look."
That's good advice.
Here are but a few of John Howe's dragons, in black and white line drawings, ready for the reader to color or simply admire. Dragons in the clouds, dragons contemplating castles, dragons on hoards.
Have I dared to touch crayon or colored pencil to page yet? No. I haven't. Each time I open it and contemplate it, I see more details. The shape of a claw, the hook of a beaked mouth.
I will be brave enough some day to add my colors to these pages.
I like the tag line on this. "It all begins with a line." And at the bottom of the page, the suggestion, "Display it, Show it, Share it. But first, just look."
That's good advice.
Here are but a few of John Howe's dragons, in black and white line drawings, ready for the reader to color or simply admire. Dragons in the clouds, dragons contemplating castles, dragons on hoards.
Have I dared to touch crayon or colored pencil to page yet? No. I haven't. Each time I open it and contemplate it, I see more details. The shape of a claw, the hook of a beaked mouth.
I will be brave enough some day to add my colors to these pages.
July 8, 2017
One of the BEST fantasy artists EVER has come up with a panoramic drawing (actually many drawings together), 54"(approx) long x 9" wide, very stiff paper. It can be detached at any time and put onto the wall as your very own artwork! The coloring part, anyway.
The opposite side has a very large single dragon, 3 "pages" long (over 2 folds) and a grid, offering the colorist to take an extra step towards drawing one. It'd be my recommendation to use colored pencils of your intent to "do" that larger dragon. CP never soak through, not even accidentally. There are a total of 8 of these coloring books from PICTURA/Walter Foster: Fairies, Paris, Nature, Knights, Medieval Times, NY Jazz, and A Stroll in London, and of course, Dragons.
The opposite side has a very large single dragon, 3 "pages" long (over 2 folds) and a grid, offering the colorist to take an extra step towards drawing one. It'd be my recommendation to use colored pencils of your intent to "do" that larger dragon. CP never soak through, not even accidentally. There are a total of 8 of these coloring books from PICTURA/Walter Foster: Fairies, Paris, Nature, Knights, Medieval Times, NY Jazz, and A Stroll in London, and of course, Dragons.
October 22, 2024
nice idea to have the folded image, yet the image, as nice as it is, it is not that interesting to color.
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