Hounds, cranes, peacocks, lions, hares, serpents, and other creatures appear in these 31 intricate Celtic designs. The stunning images are accented with knotwork, spirals, and maze patterns inspired by ancient manuscripts — but with exciting modern touches than lend a fresh new look to the traditional art form. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Celtic Animal Designs and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.
Cari Buziak is a bestselling author and Celtic artist. She currently lives in Alberta, Canada, with one cat, two dogs, and two beehives. In a mix of old techniques (hand made gesso, egg tempera, gold leaf) and new (several Mac computers) she recreates ancient manuscripts in painted and digital form for a wide variety of publishing, merchandise, and fine art needs.
Over the last 25 years, Cari has become one of the foremost artists of the Celtic genre. Her work has been featured in design magazines and she has had gallery exhibitions in Calgary, Toronto, Indiana, Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon, Japan, London, and New York. Cari has sold worldwide, and her artwork appears in private collections in Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United States. Current and past published works include work for Dover Publications, Interweave Press, Penguin/Pearson Books, Llewellyn Publications, Chronicle Books and many others.
If you like Celtic designs you are going to love this book. It has stunning, detailed pictures based on the traditional artwork done by the Celts. The designs are beautiful and have a wondrous mythical feel to them. None are overly intricate. In fact, I'd say the book is at an advanced beginner to moderate level colourists. Of course expert colourists will enjoy them as well. I had so much colouring in this book. I'm looking forward to getting back to it. The paper will take any kind of medium, I've even seen people use watercolours on creative Haven paper.