Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin (Dover Art Coloring Book)

I homeschool my three young children (2 boys, one toddler girl). I am NOT a art expert or a particularly well-educated art individual. However, I need the boys to be busy with fine motor movement to keep their brains engaged while we do our memory work. I purchased another coloring book for another art era and was pleased, but it doesn't hold a candle to this one. I appreciated the pages only being printed on one side as well as the artist write ups in the back of the book. I was able to take five minutes to introduce famous names in art and then expose them to his/her work. The thumbnail photos of the originals were also helpful. My children at times enjoyed trying to follow the original (though I did not require it). It was a great way to introduce young children to fine art. Trying to color the pictures also required paying more attention to the details of the art than they would have otherwise attempted just looking at the original masterpiece. I have to say, some of the color combinations the children came up with really freshened up a classic. I proudly displayed their art in the dining area so all could see their work. The toddler joined in when she wanted. Made it easy to include her!This is also a good book to introduce children to the idea of landscape, portrait and still life art. Even my four-year old now knows each category!!!

My husband and I are really enjoying this book. Hubby is the artist and it took something like this to get him interested in "coloring".Great pictures. High quality paper. Printing is on one side of the paper. This is good since we are using gel pens right now. Hubby really wants to use pencils on these. Nice that the pages are perforated, this makes it easy to get the pages out of the book. I would like to use the pages to make cards.

I bought this coloring book as a Christmas gift for my sister, once I received it and had a chance to look at it, I decided to order one for myself as well. The pictures are highly detailed, the paper is heavy and strong (could be used for more than crayons and colored pencils), the pictures appear on only one side of the page, so no worries if it bleeds through the page. My favorite feature is that all pages are perforated, making it so easy to take out one page at a time to color without the whole of the book making coloring cumbersome. It also comes with sample pictures of the real art, so if you wanted it to look like the original, you have a guide to go by.

I loved coloring books as a child. Now I have this beautiful adult coloring book that lets me color masterpieces of art. It's just a grand book that gives me great pleasure.

The adults and children of the adults I sent this coloring book to were equally happy. We don't necessarily need adult coloring books. Just give us a coloring book and it brings back that happy time memory. I think that it is very relaxing and important for adults to get back to the things that made us smile during our life time. Like coloring, jumping rope, swinging in swings, going up & down a sliding board etc.

Love it! If you ever wanted to try 'duplicating' a classic, or putting your own spin on a few, this is a very fun and interesting book of art to color. i really like the full color thumbprints in the back with artist and piece descriptions;very informative and gives a good frame of reference. Nice sturdy paper stock as well. If you admire the impressionists, this is a fun way to try on their shoes.

Another fun and educational book, with a wide variety of artists to select from, some images I can quickly color and move on, others requiring more thought. I compare my color choices to the original after completing each, giving me an enjoyable opportunity to be creative.

I love coloring famous art masterpieces in my own choices of colors. This is a great book to own if you are an adult who enjoys coloring in coloring books as a stress reliever. Amazon.com has a lot of choices to choose from. I like to keep a lot of coloring books on hand. I am very happy with this purchase, and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys coloring or painting.

Excellent book of variety of impressionists picture pity the colour photos are so small

This is an amazing book, can't wait to start colouring in.

Tal cual la descripción. Son 60 maravillosos dibujos de pinturas de artistas impresionistas de renombre. Cada lámina lleva escrito abajo deĺ dibujo, el nombre del pintor, el del cuadro y el año que lo realizó.Papel de calidad con hojas perforadas.En las dos contraportada están los originales de las pinturas, lo cual es un plus para ayudarte a pintarlo.

El libro está editado a página sencilla, es decir no hay impresión por el revés. Esto permite usar diferentes medios como acuarelas, marcadores, etc. Contiene láminas a color de los cuadros originales para usarlos como una referencia. Muy bien logrados los dibujos y permiten añadir detalles al colorearlos. Si te gusta el arte impresionista éste es una buena elección. También trae información general sobre los autores de los cuadros. Muy recomendable.

Difficult but enjoyable!