Coloring Dragons: Featuring the artwork of John Howe from The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit movies (PicturaTM)

The artwork is totally stunning. So detailed and remarkable I stared at it for days before I put a pencil to it. I still haven't colored on it much because I want to take my time to do it justice. If you are a fan of dragons this is the perfect book. If you love LOTR then you must have this one. Now for the particulars. I've seen A LOT of complaining in the reviews. Some of them are clearly people that don't understand greyscale coloring. Greyscale isn't like your old fashion black lines where you fill in the spaces. You have two different variety . One is the photographic. A photographer will take black and white which the lighten making it possible to color. The other is the drawing. Usually done in sketch style like this book. There are variation of light to dark. The idea being you use your darkest color on the darkest shading then vary your shade to match until you get to the lightest shade. This creates a highly realistic look that resembles a drawing or photo. They are beautiful finished products. The other complaint I have seen is the style of this book. It is a Panoramic. Not a page book. The title and the description both say so. That being said I like the small size and the panorama. It gives you a unique version of the artists view. The size is nice if you are like me and you have accumulated a collection of such things it doesn't take up a great deal of room. There are perforations where it can be taken out of the cover, however I can see that being an issue. It would leave it unprotected. All in I think this one is amazing. Totally frame able when finished.

I truly would give this 6 stars. I love John Howe's work, and this is some of his best work! I received this as a gift, and have not colored it because I can't stand the thought of not doing it justice, so I got another copy to make mistakes on. I'm an advanced colorer, so am prepared with pencils that have metallics to add that extra touch parts of a dragon need. But mostly I am waiting to be ready to tackle this amazing book. I would advise getting two, or even three, because both sides of the "pages" are printed, and I'd like to leave some attached to each other, and others separate off and color individually. The pictures run across several pages. There is a grid in Coloring Dragons that encourages the artist to experiment with drawing their own dragon, and definitely be prepared to print this out on heavy paper for several tries. Or buy several copies. It is not an expensive book, so you can get as many as you like. It's incredibly beautiful.

I had been looking for this book for a while, so I was happy to find it for a decent price. It arrived in great condition, and the artwork is stunning.

I was amazed at the interior and the extreme detail in every image. This will be fun to color!

I decided to give adult coloring books and artists colored pencils for everyone on my list his year. I spent hours looking at coloring books in several stores and wasn't really happy with anything I saw. Then, while standing in the check out line at Michaels I spied this book on their magazine rack. Absolutely PERFECT. The problem was they only had one and I needed at least four. This led to several more hours calling every possible source in a 2 state area. Every one was sold out and had more on back order...As usual, Amazon had them. Eventually, I did get the 4 I needed. I tell you this to illustrate just how wonderful this book is. The format of the fold out pages reveals a continuous scene of mystical wonder, however you can easily separate the pages and each one is a complete picture in its'' own right. The art work and illustration is indescribably beautiful. You can see from the cover picture just how minutely detailed the pictures are. For this reason the book really is for adults. One of the ones I bought is for myself. I can't wait to start it.....a great escape into the land of make believe awaits me.

I LOVE the pictures!!! I grew up with the old animated hobbit movie and the animation style is amazing! This feels like it jumped right out of that movie. I love dragons and this has several different kinds in different styles and scenes. It can even be hung up as art when I'm finshed coloring it! It can all be one long piece or in different panels as individual pieces. Each piece connectsto the others, yet also stands alone beautifully! It has many intricate designs and things to keep me entertained coloring for quite a while. Highly recommended for dragon loving adults and young adults!

The pics are very nice, but the book is small and it is in one long fold out page. Each pic takes up 2 folds, it would have been easier and in my opinion better if it was just a single fold. (Giving each pic thier own page and making it easier to color) I probably won't buy another book in this style.

.I absolutely loved this. Each picture melded into the next. Had alot of fun coloring it. Would recommend it as a gift or for yourself

Pour les amateurs de jolis dessins et de coloriage, ce livre est un bijou. Colorier soit-même les illustrations de John Howe donne l'impression qu'on est sois même un artiste! Par contre, je déconseille tout de même pour les plus jeunes, pour qui les dessins seront trop compliqués.

Cover is good. But fold out feature is a bit annoying....the pics are good to color and the pages are of good quality. Was worth the price. Too little pages though. Happy colouring!

This is a beautifully drawn scene over fold-out pages. I like it because it isn't simple to colour - it isn't just 'colour inside the lines'. I have had no difficulty with the pages taking colour. The pages are thicker than just paper, which is great if you like to use watercolour, or oil to blend colours. I loved colouring it so much I bought several copies.

Bought one for myself and my mother loved it so I bought one for her too... looks like it's going round the family

Il libro è un'idea regalo molto bella: le pagine, di un cartoncino semirigido, si dispiegano in lunghezza mostrando delle illustrazioni a matita simili a quelle della copertina che vanno a comporre un grande scenario fantasy. Sul retro un'altra grande immagine di un drago e lo spazio per poterlo replicare a mano libera. Piccolino ma davvero ben fatto!