Friday, October 21, 2016

The "Not Quite SWEARY" SWEAR WORD COLORING BOOK by Pop Art Diva

Front Cover

Back Cover

My Not Quite SWEARY But Seriously SNARKY Adult Coloring Book is now live and for sale on Amazon!

Here's a Video Preview of EVERY Page in the coloring book and EVERY Page except the Test Pages and Color Chart Pages:


Sample Pages:

WHAT'S INSIDE?

* 30 Beautiful, HAND DRAWN, SINGLE SIDED Coloring Pages!
* 17 Vertical Images and 13 Horizontal Images.
* There's even a coloring doodle on the "Book Colored by" page AND you can even color my portrait on the "About the Artist" page.
* Skill levels are easy to moderately detailed.
* Well defined boundaries to make it easy to "color inside the lines".
* Includes Coloring Tips, Coloring Medium Charts and Medium Testing Pages!
* Perfect coloring activity for when you want to cuss like a sailor but are too refined to do so.
* SEND THEM OUT TO FRIENDS FOR A LAUGH or ENEMIES FOR RIOTOUS REVENGE!

This is a coloring book for folks who might need to get some pent up feelings out but can't quite bring themselves to "swear in full color". Written with truly "colorful language" and illustrated with delightful detail to put a little color into your insults and dirty words. Bad mouthing has never been so beautifully silly - or fun. Get your aggressions out, grab your crayons, colored pencils or felt tip markers and speak your mind with a rainbow of almost potty mouth zingers, nasty put downs and sarcastic snipes.

Color yourself relieved and vindicated with these hilariously horrid but anger reducing, stress relieving and fun Coloring Pages filled with EGREGIOUS EPITHETS, RIOTOUSLY RUDE, INSULTINGLY BAD MOUTHED (Almost) PROFANE PLAYFULNESS, designed with tongue firmly in cheek and vengeance in mind by Pop Art Diva. (Go ahead, say that last paragraph 3 times after a few drinks!)

Enjoy the Naughty Nastiness, COLOR AWAY YOUR ANGER and May the Expletives Be With You!

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Friday, September 23, 2016

WORKING COVER FOR MY NEW SWEARY COLORING BOOK!

Working cover of my Swearing Coloring Book!

It's been a long few months working on my latest coloring book, the Not Quite SWEARY But Seriously SNARKY Coloring Book, but I'm in the home stretch!

You can visit my Coloring Life Happy Facebook page to see the WIP (work in progress) videos of the many of the pages included in the book. Those videos will show you my working methods and illustrating style and give you some fun insights to my work day.

Here's just a few working stills of the 30 (single sided!) Coloring Pages that will be in the book:









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Monday, July 25, 2016

COLORING CONTEST from Pop Art Diva!


COLORING CONTEST
from Pop Art Diva!

Win a copy of my latest coloring book, Through The EYES of an ARTIST Fantasy Coloring Book by Pop Art Diva!

It's simple. All you need to do is go to the CONTEST PAGE and follow the directions.

What's the prize?
THIS BOOK!


You have until this Friday, July 29th, 2016, to complete your coloring entry. What are you waiting for?  Grab those coloring pencils, markers & crayons and get coloring!

I'm looking forward to seeing all the beautiful and entries.
GOOD LUCK!


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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Video Preview of the Coloring Book "Through The EYES Of An ARTIST FANTASY Art" by Pop Art Diva

https://www.amazon.com/Through-EYES-ARTIST-Fantasy-Coloring/dp/1535188022/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=poardi-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=dc8d1ff4ebcd0c88b2d577d78aef2509&creativeASIN=1535188022 
 
My latest coloring book is now
Completed and available for sale on Amazon
 
Through The EYES Of An ARTIST
FANTASY ART COLORING BOOK

Video Preview of An Adult & Family Coloring Book of Fantasy Faces by Pop Art Diva:



To view the 43 Work In Progress Videos of the Coloring Pages in this book, visit my Facebook page: COLORING LIFE HAPPY 
 
A unique, one-of-a-kind coloring book featuring women's eyes and faces morphing into all nature of earthly and fantasy creatures with coloring designs ranging from abstracts, butterflies, fish and sea critters, dragonflies, birds, flowers and even a skull and a cosmic view of space. All as seen "through the eyes" of an artist.

WHAT'S INSIDE?

* 31 Beautiful, HAND DRAWNColoring Pages
* All Pages are Single Sided
* 15 Vertical Images and 15 Horizontal Images, PLUS the Cover Art!

* There's even a little coloring doodle on the "Book Colored by" page, & you can color me on the "About the Artist" page!
* Skill levels are easy to moderately detailed.
* Well defined boundaries to make it easy to "color inside the lines".
* Includes Coloring Tips, Coloring Medium Charts and Medium Testing Pages!

All of the coloring pages within this book are completely hand drawn. Done in ink, on paper and, in nearly all cases, directly inked with no preliminary sketching done. I did not use any digital drawing processes at all when creating these images except for the clean up stage where I corrected noogies (my word for mistakes or a slip of the pen.) You can even see progress videos as I drew many of the designs on my Facebook page at Facebook.com/ColoringLifeHappy.

What does this mean? It means that these are not perfect, and they're not meant to be. Nothing hand-drawn is perfect and it shouldn't be. The whole point of not using digital drawing tools is to leave in the charm of the artist's imperfections and, at the same time, including a little piece of the artist's soul.

I can, and do, create art completely digitally, I did for years professionally. Which is why I wanted to get the pen and the paper back in my hands again and sit down and draw the way I was taught to draw. For me, personally, it is tremendously satisfying to have that physical contact with my art tools again. These drawings have given me many hours of artistic pleasure after having been separated from my art by bits and bytes for many years. I hope they bring equal measure of joy to you.

I love drawing eyes and faces but not JUST eyes and faces. Heck, I just like to draw, but it's always more fun if I can let my imagination run loose and that is what I did with these drawings. I used what I call a direct inking process, no preconceived idea or design. Starting with the eyes and part of a face, I then let the drawing tell me what it wanted to be and, with pen in hand, happily followed along. If you are surprised by these designs, imagine my surprise at what ended up on my sketch pad at the end of an illustration session. It was great fun to see my menagerie grow as I created the book and I hope you have as much fun coloring the images as I did creating them.

https://www.amazon.com/Through-EYES-ARTIST-Fantasy-Coloring/dp/1535188022/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=poardi-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=dc8d1ff4ebcd0c88b2d577d78aef2509&creativeASIN=1535188022https://www.amazon.com/Through-EYES-ARTIST-Fantasy-Coloring/dp/1535188022/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=poardi-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=dc8d1ff4ebcd0c88b2d577d78aef2509&creativeASIN=1535188022
 
BUY BOOK NOW ON AMAZON
 
 
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Thursday, July 14, 2016

Coloring Book Zentangle Style Fantasy Fish Drawing


Here is my latest hand drawn, direct inked (no preliminary sketches), Zentangle Style Zendoodle Fantasy Face that turns into a fish coloring book illustration. I call it Fat Fancy Fish.

As I have for this entire series, I started with the human eye. As I put the details and design in around the eye it started to look like a fish and so I continued with that and let it swim right onto my paper.

This drawing will be included in my next coloring book, "Through The EYES Of An Artist Fantasy Coloring Book by Pop Art Diva" available on Amazon:


Here's a video of the work in progress:


This this was so much fun to draw that I have decided to do an entire coloring book of fantasy fish and other sea creatures in the future.



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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

COLORING BOOK BLENDING TIPS, TECHNIQUES & MEDIUMS, Preserving Your Coloring Pages.


DO YOU WANT YOUR COLORING PAGES TO LAST A LIFETIME?

There's a lot of discussion about ways to blend colored pencils on the coloring book pages and coloring forums on Facebook and the internet. Many of the posts I see talk about using Vaseline (petroleum jelly), baby oil, vegetable oil and other greasy home use products to blend colored pencils like Prismacolors. I've even seen nail polish remover suggested as a blending medium. Every time I see these suggestions I cringe. As a professional artist and illustrator of over 40 years I have always used archival procedures in producing all of my original art, whether it be a painting or drawing or any other original work. Petroleum products, oils and other household products that are not produced for use as an art medium can often damage the paper and the pencil pigments themselves, leading to eventual deterioration of the artwork.

If you want to keep your finished coloring pages safe and protected for decades to come, you will want to use approved blending mediums and techniques. Among the mediums you can use are:

1.  Blending Pencils and Sticks.(Prismacolor Colorless Blender and theCaran d’Ache Full Blender Bright.) I use these most often with pastels as opposed to colored pencils, but they work for both.

2. Turpenoid, a solvent (a newer version of the classic artist's thinning and blending, but dangerous, turpentine.) Turpenoid is not completely safe and, like turpentine, presents certain health risks if not used properly and in a well-ventilated area, but the fumes are less severe than turpentine. This is my favorite liquid solvent to use as it evaporates faster than mineral spirits. I use it mostly for large areas and backgrounds.
3. Mineral Spirits, a paint thinner and solvent (Gamsol). Again not the safest blender healthwise, but way less odor than turpens.

4. The Icarus Art Board. This is basically a heat plate that will melt the medium as you work. Very pricey.

5. White Pencils. This is one of my top blending techniques.  Unlike the solvents which can bleed into nearby areas, white pencils give you pencil point control over your blending area. Frankly, I think they give you the smoothest blending. ( I order white pencils by the dozens!)

As mentioned above, the turpines and mineral oil products do present certain risks of use, mostly from inhalation of the fumes but also they can cause allergic reactions if applied directly to the skin. There is also the risk of absorption through the skin. Be aware of these risks and take proper precautions if you must use these.

Here is a great PDF comparison on the use and risks of artist solvents.




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Saturday, April 30, 2016

Coloring Book Zentangle Style Fantasy Fish in Ocean Drawing


Here's a fun illustration I did for my Through the EYES of an ARTIST Coloring Book


I did this whole book in what I call a direct inking process. This means that I do no preliminary sketches at all, I take pen to paper and start to immediately illustrate without any preconceived idea in mind. What I end up with when I have a finished drawing is often a surprise for me and part of the fun of doing this series of zendoodles for this book series.

This little guy decided to take a swim in the ocean and play with some sea creatures so I went along for the beach visit.

You can see a work in progress video of this drawing - and many others - on my Coloring Life Happy Facebook page in my Videos album.



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Friday, April 29, 2016

Sea She! Coloring Book Zentangle Style Drawing with Seahorse, Starfish and Sea Shells.


Here's a work in progress video on my latest hand drawn, direct inked (no preliminary sketches), Zentangle Style Zendoodle Fantasy Ocean / Sea Coloring Book Illustration featuring an adorable Seahorse, a cute Starfish and Sea Shells.

This drawing will be included in my next coloring book, "Through The EYES Of An ARTIST Fantasy Coloring Book" available on Amazon.


I have to say this turned out really wonderful and I can't wait to color it myself for posters, clothing and gifts on my store!


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COLORING BOOK SUPPLIES On Sale Today

Get this image as a Free Coloring Page!  

Here's a few deals I found on Amazon for coloring book supplies today. A few are very inexpensive, like the kit which is great for folks who are just starting out coloring and might want to try out different mediums as well as more professional mediums like prismacolors. Also some gel pen sets and markers.

Have fun, don't spend the mortgage or grocery money!





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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Good Coloring Deals on Prismacolor Colored Pencils!


Couple of great deals on Amazon today for Prismacolor Colored Pencils!

132 Set, PRISMACOLOR PREMIERE SOFT CORE COLORED PENCILS
$92.99 (regularly  $180!):


I bought the 132 pack a few years ago and paid way more (insert sad imoji here.) Wish I'd been able to get this deal on the larger set here. Prismacolors are my favorite colored pencils, I do a lot of my illustrations with them and plow through them pretty quickly.  I order individual replacement pencils, of course, but I admit to being addicted to brand new sets, so I'm always checking out prices. I also love their storage tins, lol.

150 Set, PRISMACOLOR PREMIERE SOFT CORE COLORED PENCILS

$154.95 (regularly  $300+!):


Great deals, especially if you have Amazon Prime.

(I am an Amazon affiliate so, yes, I do get a buck or two if you buy from my links - which means if enough do I can order more pencils too, lol.)

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Zentangle Style Zendoodle Fantasy Feather Coloring Book Drawing



Finished up this fun, new fantasy feather art for my next coloring book (working book title at this point is "Through The Eyes of an Artist Zendoodle Fantasy Coloring Book" by Terri Dennis aka Pop Art Diva). 

I'm creating all the illustrations for this book by direct inking, in other words, I don't do any initial sketches, I just start inking the image directly onto the paper and let it turn into what it wants to turn into!

This one decided it wanted to be feathered so I went with it. For this whole book I am morphing women's faces into fantasy designs so I always start with the eyes then part of the face to create the mode or emotion and let it flow intuitively from there.


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Monday, April 25, 2016

Zentangle Style Zendoodle Fantasy Bird Art Coloring Book Illustration


Here's a video of one of my new zendoodle drawings for my next coloring book. This new book is all drawings of partial women's faces that morph into other things, in this case it turned into a fantasy bird.

I love drawing faces, in particular I love doing eyes because you can say a lot about a mood or persons expression with just the way the eye is drawn.

It's a zentangle style "zendoodle" that I create by inking the original directly onto the paper without doing an initial sketch. I draw the eyes first then allow the drawing to happen organically, letting the drawing "become what it wants to be". This is a thoroughly enjoyable intuitive illustrating process that really puts me in a zen-like mood and I am doing the whole coloring book this way.


I'm hoping to have the book - the working title at this point is "Through The Eyes of an Artist Zendoodle Fantasy Coloring Book" - is illustrated, formatted and published on Amazon by the middle of May!


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Good Deal On Coloring Supplies on Amazon


This looks like a good deal on Amazon for trying out different #coloring mediums. Probably not the highest quality, but the box alone is worth the price and you could replace the tools with higher-quality ones after you use them.


This would be great for kids too.
Keep Calm & Color On!



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Friday, April 22, 2016

WHY IS COLORING SO TRENDY? An Interview with Terri (PopArtDiva) Dennis


Do You Love Coloring?
Would you like to be a coloring book artist?
Give this interview a listen!

As the author of the popular coloring book, "COLOR YOUR COCKTAIL - An Adult Coloring Book with Cocktail Recipes", I was recently interviewed by Tami Patzer on being a coloring book author and illustrator and what it takes to produce and publish coloring books as well as my thoughts on why coloring is so trendy with adults these days.

If you're into coloring for fun or for the health benefits or would like to publish your own coloring book, give this fun interview a listen:





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Monday, March 28, 2016

New Feathered Lady Coloring Book Art

While everyone else was busy hunting for Easter eggs, I was busy hand drawing new art for my next coloring book this last weekend.
This is hand drawn directly with ink, no sketching beforehand. I'm doing a series of women's faces that morph into other things and I like the drawing to become what it wants to become. I usually start with the eye area and go from there and let the drawing flow as I work on it. This lady decided she wanted to become feathers. 
This is my form of relaxing art therapy! Instead of having to work from a plan and restricting my imagination, this direct inking process allows my creativity to flow directly from my subconscious and it's amazing what drawings I get out of this.
Here's samples of some others I've done for this next coloring book using this process: 

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Monday, March 14, 2016

Next Adult Coloring Book? Greyscale Inspirational Women!

This is the next Coloring Book I am currently working on! Greyscale images from my years of creating women's pop art style faces and masks.

Included on each image is an original inspirational poem or quote on women, coloring and life to encourage everyone to live a colorful and fulfilled life.

I have quite a few more to do before I can publish the book, hope to have it done by next month and for sale on Amazon along with my other coloring books!

Just wanted to keep you in the loop on my coloring page design activity!

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Monday, February 29, 2016

Leaping Frog Coloring Page Freebie for Leap Day


Happy Leap Day!

To celebrate the day that only happens every 4 years I have hand drawn this fun, leaping frog for you to color for free!

You can find the un-watermarked, high-res image in my Facebook COLORING GOODIES Album!
Please enjoy, all I ask is that you respect my copyright and credit me if you share your colored version.
Image is for personal coloring use only.

 Image ©2016 by ColoringLifeHappy.com. All rights reserved. Black and white images may be downloaded to print and color for personal use only.
Do not remove or alter signatures or copyright notices.
No permission given for commercial use in any form. No permission given to alter images except for personal coloring purposes.


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Saturday, February 27, 2016

Instant Download COLOR YOUR COCKTAILS Adult Coloring Book Pages Here!


Folks have asked so here they are, Instant Download Coloring Pages from my popular "Color Your Cocktails Adult Coloring Book with Cocktail Recipes, Volume 1" 
(Yes, you can also buy the whole book for only $12.95)
 
I started added the individual pages to my Etsy Shop last week and will continue to add all 45 cocktail recipe coloring pages as fast as I can!
 
The video preview above will show you EVERY page in the book - and every page is a coloring page, including title, about and even the table of contents pages - but the cocktail recipe pages are what you asked for so check them out:
 
COCKTAIL COLORING PAGES
from Terri aka The Martini Diva aka PopArtDiva.
 
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Monday, February 22, 2016

Free Coloring Page for Margarita Day


Happy National Margarita Day!
Here's a fun Quickie Freebie I made for you to color.

Get the full resolution image in my Freebies album at ColoringLifeHappy on Facebook!

Enjoy! All I ask is that you respect my copyright and credit me as the artist when sharing your colored image. Image is for personal coloring use only, no other permissions given. All rights reserved by ColoringLifeHappy.com.



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