Color Your Own Famous American Paintings

Book excerpt: Line drawings of 30 American masterpieces, carefully rendered by Marty Noble, invite colorists to add their own hues to these famous paintings. Covering a variety of styles and themes, they range from the quiet charm of Mary Cassatt's Mother and Child to Edward Hopper's starkly realistic Hotel Room. Other artists include Albert Bierstadt, Emigrants Crossing the Plains; Childe Hassam, Allies Day, May 1917; Edward Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom; Winslow Homer, Snap the Whip; Grandma Moses, Early Springtime on the Farm; Maurice Prendergast, Central Park; Frederic Remington, A Dash for the Timber; Grant Wood, American Gothic; Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, and 19 other classic works of art. A variety of media—including watercolors—can be used to color the accurately rendered illustrations. All paintings are shown in original colors on the inside covers; identifying captions accompany the illustrations.