Intricate Ink: Animals in Detail, Colouring Book for Adults

Description

Intricate Ink: Animals in Detail, Colouring Book for Adults

Using black ink pens and coloured pencils, American artist and illustrator Tim Jeffs is creating a veritable ink zoo of intricately drawn animals. Ever intrigued by their diversity and complexity, Jeffs strives to capture his subjects’ essence in his portraits. He begins each drawing with extensive research into a given animal’s conservation status, habitats, habits, and physical appearance. He then closely studies its skin or fur but lets artistic license dictate the patterns, textures, and colours he applies. He enjoys “having the control of making it my own creation, and not just another photograph.” Jeffs does, however, pay photorealistic attention to drawing each creature’s eyes, which “give it a personality, express emotion and let the animal tell its own story as it looks back at the viewer.”

About the Artist

The artist’s story began in Maryland in 1965. Born the seventh of eight children, and from a young age fascinated by drawing, Jeffs was a national award–winning artist while still in high school. A scholarship to Parsons School of Design in New York set the stage for a twenty-five-year career designing books, logos, and websites for Scientific American, Sunset Publishing, Time Life Books and others. Jeffs began sketching animals for personal pleasure; his finely detailed drawings have gone on to garner worldwide attention.

Images

1. Alligator
2. Bearded Dragon
3. Black Bear
4. Boa Constrictor
5. Buffalo
6. Chameleon 1
7. Chameleon 2
8. Chameleon 3
9. Cheetah
10. Crocodile
11. Cuttlefish
12. Elephant 1
13. Elephant 3
14. Giraffe
15. Great Horned Owl 1
16. Great Horned Owl 2
17. Hippopotamus
18. Humpback Whale
19. Iguana 1
20. Iguana 2
21. Jaguar 1
22. Jaguar 2
23. Komodo Dragon
24. Lemur
25. Lion
26. Lionfish
27. Macaw 1
28. Macaw 2
29. Maine Lobster
30. Moray Eel
31. Musk Ox
32. Nautilus
33. Ocelot
34. Octopus 1
35. Octopus 2
36. Polar Bear
37. Ram
38. Red-Tailed Hawk
39. Rhinoceros
40. Rock Lobster
41. Sea Horse
42. Sea Turtle 1
43. Sloth
44. Snow Leopard
45. Spiny Lobster
46. Squid
47. Tapir
48. Tiger
49. Wolf
50. Zebra

Colouring Pencils

The colouring pencils we stock are an ideal medium for this colouring book. Intensely coloured and soft, they’re great for blending and shading. And being a dry and relatively hard medium, won’t cockle the paper or smudge either. View our range of colouring pencils.