Big Kids Coloring Book: Restored District Williamsburg VA Geographic Area Gray Scale Photos to Color - Holiday Wreaths and Décor
THIS BOOK IS Volume 5 of 9 - 2017
If you love to color beautiful Gray Scale photos, and love the restored colonial area of the city of Williamsburg, VA, you will adore this series of books of the 2017 holiday décor and decorations around the area.
The artist/photographer took a walking tour of the streets and buildings in December throughout the beloved restored area to document the stunningly beautiful 2017 door wreaths and holiday decorations.
In creating the wreaths and décor, restrictions and instructions were the elements of each holiday design had to be created with materials in existence during the colonial era.
The wreaths and décor are predominantly made of natural materials - dried fruit, flowers, and vegetables, magnolia leaves, sycamore tree seed balls, artichokes, dried okra pods, apples and pineapples, persimmons, oyster shells, evergreen boughs and fresh or dried leaves, oranges spiked with cloves, lotus pods, apples, wheat and corn husks, baskets, feathers, and pine cones.
The holiday designers added 'trades-related' elements to some wreaths such as dried tobacco leaves and clay pipes, toys and soaps, cotton-bolls and threads, tankards and playing cards, a miniature anvil and hammer, nutmeg graters and walnuts, musical flutes and song sheets, a tiny yule log surrounded by straw and wheat stars, miniature wigs and shoe soles, wooden spoons and dried orange slices, twisted paper (into rolls or roses), and shiny tin leaves, to name a few.
What is even better than getting black and white grayscale photos to color? The original photos in full glorious color are also available on the Author / Photographer's Etsy shop as reference for when you color the illustrations at:
www.etsy.com/people/DawnDBoyer
Whether you are a floral designer or a home-based crafter, these beautiful photos in black and white and the matching (Etsy store available) full-color illustrations provide incentive, inspiration, and creative ideas for you to design and create your own colonial-era inspired holiday décor!

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About the Author: Dawn D. Boyer, Ph.D. has been drawing since she was five years old. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University's, Bachelor of Art Program, and then re-engaged later at Radford University, earning her BFA in Graphic Design and Illustration.
She returned to Virginia Commonwealth University to earn her Master's Degree in Adult Education, and then attended Old Dominion University for her Doctorate of Philosophy in Education (May 2013, Norfolk, VA in Education; STEMPS/OTS/T&D/HR; Occupational & Technical Studies, with a concentration in Training & Development in Human Resources).
Over the years, she has developed a distinctive style for her pen and ink illustrations of old barns and houses, as well as Colonial Williamsburg architectural portraiture. She currently works in mixed-media from recycled magazines to create 3-D images of stylistic animals and mandalas, using childhood craft processes (bubble-gum chains, paper footballs, and quilling techniques) to create sophisticated paper baskets 'crocheted' woven together in a non-traditional way. This is used to her advantage in creating imaginative illustrations of the delightful fairy houses and fairy doors. Her most recent venture in illustration is using an Apple iPad Tablet and an Apple Pencil to draw her newest illustrations.
She is the author of 160+ books on the topics of business, career search practices, mandala books for hypnotherapy and meditation, 50+ coloring books for adults, women and gender studies, quotes for self-improvement ("2,000+" & "3,000+" series), as well as genealogy and family lineage. She assists other authors publish their manuscripts in the print-on-demand market, and also has a series of books entitled: 'Interview with An Artist.' The interview books compile artists' interviews with photos of the artist's work to assist the artists in marketing and branding their work to an international marketplace.

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