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The Day of the Dead Coloring Book

9781398857865
96 pages
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Overview

Celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead with this spectacular colouring book, filled with motifs and designs inspired by this vibrant festival.

Celebrated in late October and early November, The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) is a festival where family and friends gather to their deceased friends and relations and joyousl honour their memories. Here they celebrate their loved ones using calaveras and marigold flowers, building home altars called ofrendas loaded with favorite foods of the departed, and visiting graves with these items as gifts for the deceased as well as gifting items such as candy sugar skulls to the living.

Many of the traditions associated with the celebration are included in this sumptuous coloring book. You can color elaborate sugar skulls, skeleton musicians, and families, including their pets, wearing calavera makeup. Choose the brightest selection of colored markers or pencils and create an artwork as bright as the traditions they represent.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The bestselling Sirus Creative Coloring series brings together delightful coloring books designed to relax the mind and inspire creativity. Printed on thick, high-quality paper, these bold and beautiful artworks present a wonderful coloring challenge.

Author Bio
Diego Vaisberg is an art director and illustrator with a degree in graphic design, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has worked on visual design with world-renowned companies but his passion for cartoons and children's books has led him to work almost exclusively in illustration, both fiction and non-fiction. Diego has also written several of his own stories, which he has illustrated and published. He teaches Illustration Design at the University of Palermo as well as leading a team of artists at DGPH illustration studio and working on digital illustrations for books, games and animation.