Favorite Ballets Coloring Book (Dover Fashion Coloring Book)

I'm an adult who lets her inner child out daily, these days I'm into coloring but children's coloring books are neither interesting enough nor present enough of a challenge. I discovered the Dover Coloring books last week and ordered 3. I am more than happy with the Favorite Ballets, I've already colored two scenes, Emeralds and Don Quixote, each has taken more than 3 hours to finish due to the detail and types of pens and pencils I used. The drawings are beautiful and I found that many have costumes almost exactly the same as some worn by real ballet dancers in productions all over the world. The Scheherazade scene is gorgeous and I can't wait to start it. The Firebird is so beautiful, even without colors you can't stop looking at it. 30 beautiful drawings to color in and there were only about 5 that didn't appeal to me that much. Nothing wrong with them, they just didn't move me. This is a must buy for those who love ballet and coloring.

My six year old daughter loves this coloring book. It has descriptions of the ballets along with detailed drawings for her to color. She has seen some of the ballet performances before and enjoys talking about them as she colors. The drawings are so detailed she prefers using sharp colored pencils to color in this book. It was definitely worth the money and would make a great gift for any dancer. Even my teen has enjoyed looking through it and reading about the ballets, and coloring a little, too.

WOW!!! I will zerox pages to give to my Grandchildren so I can keep this book in tact. I am very happy to have discovered this book on Amazon because it has the synopsis of several famous ballets along with these wonderful, detailed pictures. It is a great way to interest children in the wonderful world of ballet.

My students were delighted to have something special to color.

I liked this book, but returned it because I work with gel pens, and like any of the fashion books, this one requires so much of one color that you can use up an entire pen on a single page. Also, white, which is required for Swan Lake, doesn't show up well and silver is a poor substitute. Additionally, my gel pens don't have any really soft pinks, so the ballet slippers wouldn't look at all authentic in bright pink. Ditto for the necessary flesh tones. If you are using a medium other than gel pens and can figure out how to make white show up, this is a very, very attractive book with quite lovely pictures.

This coloring book is so detailed! It shows scenes from famous classical ballets and gives the story, themes, and techniques used in each. It is even beautiful without color! I had a copy as a child and decided to purchase a new copy. Does not disappoint! I highly recommend this to the ballet nerds out there and to all of the young children who dream of being the new generation of dancers.

Historically accurate dance drawings, beautifully rendered. Love it.

I was not familiar with all of the ballets in the books, but they definitely aroused my interest in them. This is a really nice book and introduces the color artist to new interests. I was very pleased with the scenes in this book!

I could have danced all night but since I have two left feet this is the next best thing. Enjoy

Je vais essayer ce livre qui me plait déjà par les dessins, le coloriage me semble facile avec du pastels pour le papier qui est fin mais agréable en pastel. Je l'ai aimé et vous l'aimerai aussi.

Ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo. Carta abbastanza spessa. Non ci sono pagine bianche ma data la carta non sottile si riesce a colorare con matite( senza calcare tantissimo tutte le pagine) i costumi sono molto simili se non uguali a quelli delle rappresentazioni teatrali .Trovo il libro accurato. 5 stelle

I really liked colouring the book

Mi hija le gusta mucho pero las páginas son muy finas. Esperaba que las páginas estaban de mas calidad de un papel bueno