Chromatic Vision- Constructing a Coloring Book with Maegan Cook

First Friday Art Club created coloring book pages with guest artist and author, Maegan Cook, for October 2016.  This light-hearted program focused on the current coloring book craze.  Maegan Cook is a graphic novel artist, picture book illustrator and author of A Plus B, which is in the young adult collection at the Southeast Steuben County Library.

To begin the program, Maegan produced a few background drawings to inspire the students to elaborate with their own detailed drawings.  This freedom can often frighten kids, but those pencils went right to work with visions of super heroes, comic characters, and abstract imagery.

Coloring book pages in progress

It is fun to witness what students want to present from their imagination.  

There was Spiderman.

Some tiny ponies

Girl Power

And graphic novel pages

Once each student produced 2 pages to add to our final book, Maegan showed the class how to trace over their pencil lines with marker to finalize the pages.

As the final renditions were turned in, Maegan and I took time

to appreciate the work provided.

We appreciate the varied drawings and look forward to printing these coloring books for all students who participated.  I better start sharpening my colored pencils for this treat!

Stop by in November to see the beautiful rain sticks we create for 

Native American Heritage Month.

Thanks for visiting.