Birds at Home Coloring Book

Birds Homeat RevisedEdition
COLORING BOOK

DISCOVER Crista Forest

Interesting Facts About
Cardinals, Robins, Bluebirds, and

30 More of Your Favorite Birds
from USA and Canada

Finding the Rainbow in Earth Tones

When we think of what we call “earth tones,” we often imagine various shades of browns and grays. But
earth tones really include all the colors of the rainbow. Of course we notice that flowers come in all sorts of
bright colors, but it’s often different when we think of animals. It’s easy to look at the image below and see
just a brown bird with black spots. It really doesn’t have any color other than the red spot on the back of its
head, right?

In reality, even these “plain” browns can have other colors in them, because everything reflects the light
that bounces off surrounding objects. The pinks from the flowers, the greens from the foliage, the blues
from the sky, and shadows all change the colors of these browns and grays.

I’ve taken some swatches from
different areas of the bird so
you can better see the true
color variations. The browns
actually include red, orange,
yellow, green, and blue tones.

So as you’re coloring a brown
or gray bird, don’t just go
straight for the brown or gray
colored pencils. Use those
colors as the base colors, but
then layer a little bit of another
color over them. Layer them
with the colors you’re using
in the flowers, foliage, and
sky to make your artwork
more vibrant, interesting,
and realistic.

Northern Flicker
2

Eastern Bluebird, page 79.
6 Colored pencils (Prismacolor), watercolor pencils (Master’s Touch). Color by Darla Tjelmeland.

Black-capped Chickadee, page 45. 7
Brush markers (Zig by Kuretake), colored pencils (Derwent Inktense), soft pastels. Color by Lisa Caryl.

California Gull, page 31.
8 Colored pencils (Prismacolor), watercolor pencils. Color by Darla Tjelmeland.

Baltimore Oriole, page 53. 9
Colored pencils (Prismacolor), gel pens (Sakura). Color by Kelly Nagorka.

Common Loon, page 29.
10 Colored pencils (Prismacolor), watercolor pencils (Master’s Touch). Color by Darla Tjelmeland.

Purple Finch, page 77.
Colored pencils (Faber-Castell). Color by Katja Lahti. 11

Western Meadowlark, page 51.
12 Colored pencils (Prismacolor), watercolor pencils (Master’s Touch). Color by Darla Tjelmeland.

Northern Mockingbird, page 69.
Colored pencils (Prismacolor), soft pastels. Color by Lisa Caryl. 13

Northern Flicker, page 41.
14 Colored pencils (Prismacolor), watercolor pencils. Color by Darla Tjelmeland.

Cactus Wren, page 47.
Colored pencils (Marco Raffine and Crayola), pastels (Mungyo). Color by Keara Irby. 15

Brown Pelican, page 43.
16 Colored pencils (Prismacolor), watercolor pencils (Master’s Touch). Color by Darla Tjelmeland.

Nene. © Crista Forest, www.foreststudios.com. From Birds at Home, Revised Edition © Design Originals, www.D-Originals.com 27

Common Loon. © Crista Forest, www.foreststudios.com. From Birds at Home, Revised Edition © Design Originals, www.D-Originals.com 29

Greater Roadrunner. © Crista Forest, www.foreststudios.com. From Birds at Home, Revised Edition © Design Originals, www.D-Originals.com 35

Greater Roadrunner

(Geococcyx californianus)

Greater roadrunners are built for running rather than flying.
By leaning its body and tail nearly parallel to the ground, the

roadrunner reaches speeds of 20 mph (32 km/h).

Great Horned Owl. © Design Originals, www.D-Originals.com 55

Great Horned Owl

(Bubo virginianus)

The great horned owl is a fierce predator that often hunts other birds,
like the American crow, or even species larger than itself, such as
ospreys, falcons, and other owls.

Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher. © Crista Forest, www.foreststudios.com. From Birds at Home, Revised Edition © Design Originals, www.D-Originals.com 59

Scissor-Tailed
Flycatcher

(Tyrannus forficatus)

The scissor-tailed flycatcher developed its long tail feathers to make
quick turns in the air when chasing down its insectoid prey.

Bring the Beautiful World of Birds to Life!

Relax and color more than 30 stunning line-art designs of North
America’s most popular birds. From cardinals and wrens to pelicans,
puffins, goldfinches, and so many more, Birds at Home Coloring
Book, Revised Edition is a tranquil escape into nature to express your
creativity while admiring avian animals. Bird watchers and animal
lovers will enjoy reading and learning interesting facts included with
each illustration, and insightful opening sections on color theory and
coloring techniques are also provided to inspire you before you begin.
Each design is printed on a single side of high-quality paper with
perforated edges for easy removal and display of completed designs.

“O ne of the best ways to
improve your birdwatching
skills is to sketch, paint, or
color images of birds because
creating your own art forces
you to really look at the
details of the bird. Crista
Forest’s wonderful coloring
book is valuable because it
offers instruction on choosing
and mixing colors and gives
you more than 30 species to
color as you see fit!”

— Matt Mendenhall, Editor,
BirdWatching Magazine

Crista Forest gets her love of art from her family, EAN $9.99 US | $11.99 CAN
especially her father. As a child she spent a lot of
time out in nature, where her love and appreciation ISBN: 978-1-4972-0597-0 5 0 9 9 9
of nature and wildlife grew. These became her
favorite subjects to draw and paint. As an adult, 9 781497 205970
Crista spent many years doing computer art for
video game companies, creating 3D graphics that
included both natural scenes and architectural
artwork. Today, she works at home painting
animals and nature full time, creating her art
digitally as well as with traditional oil paints.