Have you ever bought a new sketchbook, opened to the first page, and thought, "Now what do I do?" Sue Bleiweiss and the talented minds behind "The Sketchbook Challenge" are here to help.
Imagine a supportive community of artists sharing the innermost pages of their sketchbooks and offering you tips and techniques for overcoming creative blocks. That's what "The Sketchbook Challenge" is all about, and the popular blog of the same name has already inspired thousands. Inside this book, you'll find:
- Themes that will motivate you to start your sketchbook--and, more important, keep at...

Grab your colored pencils, markers or crayons and get ready to color the whimsical and wonky world of Sue Bleiweiss Inside this book you'll find 10 original drawings of nature and whimsical creatures ready for coloring. Color the designs in as they are or use a fine tip black marker to add some additional details or doodling in some areas before you color them.

Grab your colored pencils, markers or crayons and get ready to color the whimsical and wonky world of Sue Bleiweiss Inside this book you'll find 14 original drawings of buildings, skylines and neighborhoods ready for coloring. Color the designs in as they are or use a fine tip black marker to add some additional details or doodling in some areas before you color them. Sue Bleiweiss is the author of "The Sketchbook Challenge" and "Colorful Fabric Collage"

Dyeing your own fabric is easy and fun My method for dyeing fabric is very easy and tends to produce a fabric with an unevenly colored surface which I prefer because it makes for a more interesting piece of fabric to work with. In this book I show you my method for dyeing solid fabric using procion dye. I'll also show you how to create tone on tone fabrics using Jaquard Color Magnet using several different methods for applying it to the fabric including screenprinting, stamping and writing with a plastic craft syringe.