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Art of Coloring: Walt Disney World

100 Images to Inspire Creativity from The Most Magical Place on Earth

Paperback
$15.99 US
7.65"W x 10.88"H x 0.42"D   (19.4 x 27.6 x 1.1 cm) | 15 oz (431 g) | 36 per carton
On sale Apr 05, 2022 | 128 Pages | 9781368077989
Sales rights: US, Canada, Open Mkt
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The ultimate adult coloring book for the Walt Disney World Resort offers stunning line illustrations featuring more than 70 fan-favorite Disney characters from across 50 different popular locations at the resort―past and present!

Also part of the Art of Coloring series, which has sold over 2 million copies across the U.S.


Walt Disney World is a place like no other, and this gorgeous (and even sometimes hilarious) collection of illustrations presents memorable characters, favorite icons, and visual surprises at each page turn. Thoughtfully curated by Kevin M. Kern of the Walt Disney Archives, these images are ideal for taking pencil to paper and adding your own brand of color and style. Disney theme park concept art, posters, and maps join with playful vintage coloring book art to draw out the inner artist in every Disney fan, cultivating relaxation and focus.

Includes:
  • a convenient "lay flat" paperback book
  • 100 images to inspire creativity and relaxation

Searching for ways to celebrate the Walt Disney World Resort? Explore more books from Disney Editions:
  • Delicious Disney: Walt Disney World
  • A Portrait of Walt Disney World: 50 Years of The Most Magical Place on Earth
  • People Behind the Disney Parks: Stories of Those Honored with a Window on Main Street, U.S.A.
  • Poster Art of the Disney Parks, Second Edition
  • Maps of the Disney Parks: Charting 60 Years from California to Shanghai
CONTENTS
 
6―PREFACE
10―NOSTALGIA: An Idealized Yesteryear
28―FANTASY: The Art of Make-Believe
56―DISCOVERY: Adventure and Exploration
88―TOMORROW: A Step into the Future
100―REFLECTIONS: Looking Back at the World
114―THE WORLD’S MOST MAGICAL CELEBRATION
The Fiftieth Anniversary of Walt Disney World
124―BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ENDNOTES
125―ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
126―IMAGE CREDITS
127―“A BLANK PAGE”
 
PREFACE
 
“Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination.”
—Walt Disney
 
THE VERY CONCEPT OF WHAT “CREATIVITY” IS—or what it can be—amounts to a great many things to each of us. Colors. Patterns. Mediums. Each is a tool at the behest of the artist within, ready to help employ perhaps the most precious of humanity’s gifts—imagination. When confronted with a blank canvas, sheet of paper, sidewalk, bedroom wall—or any surface, really—one thing unites us in our artistic journey: the decision to adventure forward and make our first mark.
 
For me, the Walt Disney World Resort has always been one of those inspirational instigators. Serving as a seemingly endless source of brilliance from which we can draw to not only help make sense of the world around us, but to move ourselves to bring some of its creative magic home, this happy place is a true wellspring of innovation that is capable of imparting joy and new knowledge on any who visit.
 
The coloring pages we’ve pulled together in this book come from a variety of historical sources that dot the resort’s now half-century legacy, including a few vintage publications that I collected as a child. Many pieces trigger distinct memories of feverishly doodling away to my heart’s content while camping with my family at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. These fleeting moments are representative not of bygone days, but of a beloved temporal space deep in our souls that’s always only moments away.
 
Above all, I hope you find the same beacon of inspiration our creative team did in pulling these pages together for you. Use pencils, crayons, paint; you name it. I pray you make the following pages yours. There’s nothing holding you back from covering them with the wildest, craziest, and most remarkable creations yet. May your creative compass help guide the artistic adventures that lie ahead within these views, these snapshots, these memories of our grand muse, The Most Magical Place on Earth: Walt Disney World.
 
Kevin M. Kern
June 2021
 
NOSTALGIA: An Idealized Yesteryear
 
“Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards—the things we live by and teach our children—are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.”
—Walt Disney
 
STEEPED IN THE YEARNING FOR AN IDYLLIC TIME gone by—or that never was!—a rich sense of nostalgia informs many of the experiences that exist at Walt Disney World. Imbued with a feeling that is meant to reassure all who visit, you’re bound to find a fulfilling, optimistic adventure that also reminds you of a familiar sense of belonging. What Walt and Roy O. Disney envisioned with their Vacation Kingdom was a place that entertained as well as reassured. Marty Sklar, a longtime Walt Disney Imagineering creative executive and Disney Legend, outlined the understanding of this communal, harmonious intent: “As a visitor, you know where you are, and every detail reinforces the time period and the experience. Even though you have never been there, somehow you and your family are at home here.” Just as the sands of time are ever shifting, pangs of nostalgia for the resort are united via one simple constant: afterward, we all seek to relive the joy and magic we encounter during our visit. And, as a result, those memories are what help call us back, time and time again.
“It’s not just what you’d expect―there’s a lot of concept art, posters, and maps in a coloring book that skews very vintage.”
― Tom Bricker, disneytouristblog.com

“If you are a fan of coloring, this new book is for you!”
― Kelly Coffey, Inside the Magic: Your Ultimate Source for Themed Entertainment Coverage
 
“[We] saw some throwbacks to old Magic Kingdom attractions, such as Mickey Mouse Revue. The art used in the book is vintage and there are notes about each work. We first found the coloring book in the Emporium at Magic Kingdom.”
― Shannen Ace, WDW News Today
 
“Young artists (and anyone else who loves a good coloring session!) will have plenty of fun filling in the pages of this Walt Disney World themed coloring book. . . . From Disney theme park concept art to attraction posts to maps, Disney fans can have fun, let their colored pencils or markers run wild, and enjoy 100 different images inside the book’s covers.”
― Heather Adams, WDW Magazine

“Each chapter of “Art of Coloring: Walt Disney World” begins with a page of text, but this is primarily a coloring book with images from throughout Walt Disney World’s history (including the future). I’m really impressed by how many vintage images are in the book. I do believe this will be a coveted book in the future when it’s no longer available. The author is a longtime Disney fan and it shows with the images chosen”.
― Denise Preskitt, Mousesteps
Kevin M. Kern began his career with the Walt Disney Archives in 2011. As the group's manager of research, he works predominantly with historical documents and artwork, and helps to facilitate company legacy and outreach projects, including oral histories and the development and installation of museum exhibitions. He's hosted special event programming for many business units across The Walt Disney Company and has had his writing featured in numerous publications. His favorite Walt Disney World attraction is Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress.

Cover artist Fabiola Garza is a character artist at Disney Creative group in Orlando, Florida. During her career she has had the pleasure of working on The Little Golden Book for Pixar's Coco and designing the beloved turtle 'Olu Mel for Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa. She is also the author and illustrator of the award-winning children's book A Boy Who Became Pope: The Story of Saint John Paul II. During her free time she enjoys ballroom dancing, the work of G. K. Chesterton, and contributing to Catholic publications and podcasts. Her favorite Walt Disney World attraction is Spaceship Earth.
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•     Cook Islands
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•     Guadeloupe
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•     Guinea-Bissau
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•     Heard/McDon.Isl
•     Honduras
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•     Iraq
•     Israel
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•     Rwanda
•     Saint Martin
•     San Marino
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•     Saudi Arabia
•     Senegal
•     Serbia
•     Singapore
•     Sint Maarten
•     Slovakia
•     Slovenia
•     South Korea
•     South Sudan
•     Spain
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•     Sth Terr. Franc
•     Sudan
•     Suriname
•     Svalbard
•     Sweden
•     Switzerland
•     Syria
•     Tadschikistan
•     Taiwan
•     Thailand
•     Timor-Leste
•     Togo
•     Tokelau Islands
•     Tunisia
•     Turkey
•     Turkmenistan
•     Ukraine
•     Unit.Arab Emir.
•     Uruguay
•     Uzbekistan
•     Vatican City
•     Venezuela
•     Vietnam
•     Wallis,Futuna
•     West Saharan
•     Western Samoa
•     Yemen

Not available for sale:
•     Antigua/Barbuda
•     Australia
•     Bahamas
•     Bangladesh
•     Barbados
•     Belize
•     Bermuda
•     Botswana
•     Brit.Ind.Oc.Ter
•     Brit.Virgin Is.
•     Brunei
•     Cayman Islands
•     Christmas Islnd
•     Cocos Islands
•     Cyprus
•     Dominica
•     Falkland Islnds
•     Fiji
•     Gambia
•     Ghana
•     Gibraltar
•     Grenada
•     Guernsey
•     Guyana
•     India
•     Ireland
•     Isle of Man
•     Jamaica
•     Jersey
•     Kenya
•     Kiribati
•     Lesotho
•     Malawi
•     Malaysia
•     Malta
•     Mauritius
•     Montserrat
•     Mozambique
•     Namibia
•     Nauru
•     New Zealand
•     Nigeria
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About

The ultimate adult coloring book for the Walt Disney World Resort offers stunning line illustrations featuring more than 70 fan-favorite Disney characters from across 50 different popular locations at the resort―past and present!

Also part of the Art of Coloring series, which has sold over 2 million copies across the U.S.


Walt Disney World is a place like no other, and this gorgeous (and even sometimes hilarious) collection of illustrations presents memorable characters, favorite icons, and visual surprises at each page turn. Thoughtfully curated by Kevin M. Kern of the Walt Disney Archives, these images are ideal for taking pencil to paper and adding your own brand of color and style. Disney theme park concept art, posters, and maps join with playful vintage coloring book art to draw out the inner artist in every Disney fan, cultivating relaxation and focus.

Includes:
  • a convenient "lay flat" paperback book
  • 100 images to inspire creativity and relaxation

Searching for ways to celebrate the Walt Disney World Resort? Explore more books from Disney Editions:
  • Delicious Disney: Walt Disney World
  • A Portrait of Walt Disney World: 50 Years of The Most Magical Place on Earth
  • People Behind the Disney Parks: Stories of Those Honored with a Window on Main Street, U.S.A.
  • Poster Art of the Disney Parks, Second Edition
  • Maps of the Disney Parks: Charting 60 Years from California to Shanghai

Excerpt

CONTENTS
 
6―PREFACE
10―NOSTALGIA: An Idealized Yesteryear
28―FANTASY: The Art of Make-Believe
56―DISCOVERY: Adventure and Exploration
88―TOMORROW: A Step into the Future
100―REFLECTIONS: Looking Back at the World
114―THE WORLD’S MOST MAGICAL CELEBRATION
The Fiftieth Anniversary of Walt Disney World
124―BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ENDNOTES
125―ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
126―IMAGE CREDITS
127―“A BLANK PAGE”
 
PREFACE
 
“Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination.”
—Walt Disney
 
THE VERY CONCEPT OF WHAT “CREATIVITY” IS—or what it can be—amounts to a great many things to each of us. Colors. Patterns. Mediums. Each is a tool at the behest of the artist within, ready to help employ perhaps the most precious of humanity’s gifts—imagination. When confronted with a blank canvas, sheet of paper, sidewalk, bedroom wall—or any surface, really—one thing unites us in our artistic journey: the decision to adventure forward and make our first mark.
 
For me, the Walt Disney World Resort has always been one of those inspirational instigators. Serving as a seemingly endless source of brilliance from which we can draw to not only help make sense of the world around us, but to move ourselves to bring some of its creative magic home, this happy place is a true wellspring of innovation that is capable of imparting joy and new knowledge on any who visit.
 
The coloring pages we’ve pulled together in this book come from a variety of historical sources that dot the resort’s now half-century legacy, including a few vintage publications that I collected as a child. Many pieces trigger distinct memories of feverishly doodling away to my heart’s content while camping with my family at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. These fleeting moments are representative not of bygone days, but of a beloved temporal space deep in our souls that’s always only moments away.
 
Above all, I hope you find the same beacon of inspiration our creative team did in pulling these pages together for you. Use pencils, crayons, paint; you name it. I pray you make the following pages yours. There’s nothing holding you back from covering them with the wildest, craziest, and most remarkable creations yet. May your creative compass help guide the artistic adventures that lie ahead within these views, these snapshots, these memories of our grand muse, The Most Magical Place on Earth: Walt Disney World.
 
Kevin M. Kern
June 2021
 
NOSTALGIA: An Idealized Yesteryear
 
“Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards—the things we live by and teach our children—are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.”
—Walt Disney
 
STEEPED IN THE YEARNING FOR AN IDYLLIC TIME gone by—or that never was!—a rich sense of nostalgia informs many of the experiences that exist at Walt Disney World. Imbued with a feeling that is meant to reassure all who visit, you’re bound to find a fulfilling, optimistic adventure that also reminds you of a familiar sense of belonging. What Walt and Roy O. Disney envisioned with their Vacation Kingdom was a place that entertained as well as reassured. Marty Sklar, a longtime Walt Disney Imagineering creative executive and Disney Legend, outlined the understanding of this communal, harmonious intent: “As a visitor, you know where you are, and every detail reinforces the time period and the experience. Even though you have never been there, somehow you and your family are at home here.” Just as the sands of time are ever shifting, pangs of nostalgia for the resort are united via one simple constant: afterward, we all seek to relive the joy and magic we encounter during our visit. And, as a result, those memories are what help call us back, time and time again.

Praise

“It’s not just what you’d expect―there’s a lot of concept art, posters, and maps in a coloring book that skews very vintage.”
― Tom Bricker, disneytouristblog.com

“If you are a fan of coloring, this new book is for you!”
― Kelly Coffey, Inside the Magic: Your Ultimate Source for Themed Entertainment Coverage
 
“[We] saw some throwbacks to old Magic Kingdom attractions, such as Mickey Mouse Revue. The art used in the book is vintage and there are notes about each work. We first found the coloring book in the Emporium at Magic Kingdom.”
― Shannen Ace, WDW News Today
 
“Young artists (and anyone else who loves a good coloring session!) will have plenty of fun filling in the pages of this Walt Disney World themed coloring book. . . . From Disney theme park concept art to attraction posts to maps, Disney fans can have fun, let their colored pencils or markers run wild, and enjoy 100 different images inside the book’s covers.”
― Heather Adams, WDW Magazine

“Each chapter of “Art of Coloring: Walt Disney World” begins with a page of text, but this is primarily a coloring book with images from throughout Walt Disney World’s history (including the future). I’m really impressed by how many vintage images are in the book. I do believe this will be a coveted book in the future when it’s no longer available. The author is a longtime Disney fan and it shows with the images chosen”.
― Denise Preskitt, Mousesteps

Author

Kevin M. Kern began his career with the Walt Disney Archives in 2011. As the group's manager of research, he works predominantly with historical documents and artwork, and helps to facilitate company legacy and outreach projects, including oral histories and the development and installation of museum exhibitions. He's hosted special event programming for many business units across The Walt Disney Company and has had his writing featured in numerous publications. His favorite Walt Disney World attraction is Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress.

Cover artist Fabiola Garza is a character artist at Disney Creative group in Orlando, Florida. During her career she has had the pleasure of working on The Little Golden Book for Pixar's Coco and designing the beloved turtle 'Olu Mel for Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa. She is also the author and illustrator of the award-winning children's book A Boy Who Became Pope: The Story of Saint John Paul II. During her free time she enjoys ballroom dancing, the work of G. K. Chesterton, and contributing to Catholic publications and podcasts. Her favorite Walt Disney World attraction is Spaceship Earth.

Rights

Available for sale exclusive:
•     Canada
•     Guam
•     Minor Outl.Ins.
•     North Mariana
•     Philippines
•     Puerto Rico
•     Samoa,American
•     US Virgin Is.
•     USA

Available for sale non-exclusive:
•     Afghanistan
•     Aland Islands
•     Albania
•     Algeria
•     Andorra
•     Angola
•     Anguilla
•     Antarctica
•     Argentina
•     Armenia
•     Aruba
•     Austria
•     Azerbaijan
•     Bahrain
•     Belarus
•     Belgium
•     Benin
•     Bhutan
•     Bolivia
•     Bonaire, Saba
•     Bosnia Herzeg.
•     Bouvet Island
•     Brazil
•     Bulgaria
•     Burkina Faso
•     Burundi
•     Cambodia
•     Cameroon
•     Cape Verde
•     Centr.Afr.Rep.
•     Chad
•     Chile
•     China
•     Colombia
•     Comoro Is.
•     Congo
•     Cook Islands
•     Costa Rica
•     Croatia
•     Cuba
•     Curacao
•     Czech Republic
•     Dem. Rep. Congo
•     Denmark
•     Djibouti
•     Dominican Rep.
•     Ecuador
•     Egypt
•     El Salvador
•     Equatorial Gui.
•     Eritrea
•     Estonia
•     Ethiopia
•     Faroe Islands
•     Finland
•     France
•     Fren.Polynesia
•     French Guinea
•     Gabon
•     Georgia
•     Germany
•     Greece
•     Greenland
•     Guadeloupe
•     Guatemala
•     Guinea Republic
•     Guinea-Bissau
•     Haiti
•     Heard/McDon.Isl
•     Honduras
•     Hong Kong
•     Hungary
•     Iceland
•     Indonesia
•     Iran
•     Iraq
•     Israel
•     Italy
•     Ivory Coast
•     Japan
•     Jordan
•     Kazakhstan
•     Kuwait
•     Kyrgyzstan
•     Laos
•     Latvia
•     Lebanon
•     Liberia
•     Libya
•     Liechtenstein
•     Lithuania
•     Luxembourg
•     Macau
•     Macedonia
•     Madagascar
•     Maldives
•     Mali
•     Marshall island
•     Martinique
•     Mauritania
•     Mayotte
•     Mexico
•     Micronesia
•     Moldavia
•     Monaco
•     Mongolia
•     Montenegro
•     Morocco
•     Myanmar
•     Nepal
•     Netherlands
•     New Caledonia
•     Nicaragua
•     Niger
•     Niue
•     Norfolk Island
•     North Korea
•     Norway
•     Oman
•     Palau
•     Palestinian Ter
•     Panama
•     Paraguay
•     Peru
•     Poland
•     Portugal
•     Qatar
•     Reunion Island
•     Romania
•     Russian Fed.
•     Rwanda
•     Saint Martin
•     San Marino
•     SaoTome Princip
•     Saudi Arabia
•     Senegal
•     Serbia
•     Singapore
•     Sint Maarten
•     Slovakia
•     Slovenia
•     South Korea
•     South Sudan
•     Spain
•     St Barthelemy
•     St.Pier,Miquel.
•     Sth Terr. Franc
•     Sudan
•     Suriname
•     Svalbard
•     Sweden
•     Switzerland
•     Syria
•     Tadschikistan
•     Taiwan
•     Thailand
•     Timor-Leste
•     Togo
•     Tokelau Islands
•     Tunisia
•     Turkey
•     Turkmenistan
•     Ukraine
•     Unit.Arab Emir.
•     Uruguay
•     Uzbekistan
•     Vatican City
•     Venezuela
•     Vietnam
•     Wallis,Futuna
•     West Saharan
•     Western Samoa
•     Yemen

Not available for sale:
•     Antigua/Barbuda
•     Australia
•     Bahamas
•     Bangladesh
•     Barbados
•     Belize
•     Bermuda
•     Botswana
•     Brit.Ind.Oc.Ter
•     Brit.Virgin Is.
•     Brunei
•     Cayman Islands
•     Christmas Islnd
•     Cocos Islands
•     Cyprus
•     Dominica
•     Falkland Islnds
•     Fiji
•     Gambia
•     Ghana
•     Gibraltar
•     Grenada
•     Guernsey
•     Guyana
•     India
•     Ireland
•     Isle of Man
•     Jamaica
•     Jersey
•     Kenya
•     Kiribati
•     Lesotho
•     Malawi
•     Malaysia
•     Malta
•     Mauritius
•     Montserrat
•     Mozambique
•     Namibia
•     Nauru
•     New Zealand
•     Nigeria
•     Pakistan
•     PapuaNewGuinea
•     Pitcairn Islnds
•     S. Sandwich Ins
•     Seychelles
•     Sierra Leone
•     Solomon Islands
•     Somalia
•     South Africa
•     Sri Lanka
•     St. Helena
•     St. Lucia
•     St. Vincent
•     St.Chr.,Nevis
•     Swaziland
•     Tanzania
•     Tonga
•     Trinidad,Tobago
•     Turks&Caicos Is
•     Tuvalu
•     Uganda
•     United Kingdom
•     Vanuatu
•     Zambia
•     Zimbabwe