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- NANCY DREW
In the early eighties I illustrated a number of Nancy Drew stories for the Wanderer series. I d... - New for 2024: FARM ANIMALS BOARD BOOKS
Just released in November 2024! Written by my daughter Whitney, these two boards books were rea... - NEW PRINTS and BOOKS added to SHOPS
I've added more signed, out of print books, coloring book packages, and prints to my on...
A Storm of Horses
A Storm of Horses is my first picture book biography for children, about a woman artist who loved to draw and paint horses, just like I do. Only she lived 200 years ago! DESCRIPTION, from the publisher:…
Golden Dreams
GOLDEN DREAMS is a 224 page full color retrospective of the career of illustrator Ruth Sanderson. Known for her lavishly illustrated fairy tale picture books, including THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES, CINDERELLA, and THE SNOW PRINCESS, this volume…
Drawing Horses
In DRAWING HORSES, children’s book illustrator Ruth Sanderson demonstrates her method of drawing realistic horses in 25 step-by-step lessons, with commentary and tips in each lesson, as well as details of her pencil techniques. This 80-page book…
Nancy Drew Coloring Book
I worked on the NANCY DREW series for a number of years in the early 1980’s, and this book contains a selection of 40 sketches and finished illustrations for many of the covers and interiors. It is…
Heidi
Heidi contains 24 scenes from the full color illustrated children’s book I created in 1984, converted to both light and darker grayscale for a total of 48 pictures to color. Here are a few sample images:
Nursery Rhymes
Color your own pictures of these 36 delightful nursery rhymes. With the rhymes included! I carefully converted the color images to a light grayscale, so you can color right over the tones with colored pencils, and the…
Christmas Magic
Watch a Flip Through of All the pages on YouTube. Download this free Santa picture and color along with Ruth in the video below!
Fantasy Faces
These 24 images are grayscaled from my many paintings. There is a bonus section at the back of the book with 6 practice portraits and color combinations for various skin colors. The book includes a lighter and…
Fairies
Bring these fey creatures to life with your own color! These 24 grayscaled images were created from my many paintings of fairies. The print version of the coloring book contains both a lighter and darker version, as…
Beautiful Fairy Tales #1: The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Volume I of BEAUTIFUL FAIRY TALES, with 24 unique pictures to color. I carefully converted the color images to a light grayscale, so you can color right over the tones with colored pencils, and the tones help…