South Shields Museum at Home - colouring sheets

South Tyneside artist and teacher Sheila Graber has created colouring in sheets to download and enjoy at home inspired by well-known paintings. They are suitable for all generations!

Two of the images are taken from popular north east artist Ralph Hedley’s famous paintings in Newcastle’s Laing Art Gallery.

1. Ralph Hedley's 'Blinking in the Sun' – download to print here. See the original version here.
2. Ralph Hedley’s 'Last in Market' – download to print here. See the original painting here. 
3. Amau – a regal Egyptian cat. Download to print here. Adapted from the painting by Susan Herbert.
4. Bubble Cat – download to print here. Adapted from the painting by Susan Herbert. The original image will be familiar to you from a Pears soap advert ‘Bubbles’ a painting by Sir John Everett Mills in 1886.
5. Funflowers – adapted from Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh, 1888. Download to print here, and see the original painting here.  
6. Manet Cats – download to print here. Adapted from the painting by Susan Herbert, inspired by the original Manet painting by On the Seine at Argenteuil. 
7. Mosaic Cat. Inspired by an original Byzantine mosaic 1,400 years old. Download it here. 

Thank you to Sheila Graber for creating these for us all to enjoy. 

Please share your efforts with us on our Facebook page – Sheila would love to see them.