Take a fantastical journey through the world of mermaid mash-ups with this fun-filled drawing and coloring activity book.

Calling all drawing and doodling enthusiasts! Filled with tons of drawing, doodling, and coloring prompts and ideas for creating mer-mazing doodle mash-ups, Doodle Menagerie: The Mermaid’s Book of Tails will take your creative talents to imaginative new heights. Mix and match the characters with a variety of colorful, patterned tails to create a myriad of different merfolk, including:
 

• Mer-bots (mermaid + robot)
• Mer-garoos (mermaid + kangaroo)
• Mer-kats (mermaid + lion)
• Mer-osaurs (mermaid + dinosaur)

The combinations are endless! The book also includes an overview of art tools and materials, an intro to color theory, step-by-step drawing projects, and colorfully patterned pages for creating a mixed-media undersea collage scene.

Whatever your age or skill level, you will enjoy creating giggle-worthy artwork using a variety of different mediums.

The Doodle Menagerie series includes loads of silly creatures to draw, doodle, and mash up in order to create even more fantastical critters. Learn to work with crayon, colored pencil, marker, watercolor, and even collage to create outrageously cute drawings designed to make you laugh out loud. Follow along with the step-by-step projects or design your own silly mash-ups from scratch.

Clare Younis is an artist, musician, and educator from Port Campbell, Australia. She studied Creative Arts and Teaching at the University of Melbourne and has spent many years nurturing the imaginations of children, teenagers, and adults living with disability. Inspired by both the natural world and the supernatural, Clare combines digital and traditional media to create light-hearted, vibrant illustrations and surface designs. Clare loves singing, cooking, writing, reading, and wandering on the beach with her family.