A Colour-Along Visit to the Tower of the Forest Wizard

This fall I took on a project I’ve been meaning to do for a while – I have made a colouring book based on my playmap The Tower of the Forest Wizard!

I loved colouring books as a kid and teen, and the more stuff in them the better – one of my most treasured was one that was hugely detailed drawings of tallships from the Age of Sail, as it phrased it, which had about as much whimsy or humour as a military history display. But colouring them in, it felt like a way to explore these ships and get to know them! Wandering through that book with my pencil crayons wasn’t so different from walking through these ships, counting the sails, following each line of rigging from one end to the other, starting to put together how this all worked. I really think drawing, colouring, making art with and of something is just such a great way to learn about it and experience it.

And I wanted to invite you to wander through the Tower of the Forest Wizard like that – to have an excuse to look at every book on the shelves, to notice the pumpkins in the kitchen, the mushrooms on the stairs, the parakeets in the garden, you know? And what better way than a colouring book!

I will have physical copies available locally here in Toronto soon – very soon (!) – and I am looking into how to make this book available internationally at a reasonable price, but that will probably take me until the new year.

However! It’s now listed on my itch as a PDF for you to print at home or import into your favourite art software to colour on your phone or tablet. The complexity varies, and there’s pages that will be fun for a younger kid, and pages that will be a challenge for an experienced colourist. I hope it’s a satisfying exploration of a cozy and magical space – and a great excuse to meet all the wizards you can dream of!

The Tower of the Forest Wizard – Colouring Book by Shel Kahn and the Sorcerer’s Catalogue

A colour-along tour of a vibrant, magical home, filled with surprising secrets ✨

sorcererscatalogue.itch.io

(there are also community copies available for free to folks who need them – click on in and claim one!)

If you do take the time to colour a page or two I would love to see your art! or your kid’s art! or your retired mom’s art! There is no joy like seeing folks take something I made and make something magical and new from it. Thanks so much for taking a look at my darling wizard tower, it’s an honour to host visitors to this whimsical realm I built.