From Colour to Mask is a children's art picture book about colour, imagination and creative transformation.
Simple colours and shapes begin to move, change and become playful characters, inviting children to notice, imagine and create. Developed from Maria Grujicic’s process-led art practice, the book connects visual art, imaginative play and creative learning.
36-page A4 landscape paperback
Premium colour on coated white paper
Written and illustrated by Maria Grujicic
ISBN 978-1-7645746-3-1
$32.95 AUD
From Colour to Mask
- Text, illustrations, design and original activity content © 2026 Maria Grujicic. All rights reserved. From Colour to Mask is an original work created and illustrated by Maria Grujicic and published by Maria Grujicic Studio. No part of this publication, including its text, illustrations or original activity material, may be reproduced, copied, stored, distributed, uploaded, transmitted or used in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise — without prior written permission from Maria Grujicic Studio, except for brief quotations used in reviews or where otherwise permitted by law. Purchasing this book does not grant permission to reproduce its text or artwork for commercial, educational, digital or promotional use. For permission enquiries, please contact Maria Grujicic Studio.ISBN 978-1-7645746-3-1Published by Maria Grujicic Studio, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
From Colour to Mask is an illustrated picture book about colour, imagination and creative transformation. Simple colours and shapes begin to move, change and become playful characters, inviting children to notice, imagine and create.
The story reflects Maria Grujicic’s process-led approach to art and encourages children to explore how an idea can grow from colour and form into character, story and mask-making.
Created and illustrated in Darwin, Northern Territory, the book connects visual art, imaginative play and creative learning.
From Colour to Mask also includes suggested creative activities for children to explore after reading the story.
Using simple materials such as plasticine, watercolour pencils and paint, children are encouraged to experiment with colour, shape and transformation — mixing colours, tracing forms, adding water to watercolour pencil, and imagining how a shape might become a creature, pattern, character or mask.
The activities are open-ended rather than step-by-step copying exercises, allowing children to respond in their own way and continue the story through their own creative making.
Maria Grujicic is a Darwin-based Australian artist, educator, author and illustrator with more than 25 years’ teaching experience in Australia and internationally. Her work explores place, observation, natural materials and the ways children encounter the world through their senses, imagination and creative making.
With training in education and visual arts, she brings together art, nature and creative learning in her practice. Through Maria Grujicic Studio, she creates picture books, art experiences, workshops and educational resources inspired by nature, colour, imagination and children’s creative exploration.
Title: From Colour to Mask
Written and illustrated by: Maria Grujicic
Format: A4 landscape paperback
Pages: 36
Printing: Premium colour
Paper: 80# white coated
Cover: Glossy
ISBN: 978-1-7645746-3-1
Published: 2026
Published by: Maria Grujicic Studio
Created in: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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