Beautiful Nature Coloring Book (Sirius Classic Nature Coloring) - Softcover

Gray, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1398821101 ISBN 13: 9781398821101

Publisher: Sirius Entertainment, 2022

Synopsis

Choose from a selection of more than 40 beautifully detailed designs in this nature-inspired coloring book that includes a selection of flowers, butterflies, birds and fish.

Each of these artworks was originally drawn by some of the greatest botanical and nature artists of the 18th and 19th centuries, including John James Audubon, author and illustrator of the magnificent Birds of America, and Pierre-Joseph Redouté who was once the official botanical artist to Empress Joséphine of France. These original full-color images are set alongside their equivalent black and white designs to provide inspiration.

Relax and appreciate the spectacular colors of nature with this wonderful coloring book.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Sirius Classic Nature Coloring series includes illustrations by some of history's most acclaimed naturalists, including Audubon, Pierre-Joseph Redoute and William Lizars. These original full-color illustrations are presented beside the black and white designs for inspiration.

About this title

About the Authors

Peter Gray is long established as an illustrator of books, magazines and newspapers with occasional forays into such fields as film storyboards and costume design, advertising and animation projects. Peter is also the author of many books for adults and children, which have been published in many languages all around the world.Since graduating from Loughborough College of Art and Design with a specialist degree in illustration, Peter Gray has contributed illustrations to many books, of wide-ranging subject matter, from classic fiction to educational and historical, for UK publishers Penguin Longman and Oxford University Press and Ernst Klett in Germany. Outside book publishing, Peter has worked on storyboards and costume design for the film industry, most recently on Oliver Stone's blockbuster Alexander, and regularly contributes illustrations to national newspapers (Financial Times, Sunday Times) and magazines (The Spectator, Readers' Digest). He lives in Suffolk, UK.

John James Audubon (1785-1851) was born in Haiti and raised in France, emigrating to North America when he was 18 years old to avoid conscription into the Napoleonic wars. For many years he worked as a trading merchant, before turning to his true passion: ornithology. Audubon spent many years traveling the North American continent, identifying and recording bird species. The Birds of America was an immediate success, with Audubon becoming a household name in the nineteenth century. It is still considered to be one of the greatest works of ornithology ever created.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sirius Entertainment
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1398821101
• ISBN 13: 9781398821101
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Audubon John James, Redouté Pierre-Joseph
• Number of pages: 96