Beautiful Butterflies Coloring Book (Sirius Classic Nature Coloring)

Gray, Peter

ISBN 10: 1839402717 / ISBN 13: 9781839402715

Published by Sirius, 2020

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Synopsis:

This delightful butterfly coloring book features an exquisite range Victorian illustrations taken from The Naturalist's Library.

From the painted lady to the Old World swallowtail, this coloring book includes 45 butterfly designs to color. Beside each line drawing you will find full-color reference images so that you can choose accurate shades for each butterfly.

The exquisite reference illustrations are from The Naturalist's Library, a hugely popular Victorian series edited by the Scottish naturalist, Sir William Jardine (1800-1874) and illustrated by William Lizars (1788-1859).

The perfect gift for natural history-lovers and budding artists alike.

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 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.

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).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Beautiful Butterflies Coloring Book (Sirius ...
Publisher: Sirius
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Lizars, William
Condition: good