Florabunda Style: Super Simple Line Art to Color, Craft & Draw (Design Originals) Over 200 Doodles to Learn: Flowers, Leaves, Vines, Buds, Pods, Blooms, Petals, Bells, Nature-Inspired Accents, & More - Softcover

McNeill Czt, Suzanne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157421991X ISBN 13: 9781574219913

Publisher: Design Originals, 2015

Synopsis

Explore the fun and creative world of FloraBunda!

• Over 200 doodles to learn to draw, each fun, easy, and nature-inspired
• Simple shapes for creating flower petals, buds, leaves, vines, and other nature-inspired accents
• Perfect for crafting using markers, pens, colored pencils, watercolors, embroidery, and more
• Draw in the book—it's printed on high-quality artist paper to resist bleed-through
• Create beautiful art with no previous experience or special skills required

Picture yourself walking in a garden. Can you smell the flowers? Hear the dew dripping from the leaves? Do you feel relaxed, peaceful, joyful? It is easy to recreate that happiness every time you pick up a pen, with this fun book from noted artist and teacher Suzanne McNeill!

FloraBunda is a series of simple doodle shapes that are so easy, anyone can draw them! Representing the "next generation" of Zentangle (R), the FloraBunda aesthetic is based on simple, nature-inspired doodles. Drawing flowers, leaves, plants, and other organic figures is fun and easy when you practice the FloraBunda method with Suzanne McNeill within the pages of this workbook and project guide. When your drawings are done, use markers, colored pencils, watercolors, or your favorite craft to magically transform your inky doodles into exotic, lively plants!

FloraBunda Style is the definitive FloraBunda reference book, presenting the entire FloraBunda technique and providing more than 200 charming designs for you to mix and match in unique compositions. Relax your mind, reduce stress, and let your creativity flow while you draw, doodle, and sketch unique, beautiful art. Printed on high-quality artist paper, this book leaves plenty of room for you to be creative right inside the pages!

Each section includes a wonderful project that will teach you how you can use the fabulous FloraBunda patterns in crafts and mediums such as embroidery, decorating flowerpots, embellishing journals, using markers, and more. You'll learn how to stitch a floral Peter Pan collar, how to use Sharpie markers to embellish a standard mug with a colorful bouquet, how to create floral design tote bags and t-shirts using fabric markers, and so much more! There are also coloring pages and plenty of step-by-step doodle instructions for blooms, petals, vines, leaves, buds, pods, bells, and accents.

Whether you already love drawing or have never thought of yourself as someone who can draw, you'll enjoy the simple flower, leaf, and vine shapes of FloraBunda. Rejuvenate your soul & invigorate your creativity with the fun nature-inspired drawing method, with FloraBunda Style!

About this title

About the Author

Suzanne McNeill is the author of more than 200 craft & hobby books, including Joy of Zentangle (R), The Beauty of Zentangle (R), the 11-volume Zentangle (R) series, and Zen Mandalas.

Suzanne founded the leading publisher of Zentangle (R) books, Design Originals (an imprint of Fox Chapel Publishing). She was voted Designer of the Year and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Craft & Hobby Association.

Suzanne has been called "the trendsetter" of the arts and crafts industry.

From the Back Cover

Let A Garden Grow From Your Hand

Picture yourself walking in a garden. Can you smell the flowers? Hear the dew dripping from the leaves? You feel relaxed, peaceful, and joyful. It is easy to recreate that happiness every time you pick up a pen, with this new book from noted artist and teacher Suzanne McNeill.

The FloraBunda drawing method is based entirely on easy to learn, nature-inspired doodles. Whether you already love drawing or have never thought of yourself as someone who can draw, you'll enjoy the simple flower, leaf, and vine shapes of FloraBunda.

Relax your mind and let your creativity flow as you sketch, mixing and matching more than 200 fun designs from this book in unique compositions. Then use markers, colored pencils, watercolors, or your favorite craft medium to magically transform your inky doodles into exotic, lively plants.

Draw Inside This Book!

• Learn to draw more than 200 fun, nature-inspired doodles
• Simple shapes for flower petals, buds, leaves, vines, and more
• Perfect for markers, colored pencils, watercolors, embroidery, and crafts
• Draw right in this book—it's printed on high-quality artist paper
• Relax and reduce stress while you create unique, beautiful art

Also by Suzanne McNeill
FloraBunda Basics
FloraBunda Woodland
Joy of Zentangle

Rejuvenate your soul & invigorate your creativity with this relaxing new drawing method

Edition details

• Publisher: Design Originals
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157421991X
• ISBN 13: 9781574219913
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128