Floral – Art Ride

Wishing all our readers a very Happy Diwali, and the wonderful festival season ahead! May your lives be full of eternal light, blessings and good health. The festival season also gives us the time to take a break and gently follow the breeze of mindfulness, which connects well to the book we have for you this month. Creative Mindfulness coloring book helps you slow down and de-stress, to rejuvenate, and to be one with yourself. Read on…

Take time to breathe. Take time to create. Take time to reflect, take time to let go. A book that’s unique in the way it mixes reading and doing, A Book That Takes Its Time is like a mindfulness retreat between two covers.
Created in partnership with Flow, the groundbreaking international magazine that celebrates creativity, beautiful illustration, a love of paper, and life’s little pleasures, A Book That Takes Its Time mixes articles, inspiring quotes, and what the editors call “goodies”—bound-in cards, mini-journals, stickers, posters, blank papers for collaging, and more—giving it a distinctly handcrafted, collectible feeling.
Read about the benefits of not multitasking, then turn to “The Joy of One Thing at a Time Notebook” tucked into the pages. After a short piece on the power of slowing down, fill in the designed notecards for a Beautiful Moments jar. Make a personal timeline. Learn the art of hand-lettering. Dig into your Beginner’s Mind. Embrace the art of quitting. Take the writing cure. And always smile. Move slowly and with intention through A Book That Takes Its Time, and discover that sweet place where life can be both thoughtful and playful.
From the book description

Readers and colorists who would like to find a few moments for themselves while being creative will greatly appreciate this wonderful new addition. Widely available at most book stores. Reserve your copy now!

An excellent new collection featuring Emil Nolde’s floral work.

Emil Nolde was a German-Danish painter and printmaker. He was one of the first Expressionists, a member of Die Brücke, and was one of the first oil painting and watercolor painters of the early 20th century to explore color. He is known for his brushwork and expressive choice of colors. Golden yellows and deep reds appear frequently in his work, giving a luminous quality to otherwise somber tones. His watercolors include vivid, brooding storm-scapes and brilliant florals.

This is a very beautiful collection for those who appreciate the simple yet eternal beauty of flower designs.

This new title in DuMont’s themed Emil Nolde series is devoted to the painter’s garden and flower pictures. Wherever he settled, Nolde always planted a flower garden. Nolde’s garden at Seebüll is a particular focus of this volume, and one of the artist’s most marvelous creations, designed as it is around motifs using the initials A and E (for his wife Ada and his own name). A sumptuous compilation, this new edition of My Garden Full of Flowers includes larger plates.
From the book description

Readers will absolutely fall in love with this collection. Available at most leading book stores.

See you next time!