World of Flowers: A Coloring Book and Floral Adventure
Category: Books,Humor & Entertainment,Pop Culture
World of Flowers: A Coloring Book and Floral Adventure Details
Review Praise for Johanna Basford“The artist who made coloring books cool for adults returns with a new masterpiece.” —Smithsonian Magazine“The colorists have a queen, and her name is Johanna Basford.” —New York Magazine“Consider trading in your yoga mat for a set of markers and peruse the gorgeous gardens of Basford's imagination.” —Huffington Post“Artist Johanna Basford is at the forefront of the grown up coloring trend. Her whimsical artwork just makes us want to drop all our responsibilities and color forever.” —HelloGiggles Read more About the Author Johanna Basford is an illustrator and ink evangelist who prefers pens and pencils to pixels. Her intricate, hand-drawn illustrations are loved the world over by those who have colored in (sometimes more than once) her bestselling books Ivy and the Inky Butterfly, Johanna’s Christmas, Magical Jungle, Lost Ocean, Enchanted Forest, and Secret Garden. Johanna is a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee. She likes sugar mice, floral teacups, peonies, and bumblebees. Read more
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If you've never purchased a Hanna Karlzon coloring book, check them out. She has awesome designs. Apparently, Johanna Basford likes her work because many of the pictures in this book resemble images in Ms Karlzon's books, in particular the scarabs. I own many of Johanna Basford's previous coloring books. This book occasionally gives you a touch of her other works. But, many of the pages have large blank spaces. I purchase Johanna Basford's books because she usually provides full pages of unique & whimsical images to color. This book does the opposite. You get a wreath w/ nothing else on the page or a page w/ just 4 flowers on it. Occasionally you get a page or 2 pages together w/ full images. Unfortunately, many of those images resemble my grandmother's wallpaper. I own about 40 coloring books. I have no problem spending upwards of $15 for a good book. I preordered this book expecting something similar to Ms. Basford's previous works. I was quite disappointed in this book. There is nothing new or exciting in this. I may be being harder on Ms. Basford based on her previous works. But, her previous works are the reason I preordered this book. Seriously, too much ugly wallpaper design & inspiriration from other artists. I already own the books by the other artists. I wanted a new Johanna Basford designed book. This isn't it.
