Just Add Color: Arboretum: 30 Original Illustrations to Color, Customize, and Hang - Bonus Plus 4 Full-Color Images by Lisa Congdon Ready to Display!

by Lisa Congdon

Who doesn't love to color? As an adult, now that you can stay in the lines, you only need to think about what color to use! Rockport Publishers presents a series of grown-up coloring books for art and design lovers. Just Add Color: Arboretum includes 30 original designs from artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon of sprawling forests and plants. Each book contains 64 perforated pages to make it easy to share, frame and hang your artwork. You'll be inspired by the sumptuous artwork in this book, and the use of color is endless. Relax, have fun, and Just Add Color.

72 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2016

About the author

Fine artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon is best known for her colorful abstract paintings, intricate line drawings, pattern design & hand lettering. She works for clients around the world including the MoMA, Harvard University, Martha Stewart Living, Chronicle Books, The Land of Nod, Simon & Schuster, and Cloud9 Fabrics, among many others. She exhibits her work around the country, including in shows at the Contemporary Jewish Museum and Bedford Gallery. A selection of her abstract works are currently available through New York’s Uprise Gallery. Lisa writes a popular daily blog about her work, life and inspiration called Today is Going to be Awesome. She is the author of five books, including the starving-artist-myth-smashing Art Inc: The Essential Guide to Building Your Career as an Artist, and illustrated books Fortune Favors the Brave, Whatever You Are, Be a Good One, Twenty Ways to Draw a Tulip and A Collection a Day. She was named one of 40 Women Over 40 to Watch in 2015. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews

[Rosie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Goodreads winner. Arboretum consists of 30 original illustrations by artist Lisa Congdon. They are printed single-sided on high-end paper with perforated pages, which is highly appreciated. It makes the pages easily removable for framing but also makes it so much easier to color by removing the page before starting so the spine is not in the way and you have a flat page to color on without having to try and hold the book open.
The illustrations have a nature-inspired theme; trees, leaves, flowers and also critters that make trees their homes or share space with them whether it be in a forest or a garden.