WILDFLOWERS TO COLOR: A Path to Discovery and Belonging ~ Coloring Book
WILDFLOWERS TO COLOR: A Path to Discovery and Belonging ~ Coloring Book
Illustrator Stephanie Sipp & writer Banta Whitner collaborate for a second color-to-learn book with a wildflower and ecological focus. The book features 12 wildflowers found commonly in the southeastern United States and provides detailed, accurately rendered illustrations of flowers, butterflies, birds, and bees for you to bring to life by adding vivid color.
Each flower includes a full page illustration for coloring, history of the plant, ways to use it, and a second smaller image for coloring.
FEATURED PLANTS: Black-eyed Susan, Blue Vervain, Butterfly Weed, Cardinal Flower, New England Aster, Great Blue Lobelia, Painted Trillium, Passionflower, Sweet White Violet, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Turk’s Cap Lily, Virginia Iris.
Quick start guide to using, layering and creating texture with colored pencils is provided.
Learn about color wheels with easy-to-understand tutorial.
A list of Resources for further eco-friendly plant exploration, gardening, foraging and crafting is provided.
Enjoyable for all ages!
Flowers and plants are beautiful and critical to maintaining the biodiversity that keeps our ecosystem healthy. It is our hope that you will continue to learn more about them and discover their impact on pollinators and wildlife. This coloring book will deepen your connection with the plants around you and serve as a guide to becoming a better steward of the environment.
Soft Cover, 34 pages. Printed in the USA on acid free paper. Mixam, 2023
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THE AUTHORS
STEPHANIE SIPP, MS, is a naturalist, illustrator and educator. Author of Exploring Perspective Hand Drawing, Fundamentals for Interior Design (SDS Publications, 2012), Stephanie shares here her love and enthusiasm for native flowers. A former professor of Interior Design, Stephanie now teaches art and drawing to a broad audience in the U.S. and abroad, and brings an appreciation of biodiversity to each of her students. She lives and hikes in Western North Carolina.
BANTA WHITNER, MSW is an organic gardener, animist, and Ancestral Lineage Healing practitioner. Author of This Congruent Life: A Spiritual Ecology Practice (Outskirts Press, 2009), Banta has grown vegetables, culinary and medicinal herbs in every possible environment over more than six decades. Retired from her psychotherapy practice, Banta now helps clients navigate both ancestral healing and reconnection with the land beneath their feet. She lives and gardens in Western North Carolina.
