Green: Exploring color in art

by Valentina Zucchi, Ángela León (Illustrator), Katherine Gregor (Translator)

Overview

Many people crave a creative outlet, but more often than not, don't know where to start. In Green, Valentina Zucchi and Angela Leon invite you to nurture your creativity and build your confidence by taking inspiration from works of art that celebrate green - the colour of fertility, abundance and life.

Green imparts energy, relaxes, refreshes, cleanses and heals. It is ultimately a color that belongs to nature and has always been loved by artists. Throughout the book, Valentina and Angela provide creative and fun prompts - many based on famous works of art - which will encourage you to draw or paint on the pages using various techniques. Packed with inspiration from the world's most celebrated artists, including Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat and more, you will discover the many meanings of green and just some of the ways it can be used to express your creative passion.

Green is a short course in unlocking your creative self - perfect for budding artists of all ages who are keen to try out different techniques and materials and begin their artistic journey.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800690592
Publisher:	Orange Hippo!
Publication date:	07/13/2021
Series:	True Color
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 8.66(h) x (d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Valentina Zucchi was born in 1977 in Biella, Piedmont. She first graduated in History of Modern Art and then in Conservation of Cultural Heritage and has been working on the relationship between museums and visitors ever since. Valentina has lived in Florence since 2004, where she devotes herself to enhancing the collection of The Florentine Civic Museum, which is where the idea for this series of books about colours come from.

Ángela León was born in Spain in 1987. She studied Product Design in Madrid, then moved to Brazil to work on special projects promoted by local Art institutions. She currently works as an illustrator and has worked for many notable magazines, including as Vogue Brasil.

Katherine Gregor translates from Italian, Russian and French. She is also a playwright and a fiction writer and maintains a regular blog.