The Flower Year is a flower coloring book celebrating of a year of of
flowers, birds, butterflies and small creatures to color in, adding up
to a year's worth of coloring enjoyment. The Flower Year is a
hardcover book, with intricate illustrations by Leila Duly, a textile
print designer. Duly's work is inspired by old Victorian etchings,
unique vintage finds and the English countryside.
Leila's first book was Floribunda: A Flower Coloring Book, published
by Laurence King in 2016 followed by Floribunda, A Flower Coloring
Journal and a calendar.
Beautiful, silken ivory pages in these smaller sized, hardback books.
Laurence King Publishing produce top quality journals and this
Journal, and Book, are right up there. As you'll see from the video,
the Journal has a few blank pages between the drawings. The Flower Year
has interesting quotes on the title page for each month and at the back
is a pictorial index to the images that lists the plants in each
drawing. You'll be referring to this a lot as you research your flowers
and leaves. Pencils will be fine but make sure you test any water based
pens on an inconspicuous page. The covers continue the soft pink covers
that we associate with Leila. Prue, Colour + Blog
This is a very beautiful book filled from cover to cover with
detailed images of delicate flowers. Every page is different, it never
feels like you're coloring the same picture twice because there is so
much variety. There are single page drawings, pages with a collection of
single flowers along with their names and larger pictures that cover a
double page. I particularly liked the index pages at the back of the
book which gives you the names of all of the plants used in the
pictures. I would definitely recommend, it's my new favorite.
Amazon reviewer
