Florabunda Book Series
Su pe r S i m pl e A r t Doodl es t o Col or, Cr aft & D r aw FloraBunda represents the “next generation” of Zentangle®—new from Suzanne McNeill, the visionary artist who originally brought Zentangle® to the craft/book market. Carrying a big crossover appeal with coloring books, this super simple “doodling” method offers major sales potential. The new FloraBunda book series defines a popular drawing style that is already gaining buzz on Pinterest and in the design world. The FloraBunda aesthetic is based on simple, nature-inspired doodles. Any aspiring drawing artist can enjoy expressing herself with the easy but luxuriant flower, leaf, and vine shapes of FloraBunda. Readers are encouraged to draw right in the book. Each title is printed on high-quality artist paper, perfect for decorating with markers, pens, colored pencils, watercolors, and more. Three hot new titles are included in the initial release: FLORABUNDA STYLE, the definitive FloraBunda reference book, presents the entire technique and provides more than 200 charming designs for readers to mix and match in unique compositions. Two accompanying workbook editions, FLORABUNDA BASICS and FLORABUNDA WOODLAND, each focus on a different FloraBunda theme and offer more than 100 FloraBunda practice designs.
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FloraBunda represents the “next generation” of Zentangle®. Combined with today’s “doodle craze” this super simple method of drawing offers the potential to be much bigger. Provides more than 200 charming designs, breaking them down into simple lines that readers can easily replicate. Includes step-by-step craft projects. Workbook format—printed on high-quality artist paper. Readers are encouraged to draw right in the book. From the artist who originally brought Zentangle® into the craft/book market.
T H REE NEW TITLES AVA I L A BL E FA L L 2015 FloraBunda Style Author: Suzanne McNeill ISBN: 978-1-57421-991-3 Product Code: DO5526 Price: $19.99 US / $24.99 CAD Trim: 8.5” x 11” Thickness: 0.38” Pages: 128
Illustrations: 200 b&w and color illustrations; 30 color photos Binding: Lay-Flat Paperback BISAC Code - Category: ART010000 ART/Techniques/Drawing Imprint: Design Originals Available: 8/24/15
FloraBunda Basics Author: Suzanne McNeill
Illustrations: 150 b&w illustrations; 15 color ISBN: 978-1-57421-992-0 photos Product Code: DO5527 Binding: Paperback Price: $12.99 US / $14.99 CAD BISAC Code - Category: Trim: 8.5” x 10.875” ART010000 ART/ Thickness: 0.18” Techniques/Drawing Pages: 48 Imprint: Design Originals Available: 7/3/15
FloraBunda Woodland Author: Suzanne McNeill
Illustrations: 150 b&w illustrations; 15 color ISBN: 978-1-4972-0009-8 photos Product Code: DO5544 Binding: Paperback Price: $12.99 US / $14.99 CAD BISAC Code - Category: Trim: 8.5” x 10.875” ART010000 ART/ Thickness: 0.18” Techniques/Drawing Pages: 48 Imprint: Design Originals Available: 7/23/15
ABOUT THE AUTHOR SUZANNE MCNEILL is the author of more than 200 craft and hobby books, including Joy of Zentangle®, The Beauty of Zentangle®, the 12-volume Zentangle® series, and Zen Mandalas. Suzanne founded the leading publisher of Zentangle books, Design Originals (an imprint of Fox Chapel Publishing). She was voted “Designer of the Year” and received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Craft & Hobby Association. Suzanne has been called “the trendsetter” of the arts and crafts industry.
What Is FloraBunda? Picture yourself walking in a garden. Can you smell the flowers? Hear the dew dripping from the leaves? You feel relaxed, peaceful, and immersed in joy. Now you can recreate that happiness every time you pick up a pen. FloraBunda is a new drawing method that provides simple, easy-to-draw, nature-inspired elements that you can use to create your own unique art. Whether you already love drawing or have never thought of yourself as someone who can draw, you’ll find the simple shapes of the flowers, leaves, and vines of FloraBunda easy to learn. Relax your mind and let your creativity flow as you sketch, mixing and matching more than 200 elements in this book to create unique compositions. Then use markers, colored pencils, watercolors, or any favorite medium to magically transform your inky doodles into exotic, lively plants. Drawing simple patterns and letting a garden grow from your hand will rejuvenate your soul and invigorate your creativity. Go ahead, draw a garden, add some pods, toss in some leaves, twine a few vines. Experiment and have some fun. Be eclectic, be whimsical. Enjoy yourself. In no time you’ll be creating gorgeous art, and every piece you draw will be uniquely yours. It’s time to abundantly bless your creativity with FloraBunda.
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floribundus (Latin): flowering freely
Use the elements of FloraBunda to create simple, meaningful messages with a black pen.
FloraBunda design elements can be mixed and matched to create unique compositions and shapes, and colored to achieve a tangible feel.
How to Use This Book First of all, this book is made for drawing in! Each section of designs opens with a preview of all the designs you can learn to draw, plus a sample step-by-step design to show you how easy it is to draw any of the designs. On the drawing pages that follow, there’s plenty of empty space for you to practice your favorite elements right next to a sample. You’ll also find full- and half-page designs in black and white that are just waiting to be colored. And it’s all on high-quality artist paper, so most pens and markers won’t bleed through! At the front of the book, see how different drawing tools like pens, markers, and watercolors can be used to add depth and interest to your art. Want to work with
brush markers? Gelli pens? Basic black pens? Info and inspiration for each of these and more is included! Mixed in with the designs, you’ll find fun tips and beautiful art to keep you thinking and give you new ideas for your drawings. Try your hand at a petal mandala, experiment with framing designs, and more. This book also features fun, easy projects that require little to no special technical skills and show you ways to incorporate FloraBunda designs into crafts and gifts like boxes, bracelets, and dishware. FloraBunda isn’t limited to two dimensions!
Draw Inside! Whenever you see airy pages with lots of white space with inspiring art and sample design elements mixed in, that’s your space to practice designs and sketch illustrations.
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The Designs Now that you’ve been introduced to the basic idea of FloraBunda and all of the fabulous art materials that you can use, let’s start the fun! In this part of the book, you will find nine different design collections. Each collection includes inspiring pieces of finished art, step-by-step drawing, pages to color, and—best of all—room for you to practice drawing right inside the book! Enjoy this space, because it’s all yours.
Bells
Petals
Accents
Look for space to practice drawing in each chapter! Blooms Growth
Pods Leaves
Buds
Vines
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Make Your Garden Grow! Create an overflowing garden by layering your FloraBunda designs! Go ahead—finish each of the vines below by following the example or planting your own flower ideas!
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Project: Bound Sketch Journal You can make your own hand-bound sketch journal to either use for your own daily musings or to design with someone in mind and give as a gift! The steps are the same—it’s just a question of what to do with the pages.
Materials • 7" x 10 1/2" (18 x 27cm) • Black .05 MICRON pen piece of 140# watercolor or other similar pen paper for each page • Color markers, such as (Fabriano HP smooth Tombow markers is best)
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• Watercolors and paintbrush • Pointed awl • Large tapestry needle • Waxed linen thread
Design Idea
Use a pen to draw designs on the pages of your book, and add color with markers or watercolors. For day-by-day style pages, draw columns on the pages with the dates or days of the week. Write and draw a short description of what you did each day.
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Prepare the pages. Tear or cut four sheets of watercolor paper. Fold each page in half; use a bone folder if you have one for a crisp fold. Open the pages up again and stack them.
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Bind the book. Thread a needle with 18" (45cm) of thread. Beginning at the third hole from the bottom, bring the thread up through the hole from the bottom of the stack.
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Punch the holes. Use an awl to punch five holes down the fold. Space the holes evenly about 1" (2.5cm) apart.
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Finish binding. Go in and out through the holes all the way to the top, then back down through again to the bottom, and then back up one more time to the center (you’ll pass the thread through most holes twice). Tie a secure knot with the ends of the thread. Cut the thread tails as short as you want.
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