Sensational Succulents

Color your own succulent garden!
 
Sensational Succulents brings together two sweet and popular trends: coloring for adults and succulents. Featuring 75 illustrations drawn by Laura Serra and based on photographs from Debra Lee Baldwin’s bestselling books, it is filled with a huge array of succulents, the relaxing patterns that naturally occur in the plant world, fun mandalas made up of plants, and hours of restorative, creative fun. The illustrations appear on only one side of a high-quality paper that supports a variety of mediums, including pencils and markers.
 

The child of Sardinian immigrants, Laura Serra was raised in a small German town at the border of France. She began drawing at the age of two and never stopped. Her work has always been influenced by two seemingly unrelated subjects: typography and portraiture. With pencil, paint, ink, thread, pixels, markers, and coffee, Laura explores the relationships between characters and curves, letters and faces. See more of her work at lauraserra.org.

Succulents, like seashells and snowflakes, embody nature’s exquisite patterns and geometry. To provide the images for this book, I sorted through hundreds of photos, selecting those that present succulents at their most beautiful. Berlin-based artist and illustrator Laura Serra transformed my images into the inspiring drawings on these pages. Now it’s your turn! Take these gorgeous plants to the next level by creating artworks that perfectly express your taste and style. Happily, succulents come in all colors—including sky blue, lavender, teal, orange, and chartreuse—so feel free to use a variety of hues and to create dramatic combinations. As you bring these drawings to life, you’ll participate in a transcendent process: making already lovely plants even more so. It’s an honor to provide inspiration for your artistry!

Create your own vibrant succulent garden!
 
Real succulents offer a kaleidoscope of hues, vivid colors like chartreuse, lavender, teal, and orange. Famed succulent expert Debra Lee Baldwin has gathered her favorite plants in this ready-to-color showcase—just add pens and pencils to grow your own sensational coloring garden!