Persian Flora
An Adult Coloring Book
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Persian Flora is an adult coloring book in which the artist has drawn the images according to classical and traditional scoping rules of Persian Painting with alternation of curving lines that play with light and dark and expand and contract with energy creating dynamic landscape design that balance flowers and fruits between filled and empty spaces. The outlines are strong and often reveal natural and composed images such as leaves with braided veins.
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About the Book
Based on the spirals, swirls, curls, and curves of the natural world, Persian Flora offers a collection of line-drawn images suitable for adult coloring technqiues. Hand drawn by artist Nayera Majedi, the graphics feature the beautiful flowers and greenery found in nature’s verdant landscape throughout the changing seasons. The artist would like to offer useful hints about the choices of coloring these designs, especially using pigments of red, purple, white and gold, and two greens, one dark and the other pale as found through reference to actual botanical photographs of the leaves and blossoms.
About the Author
Nayera Majedi graduated in 1985 from the Tehran Visual Art Center, trained as a classical miniaturist. She was an instructor for fifteen years, teaching Persian painting, gilding, drawing, and fundamentals of design and art. Nayera adapts traditional colors, forms, patterns, and symbols into her own style, distinguished by her signature clouds.