Kristy's Summer Cutting Garden

Book excerpt: Thefirst in a series of seasonal watercoloring books based on artist Kristy's Rice'scutting gardens, this book celebrates summer's languid blossoms such as anemone, hollyhocks, coneflowers, and fuchsia. Her easy-to-learn, joy-driven approach includes simple tutorials on how to use watercolorand where to find affordable materials. A stationery-industrytastemaker, Kristy believes that making art, regardless of skill level, has the power to reconnect us to each other and ourselves. Touchingbrush to paper with water and color releases an inexplicable calm thatso many of us long for, and making art, even in short bursts, brings usback to ourselves by slowing time.With 25 detailed, yet whimsicalillustrations, artists are invited to continue the journey begun in herfirst watercoloring book series, Painterly Days.