Product Description

A wondrous sketchbook from a year spent in the south of Francean artist's personal journal carried everywhere and crammed with drawings and notions and thoughts surprising and whimsical. Delicate watercolors shine like jewels set into each page of this exquisite book. In tones of sea and morning sky, stucco and brick, olive leaf and apricot, rose and geranium, sara Midda captures the land, the people, the shimmering airthe whole feeling of Provence and the Cte d'azur, and the spell they cast over even those who haven't visited. Interspersed throughout are photographic collages and charming observations. The whole book is printed on uncoated stock to convey the feeling of an artist's sketchbook.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #92241 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-27
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .86" h x 5.38" w x 7.34" l, .77 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

Ingram
From Sara Midda, the miniaturist whose first book nine years ago evoked all the pleasures of an English garden and received international acclaim, comes a wondrous sketch book from a year spent in the South of France--and artist's personal journal carried everywhere and crammed with drawings and notions and thoughts both surprising and whimsical.

From the Inside Flap
From Sara Midda, whose first book evoked all the pleasures of an English garden, comes a wondrous sketchbook of a year's sojourn in the South of France. This is a very personal journal, crammed with images, notions and discoveries of the day-to-day. In tones of sea and morning sky, stucco and brick, olive leaf and apricot, rose and geranium, exquisite watercolors capture the landscape, the life, the shimmering air of a region beloved by all who have fallen under its spell. Sara Midda's South of France is a place of ripening lemons and worn espadrilles, ochre walls and olive groves, and everything born of the sun. It lies between the Mediterranean and the Maritime Alps, and most of all in the artist's eye and passion.

About the Author
Sara Midda is an artist and author. Her previous books include the international best sellers In and Out of the Garden and Sara Midda's South of France. She has exhibited her work in London galleries, and her designs are used in a full line of lifestyle products in Japan. She lives outside London and in the South of France.