Seadragon Songs of the Sea by Lucinda Hare
Art Therapy & mindful relaxation A stunning new and exquisitely detailed true to life Colouring & Conservation book for adults celebrating the beauty of the world's oceans and its creatures by fantasy author and illustrator, Lucinda Hare. Recommended using pastels and crayon. Teeming with life and home to countless birds, fish, mammals and crustaceans, the world's seas and oceans cover more than seventy percent of our Earth's surface; yet many are now threatened by habitat destruction, the Asian medicine trade, the exotic pet trade and global warming.Unique and original, the true to life artwork of Seadragons Songs of the Sea includes favourites such as puffins, polar bears, dolphins, whales, seahorses and herons, sea turtles, shells and starfish, as well as the lesser known beautiful leafy seadragons, along with information about them and the threats they face. Drawn free hand, the pen and ink original drawings will take you on a relaxing and creative journey as you learn more about the creatures you are colouring as well as reading some poems to get you in the mood. Imagine yourself beside the sea on a hot day listening to the lap of the tide and the croon of the eider ducks, and watch as puffins take off out of the sea in a splash of colour with beaks full of sand eels. Refreshingly different from other colouring books reflecting Lucinda's style of fantasy dragon artwork, Songs of the Seas has different styles and moods; some drawings are beautifully detailed and complex, others more open and free flowing inviting you to dip your brush in watercolours. Whatever your mood there is sure to be a favourite for everyone. So accept the author's invitation to bring her designs vividly to life and get those pastels and crayons out and blend thier colours with soft pastels and pick out the detail with crayons.At the close of the book organizations and charities are listed who are fighting to conserve our oceans and all the creatures featured in this book, should you choose to help their fight for survival.see also Falling for Autumn adult / child colouring book celebrating autumn.Website http: //dragonsdome.co.uk
Lucinda was born in Edinburgh and spent her childhood in rural East Lothian, where she spent much of her time roaming the beaches and woods, watching deer, pheasants, geese and rabbits, and listening to the bark of the seals float down the Firth of Forth on the evening breeze. It was then that her lifelong passions for animals - from earwigs to elephants - history, reading and drawing began. She spent years daydreaming about the Roman legions, medieval knights and the American west. Rather than write about the dreams and stories in her head, she drew them purely from her imagination. She is hopeless at drawing anything real in front of her. When she was eleven she was introduced to The Lord of the Rings which combined her own passions for history, legend and fantasy. Still her favourite book, she was thrilled with Peter Jackson's recent Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. After reading history at university she went on to pursue a busy and diverse career in many different companies and organisations, ranging from the Argus Newspaper Group in Cape Town, to the Scottish Post Office, and Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt Universities. After marrying Paul in 1999, Lucinda was able to return to those childhood passions, and very soon their house in Lasswade filled up with ever more rescued animals (dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and ex-battery hens), books, and pastel and watercolour drawings and illustrations covered in dirty paw marks - the cats do always like to help out! This led to Paul's suggestion that she should try putting pen to paper - or rather, given Lucinda's chaotic writing style, get a laptop and start writing. The result was a rapid explosion of ideas and the start of The Dragonsdome Chronicles. It should be no surprise, then, that the characters at the heart of Dragon Lords Rising and the earlier books in the series - apart from sorcerers, gnomes and dwarfs - are in fact dragons; dragons with their own language and character, from the teasing Chasing the Stars to those with serious attitude like the battledragon Two Gulps & You're Gone. The dragons owe the inspiration for their names to Native American culture, and their characters draw on some of the family pets.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780957471832 |
| ISBN 10 | 0957471831 |
| Title | Seadragon Songs of the Sea |
| Author | Lucinda Hare |
| Series | Dragon Song |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Thistleburr Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-07-11 |
| Number of pages | 54 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |