The Diary of a Country Lady Coloring Book

Step into a blooming English garden with this delightful coloring book containing 45 classic, full-color illustrations by Edith Holden and accompanying line drawings to color.

Edith Holden was an artist and illustrator whose beautiful watercolor artworks and nature writings were published to great acclaim as The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady in 1977. This coloring book features a range of exquisite illustrations selected from her work, capturing the natural world and the seasons in all their glory. With all kinds of plants, such as daffodils, mushrooms, bluebells, catkins and much more, coloring enthusiasts can enjoy the beauty and variety of nature as they bring these wonderful artworks to life.

Every line artwork is shown opposite the full-color original so colorists can choose to follow that faithfully or simply use it as inspiration to create a whole new color combination if they prefer. Budding artists will be spoiled for choice.

Features:
- Thick, high-quality paper to prevent bleed-through
- Full-page prints of original full-color artwork to display

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Sirius Classic Nature Coloring series includes archival illustrations by some of history’s most acclaimed naturalists, including Audubon, Pierre-Joseph Redoute and William Lizars. These original full-color illustrations are presented beside the black and white designs for reference and inspiration.

Edith Holden was an avid artist and sometime art teacher who was born in Birmingham in 1871. Just over 100 years after her birth, her Nature Notes from 1906 were published in a fascimile edition as The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. It became a worldwide phenomenon, selling more than a million copies in its first year of publication. Influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 20th century, Edith became an accomplished artist, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1907 and 1917. Her life was cut tragically short in 1920, when she was out collecting flower specimens in Kew Gardens and drowned in the River Thames. Her timeless legacy, though, has inspired many generations of botanical artists and students of nature with her attention to detail and delicate style.