Description
In this mindful, artistic journal, Anna celebrates the natural world; the changing of the seasons, the blossoming of flowers and the ripening of fruit.
Highly respected illustrator Anna Koska is best known for her drawings of fish and fruit and is widely celebrated by food journalists and restaurateurs. For this, her debut book - working in watercolor, pen and ink, oils and luscious egg tempera; Anna's illustrations are reproduced in beautiful detail and are accompanied by her musings and observations of objects, engaging us in the everyday realities of her artistic practice.
Anna sources inspiration from the flora and fauna in the fields and forests surrounding her home in East Sussex. Her illustrations root us in nature, allowing us to pause to admire and appreciate the beauty and significance of everyday occurrences - whether she is drawing wasps feasting on apples fallen in the orchard, or trying to capture the cerulean blue of a winter sky.
In this book, image and narrative text are wedded to create a beautiful journey through the seasons, taking time to appreciate our surroundings.
'It started with my favourite fish, a red mullet, all bronze, copper, gills and scales. Then mackerel, coloured like a Scandi sky. Soon enough, I was seduced by a sketch of figs and Anna's alluring tones.' Allan Jenkins, Observer Food Magazine.
Author: Anna Koska
Publisher: Pavilion Books
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.30w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781911641766
ISBN10: 191164176X
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Earth Sciences | General
Highly respected illustrator Anna Koska is best known for her drawings of fish and fruit and is widely celebrated by food journalists and restaurateurs. For this, her debut book - working in watercolor, pen and ink, oils and luscious egg tempera; Anna's illustrations are reproduced in beautiful detail and are accompanied by her musings and observations of objects, engaging us in the everyday realities of her artistic practice.
Anna sources inspiration from the flora and fauna in the fields and forests surrounding her home in East Sussex. Her illustrations root us in nature, allowing us to pause to admire and appreciate the beauty and significance of everyday occurrences - whether she is drawing wasps feasting on apples fallen in the orchard, or trying to capture the cerulean blue of a winter sky.
In this book, image and narrative text are wedded to create a beautiful journey through the seasons, taking time to appreciate our surroundings.
'It started with my favourite fish, a red mullet, all bronze, copper, gills and scales. Then mackerel, coloured like a Scandi sky. Soon enough, I was seduced by a sketch of figs and Anna's alluring tones.' Allan Jenkins, Observer Food Magazine.
Author: Anna Koska
Publisher: Pavilion Books
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.30w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781911641766
ISBN10: 191164176X
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Earth Sciences | General
About the Author
Anna Koska is a freelance illustrator specializing in fruit, vegetables, and the natural world. As well as book illustration, Anna regularly receives commissions from chefs, authors, and restaurateurs for food and botanical art. She lives in East Sussex with her husband and three children. Along with her illustrating business, she grows an overly ambitious quantity of vegetables and cares for three hives and chickens.