Nature's Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse (Millbrook Picture Books)

How would you capture winter's crispness, spring's softness, summer's freshness, and autumn's richness? In this inspiring title, poet Patricia Thomas imagines each season rendered in a different art medium. Pen and ink, with spots of color, capture winter's mood, while pastel chalks make spring flowers bloom into life. The see-through hues of watercolors celebrate summer's warmth, while vibrant oils perfectly paint fall's majestic scenes. Artist Craig Orback takes up the poem's challenge in his marvelous illustrations, using each of the mediums described. Just as the seasons move seamlessly into one another, so too do the art styles blend together, then emerge in full splendor, and blend again as the next season approaches. In a visually stunning picture book, inspirational poems imagine each season drawn in a different art medium, from pastel chalks that make spring flowers come to life to bold oils that capture the glorious colors of fall. Poetry And Pictures In Different Art Mediums, (pen And Ink, Pastel, Watercolor, Oil), Portray The Changing Seasons. Uses a different art style to describe the colors of the four seasons