From Discipline & Forest: An Artist’s 12 months in Paint And Pen

Extremely revered illustrator Anna Koska is greatest recognized for her drawings of fish and fruit and is broadly celebrated by meals journalists and restaurateurs. For this, her debut guide – working in watercolor, pen and ink, oils and luscious egg tempera; Anna’s illustrations are reproduced in stunning element and are accompanied by her musings and observations of objects, participating us within the on a regular basis realities of her creative follow.

Anna sources inspiration from the natural world within the fields and forests surrounding her house in East Sussex. Her illustrations root us in nature, permitting us to pause to admire and admire the wonder and significance of on a regular basis occurrences – whether or not she is drawing wasps feasting on apples fallen within the orchard, or making an attempt to seize the cerulean blue of a winter sky.

On this guide, picture and narrative textual content are wedded to create a good looking journey by the seasons, taking time to understand our environment.

 

‘It began with my favorite fish, a purple mullet, all bronze, copper, gills and scales. Then mackerel, colored like a Scandi sky. Quickly sufficient, I used to be seduced by a sketch of figs and Anna’s alluring tones.’
 Allan Jenkins, Observer Meals Journal.