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| Sara Midda's South of France: A Sketchbook | 
 enlarge | Author: Sara Midda
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $20.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (14 reviews)
Sales Rank: 33697
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0894807633
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.2
EAN: 9780894807633
ASIN: 0894807633
Publication Date: October 27, 2008
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Product Description
A wondrous sketchbook from a year spent in the south of France—an artist's personal journal carried everywhere and crammed with drawings and notions and thoughts surprising and whimsical.
Delicate watercolors shine like jewels set into each page of this exquisite book. In tones of sea and morning sky, stucco and brick, olive leaf and apricot, rose and geranium, sara Midda captures the land, the people, the shimmering air—the whole feeling of Provence and the Cote d'azur, and the spell they cast over even those who haven't visited. Interspersed throughout are photographic collages and charming observations. The whole book is printed on uncoated stock to convey the feeling of an artist's sketchbook.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 What fun! October 23, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have always wanted to be more artistic - and this book is inspiring. Midda is truly talented - she creates a world where everyday objects become beautiful and endearing. There pages dedicated to bread - numbers - even a fellow in a blue striped shirt. With a few strokes of a brush, her renderings are indelable. Charming! Wonderful for artists - artist wannabes - armchair travelers - anyone who enjoys a little quirkyness in their lives. Bravo!
Years after seeing it I am still enchanted! January 18, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
In all honesty, I have been enchanted and in love with this book ever since I came here form Poland 12 years ago and saw this work of art in a bookstore.
I didn't have enough money , so silly me, I "visited" the book whenever I took watercolor classes at the nearby art school on the weekends, and I looked through this gorgeous book because it is so whimsical, so beautiful so memorable, and It haunted me untill I finally broke down, saved my pennies and bought it.
Sara Midda starts her book with some fresh watercolors and a journal type of a book, her first written page reads;
- "4th Apri 1854 Death of Hippolyte Allibert de Berthisr, botanist from Marseilles, known for his work on the grenium
-Asparagus season starts
- April 1764; Smollet writes, "Beginning April, mulberry leaves begin to put forth;the eggs or grains that produce the silk-worm are hatched
- Orange trees in flower"
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And this glorious artist paints this book which is her diary, her soul and inner core with watercolors of houses, fruits, vegetables, eggs, postal stamps, cuisine, house street bumbers on the sign of the building, plates, gardening utensils, pots and pans and fancy doors when she is at the South of France, she gives us the visual of her daily life filled with luxuries to be able to record the sweet days of summer with wonderful watercolors paintings.
She writes short and fresh phrases but she paints to the point where its love at first sight,
Basically this is a small size coffee book that I love with my whole heart, I think It shaped my future as an artist and I think , as cheesy as it soudns, I tear up when I look at it, it's raw memories.
This is a gorgeous book, and Sara is an exceptional artist, she prduced
numerous books to which she paitns her darling little watercolor pieces of art.
As an artist this is a must have, but as a human, this is balm on your soul.
Lovely!!!
a lovely book for Sundday afternoon June 17, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i can't image any other book that is better than this one to read in a sunday afternoon with ice tea and home-made cookies.
If you want to make a delightful dream of dry air and warm sunshine. Just read it. Really, this book will cheer you up.
The Charm and Wit of Southern France March 25, 2004
Having spent three summers in the South of France, I can say the the light touch of her watercolours and the insight into the culture is perfect. Ms. Midda captures all of the pleasure and repose of that part of the world in a simple, elegant manner that is the life to be lived there.
A cup of tea & book in hand...I retreat into another place.. August 19, 2001
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book takes me away to France in through the eyes of Sara Midda. I feel the emotions of her love for the things she has painted. I have 4 children, 2 dogs, & 2 birds...this takes me away to a wonderful place. This book sits out at the main side table so I can curl up with a blanket, my cup of tea, & this beautiful book. Enjoy!
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