About the Book
Scottish Garden Seasons is a colouring book by Scottish author and artist De-ann Black. The book contains 30 of her original illustrations, patterns and designs, hand drawn in pen and ink. The pictures are printed on one side of each page. The Scottish garden theme is based on flowers from her garden in Scotland and the beautiful Scottish countryside and coastal flora where she lives. Spring, summer, autumn and winter seasons are represented throughout the book, along with individual pages highlighting special occasions - two hearts for Valentine's Day, Easter eggs and bunny design, Hallowe'en theme, festive holly and Christmas tree. Flowers include thistles, heather, gorse, teasels, rhododendrons, snowdrops, daffodils, fuchsia, violets, daisies, fairy lanterns, sunflowers, germander speedwell, sea holly, autumn hawkbit, winter wolf's bane and Scottish flame flowers - along with a squirrel, dragonflies, owls, birds, bees, butterflies, ladybugs and other little creatures. De-ann's artwork and illustrations are also part of her fabric collections, including her Scottish Garden and Scottish Garden Midwinter fabric collections. Further details about De-ann's art, illustrations, embroidery patterns, fabric designs and books are available on her website. Colouring books by De-ann: Summer Nature, Flower Nature, Christmas Theme, Autumn Garden, Bee Garden, Summer Garden, Festive Christmas, Spring Garden, Flower Bee, Wild Garden, Stargazer Space, Faerie Garden Spring, Flower Hunter, Sea Dream, Scottish Garden Seasons and Christmas Garden. Romance books by De-ann Black include: Cottages, Cakes & Crafts series:
1. The Flower Hunter's Cottage
2. The Sewing Bee by the Sea
3. The Beemaster's Cottage
4. The Chocolatier's Cottage
5. The Bookshop by the Seaside
6. The Dressmaker's Cottage Sewing, Crafts & Quilting series:
1. The Sewing Bee
2. The Sewing Shop Quilting Bee & Tea Shop series:
1. The Quilting Bee
2. The Tea Shop by the Sea
3. Embroidery Cottage Snow Bells Haven series:
1. Snow Bells Christmas
2. Snow Bells Wedding Embroidery Pattern books by De-ann Black:
1. Floral Garden Embroidery Patterns
2. Christmas & Winter Embroidery Patterns
3. Floral Spring Embroidery Patterns About the Author:
De-ann Black is a bestselling author, scriptwriter & former newspaper journalist. She has over 80 books published. Romance, thrillers, espionage novels, action adventure. And children's books (non-fiction rocket science books & children's fiction). She previously worked as a full-time newspaper journalist for several years. She had her own weekly columns in the press. This included being a motoring correspondent where she got to test drive cars every week for the press for three years. Before being asked to work for the press, De-ann worked in magazine editorial writing everything from fashion features to social news. She was the marketing editor of a glossy magazine. She is also a professional artist & illustrator. Embroidery patterns, fabric design, dressmaking, sewing, knitting & fashion are part of her work. Additionally, De-ann has always been interested in fitness, and was a fitness & bodybuilding champion, 100 metre runner & mountaineer. As a former N.A.B.B.A. Miss Scotland, she had a weekly fitness show on the radio that ran for over three years. De-ann trained in Shukokai karate, boxing, kickboxing, Dayan Qigong & Jiu Jitsu. She is currently based in Scotland. Her embroidery pattern books & colouring books are available in paperback.