Books with author Ilil Arbel

For centuries plants have been used to assuage or cure a wide variety of human ills. Even such familiar “weeds” as the dandelion have their palliative uses. This informative coloring book, featuring 44 accurate drawings by botanical illustrator Ilil Arbel, focuses on such medicinal plants from around the world as foxglove, belladonna, mayapple, valerian, dandelion, chamomile, quinine, arnica, burdock, tamarind, lobelia, and many more. Each illustration is accompanied by an informative caption outlining the plant's coloration and physical characteristics, geographic distribution, and medicinal uses. Invaluable as an identification guide and pictorial reference, this volume will appeal to colorists of all ages as well as to artists and crafters in need of royalty-free plant illustrations.

For centuries plants have been used to assuage or cure a wide variety of human ills. Even such familiar “weeds” as the dandelion have their palliative uses. This informative coloring book, featuring 44 accurate drawings by botanical illustrator Ilil Arbel, focuses on such medicinal plants from around the world as foxglove, belladonna, mayapple, valerian, dandelion, chamomile, quinine, arnica, burdock, tamarind, lobelia, and many more. Each illustration is accompanied by an informative caption outlining the plant's coloration and physical characteristics, geographic distribution, and medicinal uses. Invaluable as an identification guide and pictorial reference, this volume will appeal to colorists of all ages as well as to artists and crafters in need of royalty-free plant illustrations.

Among nature's perennial delights are the multihued wildflowers that grace field and forest, roadside and riverbank with their uncultivated beauty. Dazzling in their variety of form and color, they offer a true garden of earthly delights — pleasing to the eye and comforting to the spirit.Now lovers of wildflowers can color a bouquet of floral favorites in this charming book. In detailed, accurate drawings, nature illustrator Ilil Arbel has rendered 44 familiar wildflowers: yellow flag, downy lobelia, bittersweet nightshade, wild hyacinth, spring beauty, bunchberry, fringed gentian, showy evening primrose, mayapple, common yarrow, showy tick trefoil, wild bleeding heart, ivy-leaved morning glory, meadow rose, yellow iris, globe thistle, wild calla, desert marigold, and many more. Each flower is shown in color on the covers. In addition, captions give plants' height, coloring, common and botanical names, and other information. The result is an informative guide that offers not only hours of coloring enjoyment but also an excellent way for flower lovers to learn to recognize and identify many species. Favorite Wildflowers Coloring Book also represents a fine source of royalty-free illustrations for artists and craftspeople.

Here's a beautiful floral archive featuring the "queen of flowers," waiting to be brought vividly to life in full color by flower lovers and coloring book enthusiasts everywhere.Expertly and accurately rendered by artist Ilil Arbel, the illustrations in this easily affordable volume depict 46 different varieties of the universally recognized symbol of perfection, elegance, romance, and love — among them the York and Lancaster (Damask) rose, the stately Le Reine Victoria (Bourbon) rose and the double bloom, long-stemmed Cherry Vanilla (Grandiflora). Other examples include:Hybrid Tea Roses: Color Magic, Brandy, Peace, First Prize, Royal Highness, Double Delight, Garden Party, Tropicana, Mister Lincoln, ParadiseGrandiflora: Sundowner, Love, Prominent, Arizona, John S. Armstrong, Pink ParfaitFloribunda: First Edition, Europeana, Rose Parade, Bahia, CharismaPolyantha: Cecile Brunner, China Doll, The FairyClimbers: Blaze, Golden Showers, America, Royal Sunset, New DawnMiniatures: Gold Coin, Starina, Cinderella, Holy ToledoHistoric Roses: Rosa foetida bicolor (Austrian Copper), Rose eglanteria (Sweet Briar Rose). Duchesse de Brabant (Old Tea), Great Maiden's Blush (Alba), Communis (Moss), Hermosa (China), Tuscany Superb (Gallica), Rosa Mundi (Gallica)Captions for these lovely royalty-free illustrations describe coloring, height, foliage, size of blossoms and fragrance, while a glossary of rose terminology is to be found at the end of the book.

A tiny Cinnabar box contains the key to the water supply of an entire planet. The ecology of the planet depends on a great river that periodically overflows, much like the Nile in Egypt. Only the key's rightful owner can restore the water supply, which has been hidden for centuries. The task needs a trained army – but for the moment, it is in the hands of thirteen-year-old Donna, who has just learned a shocking secret about herself. Donna must survive in an alien reality where magic is commonplace, and where she meets many dangerous beings she previously considered the products of fairy tales. A nightmarish trip to the terrifying Wizard Island, a ghost town that imprisons visitors in its empty houses, and encounters with an evil renegade vizier who is determined to turn the planet into a desert, are just a few of her adventures. Throughout many ordeals, Donna uses her wits and relies on two important facts. First, she must save her kidnapped aunt, whatever it takes. Second, she must never, ever break the Wicca Code! Ilil Arbel is the author of several books, including biographies, memoirs, novels, mythology/folklore, and fantasy. She also wrote short stories, articles and educational materials. Some years ago, she wrote Witchcraft, a curriculum-enrichment book, currently available on www.pantheon.org for the benefit of those interested in the theory behind the fiction. She contributes regularly to Encyclopedia Mythica, an award-winning online encyclopedia of mythology and folklore.

From stately hollyhocks and full-blown balloon flowers to Chinese lanterns and cranesbill geraniums, this collection features thirty favorite flowering plants that come up in gardens year after year. Artists of all ages can use the true colors of the flowers (some shown on inside covers) or create their own brilliant shades for:• Bee balm• Black-eyed Susan• Blanket flower• Cone flower• Coral bells• Larkspur• Pincushion flower• Perennial sunflower• Shasta daisy• Tiger lily• Yellow columbine• Globe flower. . . and fourteen other floral varieties. Identifying captions are included.

A tiny Cinnabar box contains the key to the water supply of an entire planet. The ecology of the planet depends on a great river that periodically overflows, much like the Nile in Egypt. Only the key's rightful owner can restore the water supply, which has been hidden for centuries. The task needs a trained army – but for the moment, it is in the hands of thirteen-year-old Donna, who has just learned a shocking secret about herself. Donna must survive in an alien reality where magic is commonplace, and where she meets many dangerous beings she previously considered the products of fairy tales. A nightmarish trip to the terrifying Wizard Island, a ghost town that imprisons visitors in its empty houses, and encounters with an evil renegade vizier who is determined to turn the planet into a desert, are just a few of her adventures. Throughout many ordeals, Donna uses her wits and relies on two important facts. First, she must save her kidnapped aunt, whatever it takes. Second, she must never, ever break the Wicca Code!

Thirty of the world’s most bizarre plants are featured in this coloring book collection. The amazing plants are located in diverse environments—from the salt marshes of North America to the jungles of Sumatra and Borneo—and come in varied sizes, shapes and hues. Coloring book fans (and naturalists of all ages) are introduced to the Baobab (“Upside-down” tree), the ten-foot-tall Voodoo Lily, the Burning Bush, Elephant Tree, Mandrake, Resurrection Plant, and 24 other awesome species. Captions included. 30 black-and-while illustrations. 5 color illustrations on covers.