Millie Marotta's Island Escape

About Millie Marotta

Millie Marotta is a freelance illustrator working in her studio by the sea in a little corner of West Wales, UK. She has developed a mild obsession with all things flora and fauna, which, along with intricate pattern and detail, remains an ongoing theme in her work. She is the author of best-selling colouring books including, Animal Kingdom, Tropical Wonderland, Curious Creatures and Beautiful Birds and Treetop Treasures.

Craft Focus, October/November issue

Queen of colouring Millie Marotta is back with a new exciting book to bring to life with colour. In Island Escape, she whisks us away on an adventure around the worlds islands, where were invited to colour in a host of glorious wildlife. Millie is an illustrator who specialises in wildlife and her books are impeccably researched to represent actual wildlife and their habitats all rendered in Millies signature style that invites you to hours of creative, mindful and relaxing colouring. Colourists will be immersed in an island paradise where lizards lounge and sea birds soar, from Madagascar to the remote Svalbard, from Vancouver to the Galápagos Islands. Discover Cozumel Islands pygmy raccoon, the Komodo dragon, the Mauritian flying fox and the Javan rhino. Theres also exotic greenery to add a touch of colour to, from pitcher plants and orchids, to vines and prickly pear trees.

We say: Whether tropical or arctic, wind-blown or mountainous, far-flung or closer to home an island escape full of glorious wildlife awaits to be coloured