Publisher's Synopsis
Nestled within a landscape of brilliantly coloured mountains, deep wadis and desert sands in northwest Saudi Arabia is the fertile oasis of AlUla. This green haven is home to a thriving artistic community and a unique education programme, rooted in local traditions and materials and delivered in partnership by The King's Foundation School of Traditional Arts and the Royal Commission for AlUla at Madrasat Addeera, AlUla's first art and design centre.
The Colours of AlUla: Pigments of the Desert celebrates a beautiful land and its rising generation of artists who, like their ancestors, draw inspiration from the region's natural surroundings. A wonderful resource for any artist wishing to source colours from the earth, this book integrates the practical and the philosophical, exploring pigments, colours, traditional recipes and the cosmological luminosity of handmade paint.
