Nice aesthetic and presentation.

High quality images.

Easily digestible.

Includes thoughtful prompts for reflection.

Will be of interest for the right audience.

For some, myself included, this felt geared towards beginners-- those who may not have spent much time considering connections of color before. Those new to the subject matter may find the material particularly eye-opening and worthwhile.

3.5 ⭐ - This book emphasises taking inspiration from the natural world around us, and to become more attentive to understanding the dynamics of colors. I love understanding the psychology or science behind natural phenomenon and how it influences us. I enjoyed the parts through the story that focused on painting, nature, culture and our perceptions from that angle.

I found the point on how memory informs our real-time perception interesting, and the fact that we need to seek out nature more actively, as we are mostly conditioned to built-in environement. There is much to to be said about the joy of discovery through curiosity in nature and how it can inspire creativity.

There were a lot of specific instructions to do with hiking, surroundings, what to wear, what supplies to use, how to carry them etc. I didn't find these relevant to what my interest was in reading and the kind of painting I do. While I love painting nature, I haven't often done so plein air. There were many practical exeercises, but I skipped over reading those as my focus wasn't on using this as a workbook. Some parts also felt a bit repetitive.

I would say this book was focused on the artists personal journey, experiences, specifically with hiking and outdoor painting along with some workbook like exercises. If you are interested in these things primarily, you will find the book much more useful!

Personally, I would have enjoyed the book more if it had been focused on nature and color in a thematic way.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the e-arc of this story. I received it for free, and I'm voluntarily leaving my honest thoughts and opinions in this review.

I had high expectations of this book. I did not find the exercises helpful. I expected more color paintings to explain the exercises.
I received this galley from NetGalley.

Jermain's book "Nature of Colour" is a short field guide on exploring colour in nature. It doesn't explore colour in the traditional sense (explaining the colour wheel and deep-diving into colour theory, only making brief mentions throughout).

While I think that this is an interesting premise and way to go about viewing colour in nature, I'm not sure it necessarily worked for me. As an artist myself, I would have preferred a bit of a deeper dive into how traditional colour theory worked in nature. However that is not this book's fault, that is my own!
I think this book will be perhaps more important for those starting out in their artistic journey or just people who want to view the natural world a little bit differently. Hopefully this works better for some people!

Thank you Netgalley for letting me receive this arc in exchange for an honest review.