Petra Braun – illustratör

See the world through Vincent van Gogh's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces.Have you ever wondered exactly what your favourite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or paint the way they did? In this charming illustrated series, created in full collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can see what they saw, and be inspired to create your own artworks, too. In the pages of this book, What the Artist Saw: Vincent van Gogh, meet famous Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. Step into his life and learn what led him to paint his eye-catching self portraits. See the landscapes that inspired his famous Wheat Fields. Have a go at painting your own sunflowers! Follow the artists' stories and find intriguing facts about their environments and key masterpieces. Then see what you can see and make your own art. Take a closer look at nature with Georgia O'Keeffe. Try crafting a story in fabric like Faith Ringgold, or carve a woodblock print at home with Hokusai. Every book in this series is one to treasure and keep - the perfect gift for budding artists to explore exhibitions with, then continue their own artistic journeys. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Everyone alive on the planet today can trace their ancestryback to just one woman. But who would she have been? Whatwould her life have been like? And what has happened since for herbillions of descendants?In an all-encompassing whistlestop tour through prehistory,history, and on to the future,Shevolution spans an extraordinary 200,000years, tracing the life of the woman scientists call 'MitochondrialEve' and following the journeys of the female pioneers who haveshaped us all.Around the world, girls and women – who have ruled kingdoms,governed empires and led pirates – have had to fight togain, and keep, basic human rights even into the 21st century.Shevolution includes their stories, giving voice to theunsung sheroes of our day.Travel with us through early human history, first societies, ancientcultures around the world, the rise (and fall) of empires,featuring female leaders, the suffrage movement, the women's rightsmovement, intersectionality and ... the fight to get pocketsback!This beautifully illustrated book takes you ona tour through women's history around the world, featuring snapshotsof what life might have been like for our theoretical commonancestor 200,000 years ago and for women and girls at key momentssince.Did you know? Recent ethnographic research proves that women (and children!)weren't just gatherers in hunt-gatherer societies. Did you know? New Zealand was the first country to give women the right tovote in 1893. A captivating and unique approach to non fiction, this is an importantread for all children who want to understandthe Shevolution of society.

A Manifesto Tarot deck for reading your inner self, using the inspirations of ancient goddesses who speak through modern goddesses - iconic women capable of changing the world with their energy and spiritual power. A veritable tool for women's empowerment, for divination and for identifying  new, brilliant meanings in your daily life.Every woman is a goddess imbued with the power of the Divine Feminine, realized through a lineage of famous females both historical and mythical. This gorgeous deck, stunningly illustrated by internationally famous artist Petra Braun, looks at the classic Rider-Waite tarot through the lens of these goddesses. Instead of the chaotic destructive force of The Tower, we have the beautiful and terrifying Hindu goddess Kali. Instead of The Empress, we have Hawaiian deity Pele, luxuriously clothed in flame.These boldly painted cards are an excellent way to call upon the goddesses when asking questions of yourself, your loved ones, and this world.