Kew is eminent worldwide in botanical science and the study and preservation of plant species; and Christabel King has been doing illustrations for them for 40 years and is their foremost botanical artist. Here she explains both scientific botanical illustration and the looser botanical art; and covers materials; collecting and preserving plant specimens; drawing and painting techniques; magnification; using dividers; drawing from life; composition; light and shade and transferring drawings. She goes on to discuss painting leaves; flowers; cactii and succulents; wildflowers; trees and plates for Curtiss Botanical magazine. A chapter on travel drawings gives a flavour of the authors passion and worldwide experience. There is a helpful section on suitable subjects for beginners and a glossary of terms. The text is highly illustrated throughout with beautiful paintings.
#2934405 in eBooks 2015-07-01File Name: B010MZ4DLE
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