Botanical illustration
By: Valerie Oxley
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ramsbury
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781847970510
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Botanical illustration; Technique; Botanik; Pflanzendarstellung
Description: Provides an introduction to the marrying of art and science in the aesthetic and accurate portrayal of plant material. Oxley builds on the work of illustrators of the past, ranging from Elizabeth Blackwell, whose drawings helped to release her husband from debtors' prison, through the exceptional scientific drawings of Beatrix Potter and she deals with the practical art and the related botany of the subject.--From publisher description.
Notes: "This impression 2017"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: The history of botanical illustration; title: Simple botany of plants and flowers; title: Materials and equipment; title: Preparation of plant material; title: Observation techniques; title: Starting to draw; title: Developing tonal studies; title: Preparing to paint; title: Colours and paint; title: Watercolour techniques; title: What do I paint?; title: How do I paint?; title: Alternative media; title: Help! The plant is too big for the page; title: Finishing touches; title: Photography and computers; title: Art materials suppliers; title: Collections, gardens, societies and courses.