The Kew book of botanical illustration
By: Christabel King
Contributors: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Publisher: Search Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781844489473
Subjects: Kew Royal Botanic Gardens; Botanical illustration
Other titles: Botanical illustration
Description: "Kew is eminent worldwide in botanical science and preservation, and Christabel King is their foremost botanical artist. Here she explains botanical art and illustration, covering materials, collecting plant material, drawing and painting techniques, magnification, and painting leaves, flowers, cacti and succulents, wildflowers, trees and plates for Curtis's Botanical magazine."--
Notes: "Kew Royal Botanic Gardens."

Includes bibliographical references (page 128) and index.
Table of contents: title: Botanical illustration; title: Materials; title: Choosing the subject; title: Choosing the technique; title: Your work space; title: Drawing from life; title: Composition; title: Light and shade; title: Sketching and drawing; title: Magnification; title: Transferring the drawing; title: Using a shading guide; title: Watercolour; title: Gouache; title: Pen and ink; title: Correcting mistakes; title: Leaves; title: Flowers; title: Using a microscope; title: Preserving specimens; title: Working from pressed specimens; title: Cacti and succulents; title: Wild flowers; title: Travel drawings; title: Curtis's botanical magazine; title: Trees; title: Advice for beginners; title: Botanical glossary; title: Artistic glossary.