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The definitive, comprehensive guide to botanical painting, covering basic botany, plant groups and a scientific approach to the subject.
Drawing on her experience as a botanical art teacher, Christina Brodie takes you on a holistic approach to botanical art and expertly covers botanical terminology, drawing and painting techniques in a wide range of media, dissection and examination of plants, fieldwork studies, microscope work and tips on presentation.
Through step-by-step projects and with clearly explained techniques, learn to draw and paint flowers, fruit, leaves, stems and roots, trees, fungi, ferns and horsetails, seaweeds and other algae, mosses and lichens with remarkable precision and stunning detail.
Table of Contents
1. The Plant Kingdom
2. Drawing and Watercolour Technique
3. Flowering Plants: Flowers, Fruits & Seeds
4. Flowering Plants: Leaves, Stems & Roots
5. More Painting Media
6. Monochrome Drawing Media
7. Measuring and Magnifying Plant Parts
8. Trees
9. Fungi
10. Flowerless Plants
11. Presenting Your Work
12. Further Study
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Product details
| Published | 27 May 2021 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 144 |
| ISBN | 9781789940657 |
| Imprint | Herbert Press |
| Illustrations | 200 colour and 20 black-and-white images |
| Dimensions | 276 x 219 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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