The Kew book of botanical illustration /
King, Christabel,
The Kew book of botanical illustration / Botanical illustration Christabel King. - 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
"Kew Royal Botanic Gardens."
Includes bibliographical references (page 128) and index.
Botanical illustration -- Materials -- Choosing the subject -- Choosing the technique -- Your work space -- Drawing from life -- Composition -- Light and shade -- Sketching and drawing -- Magnification -- Transferring the drawing -- Using a shading guide -- Watercolour -- Gouache -- Pen and ink -- Correcting mistakes -- Leaves -- Flowers -- Using a microscope -- Preserving specimens -- Working from pressed specimens -- Cacti and succulents -- Wild flowers -- Travel drawings -- Curtis's botanical magazine -- Trees -- Advice for beginners -- Botanical glossary -- Artistic glossary.
"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."--
1844489477 9781844489473
King, Christabel.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Botanical illustration--England.
QK98.183.K56 / A15 2015
751.42/2434
The Kew book of botanical illustration / Botanical illustration Christabel King. - 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
"Kew Royal Botanic Gardens."
Includes bibliographical references (page 128) and index.
Botanical illustration -- Materials -- Choosing the subject -- Choosing the technique -- Your work space -- Drawing from life -- Composition -- Light and shade -- Sketching and drawing -- Magnification -- Transferring the drawing -- Using a shading guide -- Watercolour -- Gouache -- Pen and ink -- Correcting mistakes -- Leaves -- Flowers -- Using a microscope -- Preserving specimens -- Working from pressed specimens -- Cacti and succulents -- Wild flowers -- Travel drawings -- Curtis's botanical magazine -- Trees -- Advice for beginners -- Botanical glossary -- Artistic glossary.
"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."--
1844489477 9781844489473
King, Christabel.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Botanical illustration--England.
QK98.183.K56 / A15 2015
751.42/2434