The Kew book of botanical illustration / Christabel King.

By:

King, Christabel [author,, illustrator.]

Contributor(s):

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Search Press, 2015Description: 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1844489477
9781844489473

Other title:

Botanical illustration

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

751.42/2434 23

LOC classification:

QK98.183.K56 A15 2015

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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."-- Publisher description.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 4 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Circulating Books	Pennsylvania Horticultural Society	Main Collection	QK98.183.K56 A15 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3182700029977

Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (page 128) and index.

"Kew Royal Botanic Gardens."

"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."-- Publisher description.