TY  - BOOK
AU  - King,Christabel
ED  - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
TI  - The Kew book of botanical illustration
SN  - 1844489477
AV  - QK98.183.K56 A15 2015
U1  - 751.42/2434 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Tunbridge Wells, Kent
PB  - Search Press
KW  - King, Christabel.
KW  - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
KW  - Botanical illustration
KW  - England
N1  - "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
N2  - "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."--
ER  -