Painting

Learn the skills you need to create beautiful acrylic masterpieces in just one painting. Paint individual elements of a still-life scene, then put it all together in the final step for a beautifully composed work of art. No previous painting experience is necessary and you can practise each step as many times as needed to perfect your new-found skills. Easy-to-follow instructions, step-by-step photography and artist's commentary provide expert training.

ISBN: 9780600615927

Beautifully illustrated book celebrating the gardens if 20 artists worldwide, exploring the close links between the artists, their works their gardens local landscapes.

isbn: 0753712849

Presents a survey of the time-honoured craft of botanical illustration. This work traces the history of botanical art, going back to the times of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. It is useful for lovers of nature.

isbn: 1845730712

"Packed with inspirational ideas and valuable tips, award-winning artist Siriol Sherlock breathes new life into the genre of botanical painting." - "Leisure Painter". The 2005 winner of the Artists Choice Award - now new in paperback - reveals the secrets behind her stunning and luminous plant portraits. Using simple techniques that produce breathtaking results, and packed with inspirational ideas for botanical artists, the chapters cover: the botanical artist: a brief history of botanical illustration; comfort and confidence: the right environment, paint, paper and brushes; a technique to imitate nature: the wet-in-wet technique; flowers - colour and form: projects and demonstrations arranged by colour, from exotic orchids to wild flowers; foliage - colour and form: how to capture the subtle variations in hue and tone; fruit - colour and form: creating the three-dimensional forms, rich colours and textures of fruit; details: secrets of the finishing touches; completing the picture: step-by-step demonstrations, plus information on framing, presentation and selling your work; plant characters in composition: how to experiment; and, the trials and tribulations of a botanical artist.

ISBN: 9780713490527

The Complete Course in Botanical Illustration is your personal guide to the study of botanical drawing and watercolour painting. Devised by an award-winning botanical artist, this course takes you from basic drawing techniques to advanced skills required for the analysis of complex forms in watercolour. Following the syllabus of the botanical illustration course at the acclaimed Eden Project in Cornwall, this book offers you the opportunity to perfect the many techniques used to produce beautiful and informative plant portraits. Full of practical information, and with easy-to-follow exercises and case studies, this book includes: * Observational skills * Plant dissection procedures * Perspective * Use of tonal contrast * Line drawing and pencil shading * Colour and pigment mixing * Application of watercolour * Highlights and shiny surfaces * Composition and arrangement

ISBN: 9780713490053

Contains images ranging from carnations and melons to parsnips and poppies Book and CD Rom of copyable designs for packet labels

isbn: 0486997367

Margaret Mee must rank as one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century. She was an intrepid explorer of the Brazilian rainforest and an outstanding botanical artist, acclaimed by botanists and art critics worldwide. At the age of 47, Mee started exploring the Amazon in the footsteps of great British explorers such as Richard Spruce and Henry Walter Bates travelling throughout the wildest parts of Amazonia for the next thirty years. Mee learned to live with the forest and its plants, animals and people and learnt much from the Indians about the trees and plants she so meticulously painted. Mee initially sketched the plants in the forest and then worked on the large illustrations of the entire plant in her studio in Rio de Janeiro. Nine of these plants recorded by Mee, previously unknown to science, are now named after her. "Flowers of the Amazon Forests: The Botanical Art of Margaret Mee" illustrates more than sixty of Mee's major works with additional sketches painted whilst in the forest. The text is taken directly from the diaries she kept whilst travelling giving a wonderful insight into the Amazon - something very few people have actually seen. Mee was an ardent conservationist and was well known for her outspoken views on the destructive exploitation of the Amazon forests. This book is a small tribute to her great work. COVER PRICE £19.95

isbn: 9781905377060

The stunning colour illustrations and expert text presented here chart the development of a vast range of species, describing their history and cultivation as well as their place in popular culture from ancient times to the present. Well illustrated in colour. 335 pages

ISBN: 9781552977804