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Author : Isik Guner
Release : 1900
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Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 534/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Botanical Illustration from Life by : Isik Guner
Download or read book Botanical Illustration from Life written by Isik Guner. This book was released on 1900. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mindy Lighthipe
Release : 2017-10-31
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 747/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration by : Mindy Lighthipe
Download or read book The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration written by Mindy Lighthipe. This book was released on 2017-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draw and paint beautiful, vibrant, and realistic birds and botanicals with The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration. Take a sketch and transform it into fine art! The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration is a guide for contemporary artists aspiring to master shape, color, and texture and render beautiful, realistic, and vibrant botanical artwork. Author Mindy Lighthipe, an expert botanical artist, educates you about the tools and materials traditionally used in botanical illustration, including pencils, colored pencils, watercolor, gouache, and pastels. This thorough yet easily digestible guide includes overviews of key illustration techniques and basic color theory and mixing, and it's loaded with exercises designed to help you learn to see shape, value, and form. By learning tounderstand plant life and anatomy, you can craft elegant flowers, leaves, trees, and much more in no time! To bring it all together, The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration includes step-by-step demonstrations to follow along with as you practice taking sketches and transforming them into fully rendered, colorful pieces of fine art.
Author : Eleanor B. Wunderlich
Release : 1996
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 307/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Botanical Illustration in Watercolour by : Eleanor B. Wunderlich
Download or read book Botanical Illustration in Watercolour written by Eleanor B. Wunderlich. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capture the fascinating beauty of plants. How can an artist create a botanical portrait that is both accurate and aesthetically pleasing? This is the essence of an art form whose charm and universal appeal have made it popular for centuries. Botanical Illustration in Watercolor is the first authoritative, comprehensive book to focus specifically on the materials and techniques of painting plants in watercolor. This book is full of essential advice not found in any other watercolor books, such as: • What a botanical illustration must include to meet the requirements of scientific accuracy. • How to prop up a heavy woody branch at the desired angle. • How to keep ferns and delicate flowers from wilting before the picture is finished. • How to mix the specific colors of paint most often needed for depicting plants. • How to plan the design of a drawing that involves heavy foliage or multiple stems.
Author : Valerie Oxley
Release : 2013-08-01
Genre : Crafts & Hobbies
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 611/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Botanical Illustration by : Valerie Oxley
Download or read book Botanical Illustration written by Valerie Oxley. This book was released on 2013-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Botanical Illustration is an introduction to the marrying of art and science in the aesthetic and accurate portrayal of plant material. This book builds on the work of illustrators of the past, ranging from Elizabeth Blackwell, whose drawings helped to release her husband from debtors' prison, through to the exceptional scientific drawings of Beatrix Potter. It deals with the practical art and the related botany of the subject. Introduction to basic botany; preparation of plant material for drawing; use of pencil, watercolour, coloured pencil and pen and ink; suggested topics for further study; correcting mistakes and finishing touches. Invaluable for beginners and skilled artists alike, and an excellent reference book for teachers. Superbly illustrated with 216 colour illustrations.Valerie Oxley is a freelance tutor who has inspired students worldwide with her enthusiasm for natural history and plant illustration.
Author : Simon Williams
Release : 2016-03-14
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 885/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Botanical Painting with Gouache by : Simon Williams
Download or read book Botanical Painting with Gouache written by Simon Williams. This book was released on 2016-03-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to using gouache in botanical painting, by a leading botanical painter. Gouache is an opaque water-based medium, often called body colour, that produces crisp and vibrant paintings, and is becoming increasingly popular in botanical painting. Leading botanical painter, Simon Williams, specializes in painting in gouache and this is his first book. Botanical Painting in Gouache is full of practical advice on all aspects of using the exciting medium of gouache and contains many step-by-step demonstration paintings. In addition to the sumptuous flower paintings there are also sections on painting butterflies, birds and exotic and unusual plants from the rainforest.
