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Artists' Garden by Bill Laws
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
Price: £9.99
The Art of Botanical Illustration: A History of the Classic Illustrators and Their Achievements (Hardcover) by Lys De Bray
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
Price: £12.99
Botanical Illustration: Painting with Watercolours (Paperback) by Siriol Sherlock (Author)
"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. COVER PRICE £14.99
ISBN: 9780713490527
Price: £13.49
Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Seed Packet (Paperback) by Carol Belanger Grafton
Contains images ranging from carnations and melons to parsnips and poppies Book and CD Rom of copyable designs for packet labels
isbn: 0486997367
Price: £18.00
Flowers of the Amazon Forests: The Botanical Art of Margaret Mee (Hardcover) by Margaret Mee (Author)
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
Price: £18.00
Fruit: An Illustrated History (Hardcover) by Peter Blackburne-Maze (Author), Brian F. Self (Preface)
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
Price: £25.00
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