How to Draw Plants
The Techniques of Botanical Illustration
Keith R. West(Author)
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published on 17. May 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
152 pages
978-0-7136-7005-9 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive and authoritative handbook is for all those who want to portray plants and flowers with botanical accuracy. In it the author gives detailed advice on working in pencil, pen, scraper board, watercolour, acrylics and gouache; on building up a painting or drawing by stages; on taking measurements and understanding plant structure; on collecting, handling and preserving plant material.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
200+
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 184 mm
Weight
512 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7136-7005-9 (9780713670059)
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Other editions
Previous edition
Book
02/1988
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
€36.08
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Persons
Keith West was formerly Art Lecturer at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch and for 20 years Botanical Artist for the Botany Division of the Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research in NZ. He is also the author of Painting Plant Portraits.