Botanical Drawing
A Step-By-Step Guide to Drawing Flowers, Vegetables, Fruit and Other Plant Life
Published on 1. March 2022
144 pages
978-1-78126-611-3 (ISBN)
Description
The definitive artist's guide to drawing detailed and accurate plants, flowers and other vegetation in pencil-including illustrations and exercises.
Botanical Drawingprovides a thorough and expert guide to the subject, touching on the history of this fascinating art form as well as its rules and practicalities. Artist Penny Brown explains the materials, learnings and techniques required to produce accurate botanical illustrations. She also includes an accessible, basic study of botany for the absolute beginner.
By following Brown's step-by-step instructions, close studies and explorations of the subjects, you will be able to produce your own illustrations of plants, flowers, vegetables and their myriad parts. Botanical Drawing offers knowledge, techniques, and inspiration as you create your own projects.
Botanical Drawingprovides a thorough and expert guide to the subject, touching on the history of this fascinating art form as well as its rules and practicalities. Artist Penny Brown explains the materials, learnings and techniques required to produce accurate botanical illustrations. She also includes an accessible, basic study of botany for the absolute beginner.
By following Brown's step-by-step instructions, close studies and explorations of the subjects, you will be able to produce your own illustrations of plants, flowers, vegetables and their myriad parts. Botanical Drawing offers knowledge, techniques, and inspiration as you create your own projects.
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Penny Brown
Botanical Drawing
A Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing Flowers, Vegetables, Fruit and Other Plant Life
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12/2017
Search Press Ltd
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Person
Penny Brown trained and worked as a theatre designer for 10 years before an increasing love of painting and drawing led her to illustration. She works in watercolour, graphite and most recently, cut paper collage. She has illustrated many books on craft, textiles, design, natural history and gardening. She exhibits her botanical paintings and drawings with The Society of Botanical Artists in London, Frankfurt and Spain. She has won several awards including the prestigious President's Prize at The SBA exhibition in 2015. She is also a member of The South West Society of Botanical Artists and opens her studio regularly for Dorset Art Weeks. She looks forward to continuing her parallel careers in botanical art and illustration.
Content
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Title
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- Botanical art: a personal perspective
- Materials and tools
- Getting started
- Drawing a simple flower
- Drawing a mushroom
- William Pear
- Poppy Seed Head
- Understanding plant structure
- Botanical illustrations
- Gathering information
- Composition
- Peas and Pods
- Apple Blossom
- Common Grape Hyacinth
- Cape Gooseberry
- Dutch Iris
- Freesia
- Sweet Vernal Grass
- Pot Marigold
- Backcover
