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Botanical Illustration for Beginners A Step-By-Step Guide

Handbook / Manual
By: Meriel Thurstan(Author), Rosie Martin(Author)
144 pages, colour & b/w illustrations
Publisher: B T Batsford
Botanical Illustration for Beginners
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  • Botanical Illustration for Beginners ISBN: 9781849942713 Hardback Apr 2015 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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A unique and exciting approach to botanical illustration, this beginner guide demonstrates everything you need to know about capturing beautiful botanical specimens on paper. Each exercise guides the reader through a different aspect of botanical illustration, breaking the whole process down into simple, easy-to-follow stages. Whether you are a beginner looking for advice on composition and how to plot out your initial drawings, an experienced artist looking to develop your skills at colour mixing and working with unusual colours, or an old hand looking to capture more challenging and complex textures and shapes, there is something for botanical artists of all levels.

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Biography

Meriel Thurstan joined the renowned Eden Project at its creation and helped to create the Eden's Friends organization and produce its very first magazine. Meriel organizes the extremely successful annual Eden diploma course in botanical illustration. Her own botanical paintings hang in England, France, and Australia, and have become a popular highlight of each issue of Eden's Friends magazine. She lives in Cornwall, England.

Rosie Martin holds a Gold Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society for her botanical watercolor painting. She is an elected member of the Society of Botanical Artists and teaches a variety of art-based subjects, including botanical illustration. She has worked in fashion, ballet and theatre; her clients have included David Bowie, Anthony Caro, Karl Lagerfeld, and Jean Muir, for whom she produced textiles and interior design prints.

Handbook / Manual
By: Meriel Thurstan(Author), Rosie Martin(Author)
144 pages, colour & b/w illustrations
Publisher: B T Batsford
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