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The Kew Book of Botanical Illustration by Christabel King is the ultimate guide to botanical painting at the highest level. This inspiring guide includes everything you’ll need to know about botanical illustration.
As the foremost botanical artist at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew (world leaders in the study and preservation of plants), King shares her passion for capturing plants in scientific illustration and more loose botanical art. Through her instruction you’ll discover how to choose a subject, create a composition, sketch your subject accurately, shade and colour leaves, flowers, cacti and more as well as pressing and preserving your own specimens. Get a glimpse into King’s worldwide experience in a chapter on travel, and gain inspiration from many of her stunning plates from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. The book also includes an informative section on botanical subjects for beginners as well as a glossary of terms to get you started on your botanical illustration journey.
128 page paperback. 216 x 292mm
- Introduction 6
- Botanical illustration 8
- Materials 10
- Choosing the subject 14
- Choosing the technique 16
- Your work space 18
- Drawing from life 20
- Composition 22
- Light and shade 24
- Sketching and drawing 26
- Magnification 30
- Transferring the drawing 34
- Using a shading guide 36
- Watercolour 38
- Gouache 42
- Pen and ink 46
- Correcting mistakes 48
- Leaves 50
- Flowers 60
- Using a microscope 78
- Preserving specimens 80
- Working from pressed specimens 82
- Cacti and succulents 84
- Wild flowers 92
- Travel drawings 98
- Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 104
- Trees 120
- Advice for beginners 123
- Botanical glossary 124
- Artistic glossary 125
- Index 126
- Bibliography 128
Kew's chief botanical artist, and one of Kew's elite band of practitioners, Christabel King has been working as an illustrator at Kew for 40 years. In 1975 she began painting for their prestigious Curtis's Botanical Magazine (the longest-running botanical magazine - first edition 1787), after achieving a degree in botany and scientific illustration. She runs successful workshops and courses at Kew and is highly skilled and acclaimed for her work. Christabel lives in Twickenham, Middlesex.
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