The Botanical Illustrator's Handbook

by Sally Pinhey

Overview

A fresh approach to the wonders of botanical illustration from an award-winning garden artist

Written by a respected artist and drawing on her wealth of experience, this book offers new insights and takes a closer look at how to accurately portray the riches of the botanical world. Advice is given on the labeling and quality of paper, and choice of pencils, paints, and brushes, and how to mix and handle greens. There are chapters on magnification, managing detail, and using scale bars, and instructions are included for using perspective techniques and painting complex structures such as pine cones and umbellifers, and tricky details, such as hairs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847977175
Publisher:	Crowood Press, The
Publication date:	04/04/2014
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Sally Pinhey has been a freelance horticultural and garden illustrator for more than 20 years. She has won numerous awards, and teaches and exhibits regularly.