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Botanical illustration / Valerie Oxley.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks QK98.24 .O95 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oxley, Valerie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Botanical illustration--Technique.
- Botanical illustration.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ramsbury : The Crowood Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Provides an introduction to the marrying of art and science in the aesthetic and accurate portrayal of plant material. Oxley builds on the work of illustrators of the past, ranging from Elizabeth Blackwell, whose drawings helped to release her husband from debtors' prison, through the exceptional scientific drawings of Beatrix Potter and she deals with the practical art and the related botany of the subject.--From publisher description.
- Contents:
- The history of botanical illustration
- Simple botany of plants and flowers
- Materials and equipment
- Preparation of plant material
- Observation techniques
- Starting to draw
- Developing tonal studies
- Preparing to paint
- Colours and paint
- Watercolour techniques
- What do I paint?
- How do I paint?
- Alternative media
- Help! The plant is too big for the page
- Finishing touches
- Photography and computers
- Art materials suppliers
- Collections, gardens, societies and courses.
- Notes:
- "This impression 2017"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781847970510
- 1847970516
- OCLC:
- 233788820
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