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Author: Ann Swan
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2018-10-25
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 0008328250
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis beautifully illustrated ebook is the first practical step-by-step guide to using coloured pencils in botanical painting and is written by Ann Swan, one of the top exponents of the genre.
Author: Wendy Hollender
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 2020-04-07
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1984856723
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA gorgeous, easy-to-follow, and inspiring guide to stunningly realistic botanical drawing that covers everything you need to draw our natural world. Achieve amazingly realistic and vibrant botanical illustrations, from flowers so dazzling you feel as if you might be able to smell them, to tomatoes that look as if they've just been picked from the garden. Wendy Hollender is known for her vivid, detailed, and inspiring illustrations and in The Joy of Botanical Drawing, she helps you take your art to the next level by sharing her perfected techniques through short lessons that start simple, then build on the basics with easy-to-use and clear step-by-step illustrations. Using colored pencils and watercolor pencils, Hollender shows you how to accomplish scientifically accurate botanical portraits of a spiraling pine cone, a spiky chestnut, a fuchsia-tined radish, a graceful morning glory, and many more. From colorful leaves to delicate petals to textured bark and slender stems, The Joy of Botanical Drawing will give you the skills to complete lifelike drawings while also enjoying nature and the mindfulness of a regular drawing practice.
Author: Wendy Hollender
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Published: 2010-07-20
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 0823007065
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA thorough immersion into the world of scientifically accurate, three-dimensional, and artistically rendered natural botanical illustration. The step-by-step instructions in this invaluable guide, written by one of the nation’s leading experts in the field, Wendy Hollender, will grow your artistic ability, whether you’re just broaching this unique skill or are already an expert. Each lesson in the book increases in complexity to build your skill set in a clear, concise, and accessible way. With a focus on the natural world through the botanical life-cycle, each project is not only a technical study, but a beautiful piece of artwork in and of itself. In this book, you will learn: • Single light source toning technique • Principles of perspective for drawing flowers • The fundamentals of plant anatomy • Colored pencil techniques and color theory of the natural world
Author: Ann Swan
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780764169748
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginal title: Botanical paintings with colored pencils.
Author: Trudy Friend
Publisher: Search Press Limited
Published: 2014-03-27
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1781266824
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTrudy Friend's watercolour pencil work is breathtaking, and she invites you to share her love of drawing and painting flowers in this book. Covering flowers in all their glory, you will learn how to draw luminous, convincing flowers in a variety of settings, from garden chrysanthemums to sunflower-thronged landscapes. Watercolour pencils are a creative and rewarding art medium, with many exciting ranges, each with their own distinct techniques and effects. Trudy shows you exactly what you can achieve with each type, and how to combine them in vibrant multi-media pencil paintings.
Author: Simon Williams
Publisher: Batsford Books
Published: 2016-03-14
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1849943885
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA practical guide to using gouache in botanical painting, by a leading botanical painter. Gouache is an opaque water-based medium, often called body colour, that produces crisp and vibrant paintings, and is becoming increasingly popular in botanical painting. Leading botanical painter, Simon Williams, specializes in painting in gouache and this is his first book. Botanical Painting in Gouache is full of practical advice on all aspects of using the exciting medium of gouache and contains many step-by-step demonstration paintings. In addition to the sumptuous flower paintings there are also sections on painting butterflies, birds and exotic and unusual plants from the rainforest.
Author: Sue Vize
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
Published: 2016-06-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781785001598
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA practical guide to the drawing techniques involved to creat stunning illustrations of plants using graphite and coloured pencils.
Author: American Society of Botanical Artists
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2020-09-15
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 1604697903
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBotanical Art Techniques is a beautifully illustrated and comprehensive guide to one of the most delicate art forms. From the experts at the American Society of Botanical Artists, this essential reference features how-to tutorials for all the major techniques, moving from basic to intermediate to advanced, so the reader can build on their skills as they progress. Media covered in detail include graphite, pen and ink, watercolor on paper and vellum, and colored pencil, with further tutorials on egg tempera oil, acrylic, gouache, silverpoint, etching, and more. Additional information includes a detailed overview of the necessary materials, basic information about the principles of composition, and advice on how to develop a personal style. Filled with 900 photographs, Botanical Art Techniques is a must-have for creative people everywhere.
Author: Margaret Stevens
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2005-11
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 0060819073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an instructional guide to the art of botanical illustrations, published in association with The Society of Botanical Artists and featuring step-by-step work by members of the society.
Author: Wendy Hollender
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780989343312
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Botanical Drawing, A Beginner's Guide" and Botanical Drawing Sketchbooks" use a unique spiral binding that allows you to open the book to add and remove paper. You can purchase re-fills of Legion Stonehenge Aqua 140 lb. hot pressed water color paper to use with both books.Once you have practiced in the Beginner's Guide with the paper in the book, I recommend you purchase the hot pressed watercolor paper to use for the color exercises. You can put the watercolor paper right inside the book and re-do the exercises on the good paper!In the Sketchbooks you can take out finished work and put in new blank paper to continue re-using the sketchbook without having to get a new sketchbook or cut your finished art out of this book. You can also take out the sketch pages to display and then return them to the book!
