Drawing and Painting Plants

The definitive, comprehensive guide to botanical painting, covering basic botany, plant groups and a scientific approach to the subject.

Drawing on her experience as a botanical art teacher, Christina Brodie takes you on a holistic approach to botanical art and expertly covers botanical terminology, drawing and painting techniques in a wide range of media, dissection and examination of plants, fieldwork studies, microscope work and tips on presentation.

Through step-by-step projects and with clearly explained techniques, learn to draw and paint flowers, fruit, leaves, stems and roots, trees, fungi, ferns and horsetails, seaweeds and other algae, mosses and lichens with remarkable precision and stunning detail.

List of contents

Introduction
1. The Plant Kingdom
2. Drawing and Watercolour Technique
3. Flowering Plants: Flowers, Fruits & Seeds
4. Flowering Plants: Leaves, Stems & Roots
5. More Painting Media
6. Monochrome Drawing Media
7. Measuring and Magnifying Plant Parts
8. Trees
9. Fungi
10. Flowerless Plants
11. Presenting Your Work
12. Further Study
Suppliers
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Christina Brodie is a Winchester School of Art graduate in fashion and textile. She was awarded RHS Gold Medals in 2003 and 2005 and has taught botanical painting for the RHS at Rosemoor.

Summary

This is a botanically based (as opposed to free-form drawing) practicalmanual on how to paint a vast range of plants in watercolour and othermedia.

Foreword

The definitive, comprehensive guide to botanical painting, covering basic botany, plant groups and a scientific approach to the subject.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Brodie, Brodie Christina
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2021
• EAN: 9781789940657
• ISBN: 978-1-78994-065-7
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 218 mm x 276 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, ART / Techniques / Painting, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Painting, ART / Techniques / Watercolor Painting, Drawing & drawings, Trees, wildflowers & plants, The Arts: techniques and principles, Painting, drawing and art manuals, Drawing and drawings, Paintings and painting, Watercolours