Botanical Illustration: The Complete Guide

About this book

Botanical Illustration -The Complete Guide explains the processes and methods behind this beautiful art genre. It highlights the importance of the requisite skills of close observation accurate drawing and attention to detail. Leigh Ann Gale is a leading botanical artist and tutor and she generously demonstrates her approach in this book. Her worked example of fuchsia magellanica illustrates the varied stages of an illustration. Along with step-by-step instructions to a range of subjects this book is beautifully illustrated with over 350 images diagrams and paintings of her and her students work. This book is a source of inspiration as well as a definitive guide.