Botany for the Artist: An Inspirational Guide to Drawing Plants
Sarah Simblet
Apr 2010 · Penguin
3.4star
5 reviews
Ebook
256
Pages
About this ebook
Join artist Sarah Simblet on an inspirational journey of discovery as she teaches you how to draw every type of plant.
From the tiniest mosses to exotic flowers and majestic trees, this book shows how understanding botany will give your portraits of plants vibrancy and life. In Botany for the Artist, Sarah Simblet takes you on a personal tour of the kingdom of plants, encouraging you to observe them more closely and draw them more accurately. She shows how to begin with simple shapes, outline the composition, blend colors, and add highlights and other finishing touches.
Complemented by beautiful photographs, Sarah's drawings reveal the structure of roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. Step-by-step drawing classes and detailed pages from Sarah's sketchbooks guide you through all the techniques that you need to draw plants successfully. Masterclasses by famous artists - from Renaissance masters to contemporary illustrators - showcase different approaches to botanical illustration over the centuries.
Botany for the Artist is a visual feast, not just for anyone wishing to master drawing plants, but for gardeners, photographers, and everyone who is passionate about plants and how they are portrayed in art.
From the tiniest mosses to exotic flowers and majestic trees, this book shows how understanding botany will give your portraits of plants vibrancy and life. In Botany for the Artist, Sarah Simblet takes you on a personal tour of the kingdom of plants, encouraging you to observe them more closely and draw them more accurately. She shows how to begin with simple shapes, outline the composition, blend colors, and add highlights and other finishing touches.
Complemented by beautiful photographs, Sarah's drawings reveal the structure of roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. Step-by-step drawing classes and detailed pages from Sarah's sketchbooks guide you through all the techniques that you need to draw plants successfully. Masterclasses by famous artists - from Renaissance masters to contemporary illustrators - showcase different approaches to botanical illustration over the centuries.
Botany for the Artist is a visual feast, not just for anyone wishing to master drawing plants, but for gardeners, photographers, and everyone who is passionate about plants and how they are portrayed in art.
Ratings and reviews
3.4
5 reviews
Lindsey D
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November 18, 2019
EBook is terrible. The images are so low-quality they are grainy. I viewed the book both on my ipad and on my desktop, and the result is the same. Shame on Penguin for not properly handling the digital version of this book. I have purchased art related ebooks from other publishers and they did an excellent job, so I know it can be done. This was a terrible waste of money, I submitted a refund request to Google Play.
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Patricia Eager
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March 8, 2015
Botany for the artist
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