
The Kew Gardens Botanical Artist
Learn to Draw and Paint Flowers in the Style of Pierre-Joseph Redouté
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The Kew Gardens Botanical Artist
Learn to Draw and Paint Flowers in the Style of Pierre-Joseph Redouté
About this book
Capture the enchanting beauty of the natural world with this delightful botanical drawing book, inspired by the extensive archives held at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. This practical guide makes use of botanical illustrations by such masters as Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Georg Ehret and W H Fitch among many others to explore techniques and how to illustrate the various components of plants accurately.• A guide to the tools and materials you will need
• Step-by-step projects based on famous artworks, plus advice on how to create your own unique illustrations
• Guidance on the techniques of drawing, composition and perspective
• Explanations on using different media, especially the most commonly used medium of watercolourLearn from the masters of the craft to produce delicate botanical artwork, based on the beautiful flora that grows around us. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Publishing and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have collaborated to create a wonderful selection of botanical-themed art, crafts and activity books, including origami, dot-to-dots and color-by-numbers.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Art Collection at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
- Chapter 1 The Life of Pierre-Joseph Redouté and an Introduction to his Technique
- Chapter 2 Techniques
- Chapter 3 First Exercise: A Japanese Anemone
- Chapter 4 Simple Leaves: Daffodils
- Chapter 5 Complicated Leaves: Roses
- Chapter 6 Rosebuds
- Chapter 7 Simple Roses
- Chapter 8 Intricate Roses
- Chapter 9 Yellow Roses
- Chapter 10 Blue Flowers: Crocuses (copying a Redouté Watercolour)
- Chapter 11 Mauve Flowers: Campanul As
- Chapter 12 Yellow and Violet Pansies (copying a Redouté Watercolour)
- Chapter 13 White Flowers: Narcissi (copying a Watercolour By Antoine Pascal)
- Chapter 14 Red Flowers: Roses (copying a Redouté Watercolour)
- Chapter 15 Cactus Flower on Vellum
- Chapter 16 Butterflies and Drops of Water
- Chapter 17 Bouquets (Copying a Redouté Watercolour)
- Chapter 18 Some Observations and Additional Techniques for Creating Botanical PlAtes
- Chapter 19 Some Observations on Perspective and Composition
- Basic Drawings of the Flower Models
- Afterword
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements & Bibliography
- Copyright