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Botanical painting : with the Society of Botanical Artists / Margaret Stevens.

By:

Stevens, Margaret, 1937-

Contributor(s):

Society of Botanical Artists

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Ltd, 2018Description: 159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmISBN:

1849944520
9781849944526

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

758.5 23

Summary: Harnessing the talent of Members and Distance Learning Diploma Course students around the world, the esteemed Society of Botanical Artists provides a comprehensive guide to the different styles and methods of botanical painting. Packed with step-by-step demonstrations and beautifully illustrated throughout, it explores more advanced skills and materials for developing expertise, including drawing with graphite, metal point, and colored pencil, and body and watercolor in plant portraiture. There are even historical techniques for painting on vellum and using egg tempera, as well as a gallery of paintings that provides a guided walk around an SBA exhibition.

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 2 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	State Botanical Collection	RBG	743.7 BOT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		RBG00024338

Includes index.

Harnessing the talent of Members and Distance Learning Diploma Course students around the world, the esteemed Society of Botanical Artists provides a comprehensive guide to the different styles and methods of botanical painting. Packed with step-by-step demonstrations and beautifully illustrated throughout, it explores more advanced skills and materials for developing expertise, including drawing with graphite, metal point, and colored pencil, and body and watercolor in plant portraiture. There are even historical techniques for painting on vellum and using egg tempera, as well as a gallery of paintings that provides a guided walk around an SBA exhibition.