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- BOTANICAL ART SOCIETIES - National, Regional and Florilegium
- Making A Mark - on botanical art
- BOTANICAL ART INSTRUCTION - diplomas, workshops, courses, tutors and books
- Making a Mark reviews - Botanical Art Books
- BOOKS: Interested in developing your skills in Botanical Art?
- Botanical Art - Other Resources for Artists and Art Lovers
- Botanical Art - Tips and Techniques
- POLL: Botanical art: working from life or photos - which do you prefer?
- BOTANICAL ART EXHIBITIONS
- BOOKS - Art of Plant Evolution
- Botanical Art Competitions & Awards
- BOTANICAL ART COLLECTIONS and examples of Botanical Art
- Examples of Botanical Art
- BOOKS: Books featuring great examples of Botanical Art
- BOOKS: Early books of drawings of plants and flowers
- OUTSTANDING BOTANICAL ARTISTS - past and present
- Digital Botanical Illustration
- BOOKS: Contemporary flower painting and florilegia
- Botanical Art Galleries
- BOTANY & BOTANICAL GARDENS for artists
- Botany for botanical artists
- BOTANICAL ART & WEB2 - Art Forums, Blogs and other websites
- FEEDBACK: Comments and suggestions
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BOTANICAL ART SOCIETIES - National, Regional and Florilegium
National Botanical Art Societies
- The Society of Botanical Artists
- The Society of Botanical Artists was founded in 1985 by the president Suzanne Lucas. This UK Society celebrated its 21st birthday in 2006 and has an annual exhibition in London. It also offers a distance learning course in botanical art.
- American Society of Botanical Artists
- The American Society of Botanical Artists, Inc. (ASBA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting public awareness of botanical art and to encouraging the development of this continuing artistic tradition.
- ASBA Newsletter June 2008
- Newsletter of the ASBA
- Botanical Art Society of Australia
- The Botanical Art Society of Australia (BASA) has been formed as a non-profit organisation to foster and promote the development of botanical art nationwide and to bring together people who have a love of plants and of the botanical art form.
- Botanical Artists of Canada
- Formed on 2001, this not-for-profit organization supports members through workshops, courses and critiquing sessions. Their quarterly newsletter informs members of upcoming opportunities to exhibit their work or to take courses offered through BAC or by others. They also promote public awareness and appreciation of botanical art through juried exhibitions.
- Botanical Artists' Society of Southern Africa
- This is the website of a group of South African botanical artists who share their experiences, techniques and information
- Society of Dutch Botanical Artists
- There soon will be an English version of this site available soon. More information is available from info@botanischkunstenaarsnederland.nl
- Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
- The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators is an organization of people employed or interested in natural science illustration.
- The Botanical Art Society of New Zealand Inc
- The Botanical Art Society of New Zealand Inc
Regional Botanical Art Societies
- Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California
- The Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California is dedicated to encouraging the development of botanical art and the promotion of public awareness of this artistic tradition.
- Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region (BASNCR)
- The Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region (BASNCR) is an incorporated nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting public interest in botanical art.
- The Botanical ArtistsÂ’ Society of Queensland
- The Botanical Artists' Society of Queensland is a voluntary, non profit organisation formed to foster a greater knowledge, love and understanding of Botanical Art.
- Botanical Art Society of the Sunshine Coast
- The Botanical Art Society of the Sunshine Coast is a not-for-profit organization established to cultivate and promote the creation of botanical art in the region of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It aims to bring together people and artists who share a love of plants and of the botanical form of art.
- New England Society of Botanical Artists
- Working to promote public appreciation of the art and science of botanical art and illustration in New England.
- Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators
- ... to bring Botanical Illustration to the attention of many audiences,
to educate, to celebrate the artistic development of our members, to provide an opportunity to exhibit together. - Northern Society of Botanical Art
- NORTHERN SOCIETY FOR BOTANICAL ART
Members of the society share a common interest in plants and flowers. Membership open to anyone interested in botanical illustration and able to show a reasonable degree of competence in their work. Holds exhibitions and monthly meetings, with occasional speakers.
(Based in Sheffield, UK)
Florilegium Societies
- The Florilegium Society
- The Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society was formed in 1995, with the primary aim of recording in paintings and drawings, the plants growing in the Physic Garden.
- The Hampton Court Palace Florilegium Society
- The Hampton Court Palace Florilegium Society - was founded by a group of botanical artists
who gained the Diploma in Botanical Illustration (English Gardening School) at the Chelsea Physic Garden, London. Members have botanical paintings in both private and public collections in the USA, Europe and the UK.
The Society aims to establish an Archive of botanically correct paintings and drawings of the plants growing in the gardens and glasshouses at Hampton Court Palace. - Florilegium Society at Sheffield Botanical Gardens
- The Florilegium Society was established to produce an archive of botanical illustrations of the plants of Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Botanical illustration is the marrying of art and science where the structures of plants are displayed in clear, scientifically accurate detail. The archive will provide a useful source of reference and a scientific and historical record of the regeneration of Sheffield Botanical Gardens.
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium
- The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society, a group of the country's most accomplished botanical artists. Established in 2000, the Florilegium is a multiyear project to document Brooklyn Botanic Garden's living collections through botanical art and preserve the same plants in our 250,000-specimen herbarium.
Making A Mark - on botanical art
Making A Mark - on Botanical Art
posts about botanical art from Katherine Tyrrell's blog
- Making a Mark: The Society of Botanical Artists is 21!
- (March 2006) The Society of Botanical Artists is 21 and has its annual exhibition at Westminster........Over 700 pictures are going to exhibited and the link to the exhibition (above) provides images of some of these. A number of these push the boundaries of what many people might think a conventional botanical flower drawing or painting should look like. I'm personally very pleased to see that there's room for all manner of interpretations.
- Making a Mark: NEW: The Botanical Palette: Colour for the Botanical Painter
- (November 2007) Getting the colour right is one of the main challenges for a botanical artist. Consequently it can also be one of the aspects of which causes the most worry to aspiring botanical artists.
Last month a new instruction book was published which focuses solely on the subject of how to achieve the right colour in botanical art. It provides a very authoritative and helpful guide to this topic - and will doubtless be welcomed by all those seeking to develop and improve the quality of their botanical art. - Making a Mark: Treasures of Botanical Art - a recommended read
- (April 2008) Treasures of Botanical Art by Shirley Sherwood and Martyn Rix has been published by Kew Publishing to mark the inaugural exhibition of the The Shirley Sherwood Gallery in Kew Gardens, the first gallery in the world to be dedicated to year round exhibitions of botanical art.
The book is extensively illustrated and features some 200 illustrations of paintings and drawings from both the Kew and Shirley Sherwood collections. - Making a Mark: Volume 1 of The Highgrove Florilegium is published
- This week the first volume of the Highgrove Florilegium was published by Alecto Publications. In this post I'm looking at
* the definition of a Florilegium,
* the publication of the first volume of the Highgrove Florilegium
* Historical Florilegia
* Contemporary Florilegia in the making - Making a Mark: A visit to the Chelsea Physic Garden
- About a visit to the Chelsea Physic Garden which lies in between the River Thames and the Chelsea Embankment and Royal Hospital Road. It's a real haven of peace as well as being a wonderful garden for artists interested in botanical art.
- Making a Mark: Book Review - 1001 Plant and floral illustrations from early herbals
- There's very little text and an awful lot of engravings and illustrations used in early herbals. Very helpful to those interested in early botanical art.
- Making a Mark: Book Review: Besler's Book of Flowers and Plants
- This is a book which is heavy on images and light on text. This A4 sized book contains 73 full-colour plates - one per page - from the Hortus Eystettensis 1613.
- Making a Mark: The Art of the Garden
- Linked to a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show, this post introduces two leading contemporary botanical artists
- Ann Swan SBA, who works in coloured pencil
- Bryan Poole RE, who produces aquatint etchings - Making a Mark: Gardens and Botanical Art
- Do you draw inspiration from natural forms? Do you like observing everything about plants? If you do you probably like gardens and you may have become interested in botanical art.
What I want to do is share what I know about good gardens to visit and I'm very much hoping people with share with me which are the good gardens that they've visited. - Making a Mark: I'm improving my botanical knowledge
- As many of you know I love gardens and drawing flowers and plants. This week I found out about and instantly signed up to receive the Botany Photo of the Day missive from the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research located in Vancouver, Canada.
I could do with improving my botanical knowledge - I have been known to post a drawing and then ask what it is! - Making a Mark: Botanical artist - Pierre-Joseph Redouté
- Pierre-Joseph Redouté was the man who painted the beautiful roses and lillies. I've now learned that in total he produced over 2100 published plates depicting over 1800 different species, many of which had never been rendered before.
- Making a Mark: Botanical artists - Franz and Ferdinand Bauer
- When you begin to learn about botanical art you begin to hear about the Bauer Brothers. Then you see some of their work and you begin to realise why they are so very highly regarded in the field of botanical illustration.
- Making a Mark: A Making A Mark Interview with Margaret Stevens
- It was my very great pleasure last Friday to meet up with and interview Margaret Stevens PSBA, FSBA and to discuss with her the SBA's Distance Learning Diploma Course in botanical painting.
Margaret has a number of very important roles. She's
* current President of the Society of Botanical Artists,
* the Course Director for the Distance Learning Diploma Course and
* the author who wrote and co-ordinated the production of the two books produced by the SBA - The Art of Botanical Painting and The Botanical Palette: Colour for the Botanical Painter - Making a Mark: You cannot copyright nature
- Did you know that you can't copyright nature? I've recently come across a couple of blog posts which highlight some potential copyright pitfalls for artists who draw and paint nature in terms of:
* natural history subjects,
* animals and wildlife,
* flowers and plants and
* natural landscapes. - Making a Mark: Genres and the results of "What's your favourite subject matter?"
- Drawing or painting flowers or producing botanical art attracted 12% of the poll - which is 50% more than the number who voted for still life as being their favourite subject (8%)
- Making a Mark: Exhibition review: The Art of Plant Evolution
- Exhibition Review - The Art of Plant Evolution at Kew Gardens. It manages to neatly combine art and science by displaying botanical paintings in the latest evolutionary sequence revealed by recent DNA analysis.
Fine Art Prints of Flower Drawings by Katherine Tyrrell
I have a passion for drawing flowers.
Fine art prints of my original drawings of flowers. Colour, form and texture provide the stimulation for new images. Recent artwork explores the the interior landscape of the flower.
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Botanical Art Instruction - Diplomas and Certificates
- The Society of Botanical Artists - Distance learning diploma course botanical art.
- The Society's aim is to develop those skills and help to create a good, well-rounded botanical painter.
The Course is open to students anywhere in the world and there are already students from the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Australia, The Netherlands, Italy, the USA, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa, Greece, Sweden and France. The Course lasts for 27 months and the fee includes a student subscription to the Society for the duration of the Course.
The Course is not for beginners in watercolour painting but rather for those with some knowledge of the subject and a wish to learn more about botanical art and its associated skills. - University of Sheffield - Programmes: Botanical Illustration
- # One of the leading part-time courses in Botanical Illustration in the country
# Experienced and enthusiastic tutors
# Friendly classes where newcomers to the subject are as welcome as more experienced artists and botanists
# Small class sizes to allow for individual support and tuition
# Teaching concentrated into day-long blocks for flexibility of study
# Certificate in Botanical Illustration Programme Code: ACE U104
# Diploma in Botanical Illustration Programme Code: ACE U105 - Diploma Course Botanical Painting - The English Gardening School
- One Year Diploma Course (one day per week) at the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London
Our Botanical Painting Diploma course is regarded as partially responsible for the resurgence of interest in this ancient method of depicting plants. The School prides itself on the high level of achievement of its students who have gained places in the collection of the Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh and the Shirley Sherwood Collection. Students have been awarded medals by the Royal Horticultural Society, have held exhibitions and one-man shows in London, the provinces and in the USA.
The training aims to teach the accurate illustration of plant material in watercolour by developing the necessary observational and drawing skills within a historical context. An understanding and appreciation of botany, as taught on the course, is deemed vital to realistic plant depiction. - RBGE Diploma In Botanical Illustration At Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- The art short courses run for ten week periods and allow you to work from a novice through to an experience level that qualifies you for entry on to the RBGE Diploma in Botanical Illustration.
* 10-week art classes
* 20-week Foundation to RBGE Diploma in Botanical Illustration
* Advanced art masterclasses
* Classes at Benmore and Dawyck Botanic Gardens - Denver Botanic Gardens - Botanical Art and Illustration Program
- Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program is designed to teach the skills necessary to portray plants accurately both for scientific purposes and for beautiful plant illustrations. The program is ope
- Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program
- Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program is designed to teach the skills necessary to portray plants accurately both for scientific purposes and for beautiful plant illustrations. The program is open for everybody, both for committed illustrator and enthusiastic amateur. The program can lead to a Certificate that is offered only a few locations worldwide.
Botanical Art Instruction - At Botanical Gardens
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden: Adult education courses
- Cambridge University Botanic Garden - Adult courses include botanical art and painting. Note courses seem to become fully booked quickly.
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Regional Edinburgh Courses Training Lessons Classes List
- Advanced Art Masterclasses at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Regional Edinburgh.with named artists.
- Botanical Art and Natural Science Illustration at the New York Botanical Garden
- Botanical Art and Illustration encompasses a variety of techniques for depicting botanical subjects in fine art, scientific illustration, and decorative design. Our interdisciplinary approach integrates botany and art in both the garden and the classroom settings, and instructors are professional artists with backgrounds in botanical and natural science, design, and illustration.
- Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program
- Denver Botanic Gardens' Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program is designed to teach the skills necessary to portray plants accurately both for scientific purposes and for beautiful plant illustrations. The program is open for everybody, both for committed illustrator and enthusiastic amateur. The program can lead to a Certificate that is offered only a few locations worldwide.
- Desert Botanical Garden – - Botanical Illustration
- The Botanical Art and Illustration programme at the Desert Botanical Garden is suitable for a variety of interests, whether you are a beginner with no experience or an enthusiast seeking to enroll in the certificate program, all are welcome. Courses are taught by talented, experienced instructors in the field of botanical art. Course sizes are limited to 15 students to ensure a personalized and encouraging atmosphere.
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute
- ASDM Art Institute - Conservation Through Art Education
- Botanic Art & Classes - Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
- the art of botanical illustration is a highly specialised art form, in which plant portraits combine finely observed detail with artistic expression. classes conducted by talented artists are held regularly throughout the year in the great melbourne telescope building, observatory gate, royal botani
- Friends of the Geelong Botanic Gardens - Botanic Art Classes
- Botanic Art classes have been held at the Friends' Meeting room for a number of years, with many of our students returning each year. A number of these students have received recognition at significant Botanic Art exhibitions both locally and internationally.
- Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - classes
- This is a NOT a website which is friendly to those wanting to try and find out details about classes and comes a long way behind the calibre of information found on other botanical gardens websites.
Botanical Art Instruction - Individual Tutors
- The Society of Botanical Artists - Courses by Members
- Botanical Illustration and/or Botanical Painting Courses Run by Members of The Society of Botanical Artists.
- Ann Swan botanical art coloured pencil workshops and courses
- Botanical art coloured pencil workshops by Ann Swan, one of the best contemporary botanical artists in the UK.
- Botanical Art School of Melbourne
- The 'Botanical Art School of Melbourne (BASM)' was established in 1992 with the aim of teaching the skills necessary to enable artists to draw and paint with a thorough understanding of the importance of line, form, colour, perspective and composition, in a very friendly and stimulating environment.
- Leonie Norton - Botanical Artist, Tutor & Author
- Leonie Norton is an Australian botanical artist and is Sydney's most prominent botanical art educator. Her paintings can be found in private and public collections, in Australia and overseas.
- Katie Lee - Botanical Painter, Zoological Painter
- Katie Lee is a respected botanical and wildlife artist and instructor. A graduate of the New York Botanical Garden Botanical Illustration program, she has been an instructor at that institution for the past 15 years. Ms. Lee teaches drawing, watercolor, gouache and composition courses at various locations worldwide
Botanical Art Instruction - Workshops and Courses
- The Society of Botanical Artists - Courses in botanical art by institution
- The Society of Botanical Artists lists all the courses of which it has knowledge but cannot recommend one venue over another. However, the Society obviously recommends those venues which feature SBA members as tutors. SBA members are highlighted in the listing.
- Cornell University - Introduction to botanical illustration (online course)
- Introduction to Botanical Illustration - Drawing Plant Forms in Pencil & Ink
This six-week online course for beginners (seven including the introductory week) teaches you how to use plants as the subject of art with easy approaches and many visual examples. Because you take the course online, you can access it whenever you want and complete the lessons at your own pace. - The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators - workshops
- The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators is an organization of people employed or interested in natural science illustration.
- Montgomery Parks: Brookside Gardens - School of Botanical Art and Illustration
- Developed in collaboration with world-renowned botanical artist, Margaret Saul, the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration offers botanical art class that serve all levels, from beginner to advanced.
Making a Mark reviews - Botanical Art Books
a consumer's guide to quality and value in art books, art supplies and services to artists
- Making a Mark reviews......: Book Review: The Art of Botanical Painting
- Summary: An essential book for all artists contemplating the SBA's Diploma Course. An excellent introduction to botanical art for all experienced artists interested in developing their knowledge of and skills in botanical art
- Making a Mark reviews......: Book Review: Botanical Illustration
- Book review of Valerie Oxley's book on Botanical Illustration
Summary: An excellent manual for anybody who wants to learn more about botanical illustration - very detailed and very helpful. Very well illustrated in terms of both the range and the quality of reproduction
BOOKS: Interested in developing your skills in Botanical Art?
Books from Amazon
The Art of Botanical Painting
I own this book by one of the founder members of the Society of Botanical Art. Margaret Stevens holds numberous RHS medals including the prestigious Gold Medal. This book provides a complete course of instruction in how to develop botanical art and is used as a reference by the Society's own distance learning course. It includes techniques for using coloured pencils. Read my detailed review - Book Review: The Art of Botanical Painting
Release Date: 11/01/2005
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The Botanical Palette: Colour for the Botanical Painter
The second book produced by the Society of Botanical Artists with Margaret Stevens. I've just got this and it looks absolutely splendid - a real asset for anybody who is serious about developing their skills in botanical art
Amazon Price: $40.96 (as of 11/22/2009) ![]()
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Beautiful Botanicals
A good introduction with lots of practical hints and tips. This book covers working with graphite pencil, pen and ink, ink wash, transparent watercolour and mixed media
Botanical Illustration
An introduction to how art and science are married in the aesthetic and accurate portrayal of plant material. Read my detailed review - Book Review: Botanical Illustration
Valerie Oxley is a very experienced adult tutor who developed the first Diploma in Botanical Illustration with colleagues at the University of Sheffield and is Chairman of the Florilegium Society at the Botanical Gardens in Sheffield
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Painting Flowers in Watercolour: A Naturalistic Approach
Coral Guest has been awarded two gold medals by the RHS and was Flower Painting Tutor at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew from 1991 to 2002, and has given Master Classes for Dr Shirley Sherwood in Europe and the USA.
Botanical Illustration: Painting with Watercolours
Guidance for the botanical artist working in watercolour. Includes a nice chapter which brings to life the trials and tribulations of the botanical artist!
Product descrition: Siriol Sherlock's techniques for capturing flowers and plants are beautifully simple-yet they yield remarkable results that earned her the 2005 Artists Choice Award.
More than 150 stunning fine-art illustrations of both finished works and key stages of the painting appear throughout this guide, illuminating the instructions. All the various materials are covered, along with traditional and experimental techniques for painting wet-on-wet, capturing color and form, and adding finishing touches.
You can examine the details that go into depicting foliage and fruit, flowers in context, single stems, multistem arrangements, and even leaves and branches. Flowers range from tropical blossoms to a brilliant poppy.
Contemporary Botanical Illustration: Challenging Colour and Texture
The authors of the bestselling Botanical Illustration Course with the Eden Project are back with new sources of inspiration for professionals and amateurs interested in creating scientifically accurate illustrations of flowers and plants. This time they focus on solving two difficult challenges: depicting texture in pencil or paint, and painting subjects with unusual colors-from black flowers and plants (such as seaweed) to species that feature eye-catching greens, blues, or pink. There's also a captivating exploration of new ideas in the field, including combining botanical art with traditional Japanese flower arranging. Stunning illustrations appear throughout, many shown step-by-step just as they were created, plus practical advice on commercial opportunities for botanical artists.
Botanical Illustration Course: With the Eden Project
This book is a complete drawing course. It brings together the lessons learned in the year-long botanical illustration course at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
Botanical Art - Other Resources for Artists and Art Lovers
These are links to my other information sites related to botanical art-
Flowers in Art - Resources for Artists
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Do you love looking at flowers in art? Do you want to know how to learn to draw or paint flowers? Do you want to improve your flower drawings or flower paintings? Or do you just love flowers? If you do then consult the resources in this lens to find...
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Botanical Art - Art Book Reviews for Artists
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Find botanical art boks. Read my book reviews of botanical art, first published on my blog Making A Mark plus reviews by other people (in due course). I've also included reviews of books by or about famous artists who have been interested in the str...
Botanical Art - Tips and Techniques
- ArtPlantae Today - Today's Botanical Artists Answer Your Questions
- Thirteen questions were submitted by readers and these questions were distributed among members of the panel. A heartfelt Thank You to members of the panel for sharing their thoughts, knowledge, and experience with us. And thank you to the hungry minds who submitted questions. Great job!
Click on the topics to begin your review of this "Ask The Artist" session. - Guardian - Van Gogh's Sunflowers have become monsters. But I'd rather have them than 'botanical art'
- Germaine Greer: Despite the phenomenal marketability of flower paintings, no one does them any more. What proliferates instead is botanical art
- Botanicart is a Botanical Art industry news and information service
- Botanical Art industry news and information service for botanical artists.
POLL: Botanical art: working from life or photos - which do you prefer?
Is working from life always best? Are photos usurping working from life?
This is not a scientific survey nor is it intended to be. We can't know the background of respondents and it's likely that people with different levels of knowledge and/or experience may well take a different view. It's also likely that individual circumstances will also dictate what is possible for different people. If you'd like to comment you can do so in the feedback module.
ABOUT TO BE PUBLISHED Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils
Due to be published soon
BOTANICAL ART EXHIBITIONS
Botanical Art - Current Exhibitions
see another module below for links to past exhibitions
- The Art of Plant Evolution
- The Art of Plant Evolution - 22 August- 03 January 2010
Art meets science in this exhibition of botanical paintings at the The Shirley Sherwood Gallery at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew
Not only is botanical art undergoing a renaissance today but recent genetic discoveries have changed the nomenclature and evolutionary sequence of many plants during the last ten years.
Each species chosen is illustrated with a painting selected from over 700 contemporary works in the Shirley Sherwood Collection. The paintings will display a sampling of the plant world from fungi to daisies, including algae, mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants. The 136 paintings by 84 artists will cover 50 orders of plants in 118 families for a total of 133 species, providing a sweeping overview of the evolution of plants on earth.
(Review to be posted shortly on Making A Mark)
BOOKS - Art of Plant Evolution
The Art of Plant Evolution
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This publication is based on an exhibition in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, running from August to December 2009, to celebrate Kew's 250th anniversary and Darwin's bicentenary.
The Art of Plant Evolution, by Dr Shirley Sherwood and Professor John Kress of the Smithsonian is the catalogue/book for the the exhibition. It is produced by Kew Publishing and is available as both a Hardback, (with dust-jacket) and a Softback edition
I have a copy and am finding it hugely educational from a botanical perspective. I'm also enjoying the wider variety of works - including etchings and pen and ink plus artists from a variety of countries including significant numbers of contemporary artists from Japan and Brazil.
Publisher's comments
'Art meets science' in this beautiful book that aims to give readers a sense of some contemporary scientific discoveries that are changing our understanding of plant relationships.
136 botanical paintings from the Shirley Sherwood Collection, by 84 artists, cover 50 orders of plants in 118 families, and a total of 133 species, providing a sweeping overview of the evolution of plants on earth. The paintings display a sampling of the plant world from fungi to daisies, including algae, mosses, ferns, conifers and flowering plants arranged in the most up to date evolutionary sequence, determined by recent DNA analysis.
The text places each artist's observations as displayed in the paintings, in the context of modern plant classification, providing readers with a new understanding of the complex interrelationships between plant species, and enhancing their appreciation of the botanical artist's ability to portray the delicate beauty of nature.
Release Date: 12/31/1969
Not yet published
Shirley Sherwood - The Collection and The Gallery
News about the new Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew
- Making a Mark: Kew opens the world's first dedicated botanical art gallery
- On Saturday 19th April, The Shirley Sherwood Gallery opened at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. It will exhibit precious works of botanical art from the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Dr Shirley Sherwood.
This is a record of my visit to the exhibition and focuses on some of the artists in history whose botanical art is included in the exhibition - Royal Botanic Gardens Press Release: New Gallery of Botanical Art Opens at Kew Gardens, Spring 2008
- Press Release: New Gallery of Botanical Art Opens at Kew Gardens, Spring 2008
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Gardens, opening in spring 2008, will be the first gallery in the world dedicated to botanical art and open to the public all year round. The gallery, designed by award-winning architects Walters and Cohen, will exhibit precious works of art from the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Dr Shirley Sherwood, many of which have never been on public display before. - The Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew Gardens reveals the beauty of botany - Times Online
- Until this month, the world's premier collection of botanical art, consisting of some 200,000 drawings, watercolours, oil paintings and prints, had been kept filed away in drawers and boxes in the Library at Kew Gardens.
- Daily Telegraph - Kew's £3m gallery to showcase botanic art
- It is one of the great secret art collections of Britain - and finally it has a home where the public can enjoy it. Costing £3 million, it will allow the public to see for the first time the gems in the Royal Botanic Gardens's vast holding of more than 200,000 prints, drawings and paintings dating back to 1700.
- Digging up treasures: Kew shows off plant pictures in new gallery | Arts | The Guardian
- Garden's display space, with low light and humidity control, is the world's first gallery dedicated entirely to botanical art - opens at Kew Gardens in London.
- BBC NEWS | UK | Kew opens botanical art gallery
- The world's first gallery dedicated to botanical art opens to the public. Includes a news video which shows shots of the gallery and close-ups of works on display.
- Kew opens the world's first gallery for botanical art - News, Art & Architecture - The Independent
- Until now, Kew Gardens' collection of 200,000 botanical drawings and manuscripts have only been available to experts and researchers who have had to apply for permission to study the works.
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery is the world's first purpose-built space for botanical drawings - many of which are extremely delicate watercolours on paper and vellum.
Walters and Cohen, the architects, were given a brief to create a space that would protect the art works with dim light levels, a constant temperature of 21C and 55 per cent humidity. - Making a Mark: Treasures of Botanical Art - a recommended read
- Treasures of Botanical Art by Shirley Sherwood and Martyn Rix has been published by Kew Publishing to mark the inaugural exhibition of the The Shirley Sherwood Gallery in Kew Gardens, the first gallery in the world to be dedicated to year round exhibitions of botanical art.
The book is extensively illustrated and features some 200 illustrations of paintings and drawings from both the Kew and Shirley Sherwood collections. - Making a Mark: Exhibition review: "The Power of Plants" at Kew Gardens
- What The Power of Plants exhibition does is display a selection of botanical drawings, paintings and illustrations of plants which have either an economic value or have some component which is essential to human well-being - for examples in relation to physical well-being, food and textiles.
- Making a Mark: Exhibition Review - In Search of Gingers
- In Search of Gingers is an exhibition of works by Sandy Ross Sykes at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery (Galleries 3 and 4) at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew which continues until 26 July 2009.
The exhibition is a fascinating mixture of sketchbooks, records from her journals, artifacts collected en route and the final paintings. It's organised around her journies and search for different gingers. Each journey to different parts of South East Asia is described. - Making a Mark: Exhibition review: Contemporary Australasian Botanical Artists
- Down Under: Contemporary Botanical Artists from Australia and New Zealand is an exhibition of contemporary botanical art by exceptional Australian and New Zealand artists. The works on display now form part of Dr Shirley Sherwood's Collection.
The exhibition can be seen at the at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and the exhibition continues until 26th July 2009.
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery opens at Kew
a new gallery dedicated to the display of botanical art
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Gardens, opening on 19 April 2008, is the first gallery in the world dedicated to botanical art and will be open to the public all year round. The gallery will exhibit precious works of art from the collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Dr Shirley Sherwood, many of which have never been on public display before.The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew holds one of the world's greatest collections of botanical art, totalling over 200,000 items. Kew holds works by masters of botanical art such as G D Ehret and the Bauer Brothers, together with nineteenth century artists such as Walter Hood Fitch, who was one of the most prolific botanical artists ever. Dr Shirley Sherwood holds one of the world's most comprehensive collections of original contemporary botanical art.
Many of the works in Kew's collection require a climate-controlled environment with managed light levels. Until now, although the collection has been consulted by experts and researchers, most of the works have been kept in study collections behind the scenes. The new gallery will provide the right environment and will make Kew's collections more accessible, ensuring that the 1.3 million annual visitors to Kew Gardens can see the treasures on public display.
BOOKS: Botanical Art Books by Shirley Sherwood
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She read botany at Oxford University and is a judge on the Botanical Painting Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, Kew, and an honorary trustee of the new American Society for Botanical Artists.
I own copies of all the following books - and all come highly recommended by me.
Contemporary Botanical Artists: The Shirley Sherwood Collection
According to Publishers Weekly "Dr. Shirley Sherwood toured the world over a period of five years. The result is more than 100 stunning pieces that offer a global view of contemporary botanical art. "Descriptions combined with sumptuous, full-page illustrations make this a book that will appeal to botanists, or anyone who just wants to page through delicate and beautiful images."
A Passion for Plants: Contemporary Botanical Masterworks
Shirley Sherwood provides over 200 examples of the best in contemporary botanical art
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New Flowering: 1000 Years of Botanical Art
This catalogue of the 2005 exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is a remarkable book. It compares images produced by contemporary botanical artists with those produced in the past.
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Treasures of Botanical Art: Icons from the Shirley Sherwood and Kew Collections
This book marks the inaugural exhibition of the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew, which opened on 19th April 2008 (I was there!). It has about 200 colour some 200 paintings and drawings from both the Kew archive and the Shirley Sherwood Collection of contemporary botanical art which are in the exhibition.
Overall it provides an overview of the development of botanical art since the 1600s and highlights some of the premier artists and some of the treasures of botanical art in both collections.
Read my review of this book in Treasures of Botanical Art - a recommended read
Read about my visit to the exhibition on the day the Shirley Sherwood Gallery opened in Kew opens the world's first dedicated botanical art gallery
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Botanical Art Exhibitions - past exhibitions
Information and guidelines for entering exhibition and competitions
- Royal Horticultural Society - Exhibition of botanical art at RHS Shows
- This page contains details of the exhibition of botanical art at RHS shows
- Royal Horticultural Society - Guidelines for exhibiting botanical art at RHS shows
- This page contains guidelines for exhibiting botanical art at RHS shows
- Royal Horticultural Society - Regulations for exhibiting botanical art at RHS shows
- This page contains the regulations for exhibiting botanical art at RHS shows
- The Society of Botanical Artists - how to exhibit
- This webpage provides details of how to become a member and how to exhibit with The Society of Botanical Artists in London. Note that the Annual Exhibition in April each year is also open to non members from all over the world.
- New York School of Interior Design: Watercolors from the Highgrove Florilegium
- Watercolors from the Highgrove Florilegium
Botanical Paintings from the Garden of HRH The Prince of Wales
January 23 - April 12, 2008
NYSID Gallery, 161 East 69th Street
An exhibition of 75 watercolors of plants, fruits, and vegetables growing in the garden at Highgrove, the Gloucestershire residence of HRH The Prince of Wales. The works depict a selection of botanical varieties from the 15-acre garden. The show, organized according to botanical classification, marks the first public display of the watercolors, which are owned by A. G. Carrick Ltd and loaned with the kind permission of HRH The Prince of Wales. - The Ashmolean - Museum of Art & Archaeology
- Ashmolean Museum:
A New Flowering: 1000 Years of Botanical Art
2nd May 2005 to 11th September 2005
One thousand years of botanical art was displayed in the Ashmolean's lead exhibition of 2005, providing a unique opportunity to compare illustrations by contemporary artists with the remarkable botanical art of the past. - Times Higher Education - Timothy walker is drawn to the budding artists of biology
- The verisimilitude of Vicky Cox's White Onion and Skin makes you reach for the knife and the chopping board'
a new flowering - 1,000 years of botanical art
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, to September 11 - 1000 Years Of Botanical Art At Oxford's Ashmolean Museum - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
- The Eldon and McAlpine Galleries at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford are, until September 11 2005, home to a stunning collection that spans over 1,000 years of botanical art from all over the world.
- Hunt Institute: Past Exhibitions
- Past exhibitions at the Hunt Institute.
- The University of Delaware: The Art of Botanical Illustration (2001)
- On-line exhibition of The Art of Botanical Illustration
- Art Exhibition 2008 - Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Australia.
Over the last ten years there has been a resurgence in the popularity of botanical illustration worldwide, and here in Australia this is partly due to the biennial exhibition of The Art of Botanical Illustration. Its growing profile, both nationally and internationally, has ensured its place as a major botanical illustration exhibition for artists and collectors alike. - Maria Sibylla Merian - at the Getty Museum, Buckingham Palace and Kew Gardens
- Maria Sibylla Merian was both a Naturalist and a Botanical Illustrator. She's rated as being one of the greatest ever artists of botanical and entomological subjects. Her profile has never been higher - and she currently features significantly in three major exhibitions in the USA and London.
Making A Mark - on Botanical Art Exhibitions
- Making a Mark: Review of the SBA Exhibition (2006)
- (April 2006) I visited the Society of Botanical Artists exhibition yesterday and was totally blown away by the very fine quality of most of the artwork shown. There are some very impressive and accomplished artists exhibiting with the SBA - including a number of coloured pencil artists.
Most of the artwork is in watercolour with a good showing of coloured pencil and pencil work, although the exhibition also includes work by people painting in oils and pastels. The website while clearly demonstrating the breadth of work fails to reflect so clearly the very high quality of a lot of the work on display due to the small size of the website images. - Making a Mark: Society of Botanical Artists - Flowers and Gardens Exhibition 2007
- (April 2007) The annual Flowers and Gardens exhibition by the Society of Botanical Artists at Central Hall Westminster maintained its very high standard this year and reflected the Society's willingness to include a wide variety of approaches and media for the representation of botanical art including fruit, vegetables and fungi as well as flowers and gardens.
On display were 728 drawings and paintings, 11 Miniatures, and 26 sculptures. As last year, most of the artwork in the exhibition is executed in watercolour. Other media used included Pencil, Coloured Pencils (including watercolour pencils) Acrylics, Pastels, Ink, Oil, Lino Cut Prints and Gouache on black paper - Making a Mark: Society of Botanical Artists - The Botanical Palette exhibition
- (April 2008) I visited the 22nd Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists (SBA) yesterday. This year, the Society is celebrating the publication of its second book and its title is reflected in the title of the exhibition "The Botanical Palette".
- Making a Mark: Two works juried into SBA Annual Exhibition
- I've had news that two of my coloured pencil drawings have been juried into the Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists.
- Making a Mark: Exhibition Review: Society of Botanical Artists (2009) #1
- The standard of work at this year's Annual "Flowers and Gardens" Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists is simply stunning. I urge all artists who have ever wanted to pursue botanical or floral art to go and take a look at the quality of the 700+ works on display.
- Making a Mark: Exhibition Review: Society of Botanical Artists (2009) #2
- This post focuses on individual artists in this year's Annual "Flowers and Gardens" Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists. [Now updated to include all the details of prizewinners]
- Making a Mark: The biggest exhibition of coloured pencil artwork in the UK
- ...the SBA Annual Exhibition is currently providing the largest display of coloured pencil artwork in the UK in the last 12 months (although obviously not an exhibition which is a dedicated display of coloured pencil art.)
Artists using coloured pencils for botanical art and flowers depicting flowers and gardens are:... - Making a Mark: Exhibition review: Contemporary Australasian Botanical Artists
- Down Under: Contemporary Botanical Artists from Australia and New Zealand is an exhibition of contemporary botanical art by exceptional Australian and New Zealand artists. The works on display now form part of Dr Shirley Sherwood's Collection.
The exhibition can be seen at the at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and the exhibition continues until 26th July 2009. - Making a Mark: Exhibition Review - In Search of Gingers
- In Search of Gingers is an exhibition of works by Sandy Ross Sykes at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery (Galleries 3 and 4) at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew which continues until 16th August 2009. It's previously been exhibited in Hong Kong by the British Council.
- Making a Mark: Exhibition review: "The Power of Plants" at Kew Gardens
- This is the last review of the the three exhibitions of botanical art which are currently on display at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.
- Making a Mark: Exhibition Review: The Highgrove Florilegium at the Garden Museum
- I recently visited the Garden Museum where there is an exhibition this summer of some of the original botanical art paintings which make up the Highgrove Florilegium. The exhibition continues until 31st August 2009.
Botanical Art Competitions & Awards
- Margaret Flockton Award 2008 - Botanic Gardens Trust - Sydney, Australia
- The Margaret Flockton Award is open to Australian and overseas artists producing scientific botanical illustrations of a high standard.
BOTANICAL ART COLLECTIONS and examples of Botanical Art
Curtis's Botanical Magazine
published for the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew by Blackwell Publishing
Each four-part volume contains 24 plant portraits reproduced from watercolour originals by leading international botanical artists. Detailed but accessible articles combine horticultural and botanical information, history, conservation and economic uses of the plants described.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Data and Publications: curtis's botanical magazine
- Curtis's Botanical Magazine provides an international forum of particular interest to botanists and horticulturists, plant ecologists and those with a special interest in botanical illustration.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine has been published continuously since 1787.
Currently published for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by Blackwell Publishing
Print ISSN: 1355-4905
Online ISSN: 1467-8748
Frequency: Quarterly (February, May, August and November) - Blackwell Publishing - Curtis's Botanical Magazine
- Published on behalf of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
List of issues back to 1999
Examples of Botanical Art
- Society of Botanical Artists (UK) - Members Gallery
- See the work produced by the members of the Society of Botanical Artists
- American Society of Botanical Artists - Members Gallery
- Click on the members names to see their websites
- Botanical Art Society of Australia - Members Gallery
- Click an image for a larger view and a members profile
- Botanical Artists of Canada - Members' Gallery
- To visit a member's gallery, click on a name and to find a biography, images of drawings or paintings, and contact information for the artist.
- Botanical Artists of Souther Africa - Members Gallery
- This gallery contains examples of botanical art produced by the members of BAASA and short biographies of the artists represented
- Catalog of Botanical Illustrations, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution
- The Department of Botany of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History has created a database of the more than 3000 botanical illustrations curated by the department's scientific illustrator, Alice Tangerini.
- Curtis Botanical Magazine
- William Curtis (1746-1799) was a trained pharmacist living in London, whose greater interest was the study of flora and insects. He maintained a large garden where he grew beautiful exotic plants, and began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787. This digital presentation represents one thousand fifty records, one thousand forty-eight plates, (two of the original plates are missing, plates 797 & 860),
and there are one thousand four hundred fifty-six related pages of text from the first 26 volumes. - Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
- Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation promotes the history of botany through its collections, research, exhibitions, publications, and services.
- Botanical Art and Images, Botany Department, Smithsonian Institution
- Botanical art at the Smithsonian.
- Victoria & Albert Print Room - Botanical Illustration
- Images and information about the art of botanical drawing from the 15th century to the present day.
- The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations at the Natural History Museum
- The voyage of HMS Endeavour (1768-1771) was the first devoted exclusively to scientific discovery. This site presents most of the botanical drawings and engravings prepared by artist Sydney Parkinson before his untimely death at sea, and by other artists back in England working from Parkinson's initial sketches
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Library & Archives
- The Library has more than 200,000 prints and drawings, including original works of art in various media. These range in date from the great masters of botanical illustration of the 18th century, such as G.D. Ehret, P.J. Redouté and the Bauer brothers, through to Thomas Duncanson, George Bond and Walter Hood Fitch in the 19th century. The holdings include a high proportion of the early originals prepared for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, together with the work of 20th century contributors
- Cincinnati Historical Society - Hauck Collection Highlights
- From Seed to Flower: Selected Books from the Cornelius J. Hauck Botanical Collection at the Cincinnati Historical Society Library
- An overview of the botanical paintings of Christine Brodie
- (Extarct from Microscopy-UK Micscape Microscopy and Microscopes Magazine: Micscape Magazine for enthusiast microscopy)
Christine Brodie recently completed work on an instruction book about botanical painting, titled Drawing And Painting Plants, to be published by A & C Black in October 2006. The book takes a novel approach in that not only painting and drawing methods, but techniques such as dissection, collection of plants, environmental studies, microscopic work and botanical nomenclature are all covered. Students not only learn how to study and paint flowering plants, but the whole plant kingdom, including coniferous trees, fungi, ferns, mosses, seaweeds and lichens. - The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations at the Natural History Museum
- Search the "The Endeavour" Botanical Illustrations online
- WOMEN AND NATURE: Illustrators & Colorists
- WOMEN & NATURE exhibition 2001
Department of Special Collections, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison - handprint : botanical illustration
- Botanical Illustration is one of the oldest watercolor genres, associated throughout its history with the importance of plants to human health, recreation, and appreciation of beauty.
Botanical Art Sketchbooks - online
- My Botanical Sketchbooks
- Jacqueline Allwood
This little book, hand bound with blue pages, is one in which I have recorded some of my snowdrop sketches. I have used some of these on the Small Snowdrop Vases
BOOKS: Books featuring great examples of Botanical Art
Flowers of the Amazon Forest: The Botanical Art of Margaret Mee
Margaret Mee is a botanical artist extraordinaire!
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The Lilies
The work of Pierre Redoute was my first introduction to botanical art
Roses (Jumbo)
French flower painter Pierre-Joseph Redoute is regarded as one of the best of the botanical illustrators. From 1817 until 1824 he completed the three volumes of "Les Roses", his most celebrated work. This book contains 30 postcards of his roses.
Florilegium Imperiale: Botanical Illustrations for Francis I of Austria
Francis I of Austria, the last monarch to rule over the Holy Roman Empire, was also obsessed with flowers. His Imperial Gardens, where he realized his passion for flowers, remain one of Vienna's most beloved treasures. In 1791, Francis I commissioned Matthias Schumtzer to paint portraits of every flower in the garden-a project that took more than three decades to complete. Until now, only six of the extant 1,300 paintings have ever been published. This collection features one hundred of the most outstanding of Schmutzer's watercolors. Painted life-size and with extraordinary precision, the flowers range from the exotic to the common. A fascinating text offers biographical information about Francis I, descriptions of the Imperial Gardens in the ruler's time, and photographs of how they appear today. A significant contribution to horticultural history,
Comments by those who have seen this book suggest it's very impressive.
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The Art of Flowers: A Celebration of Botanical Illustration, Its Masters and Methods
Release Date: 07/01/2002
A list of florilegia and botanical codices
On Wikipedia
A timeline of illustrated botanical works to 1900.
BOTANICAL ART BOOKS, Herbals and Florilegium
Links to sites which tell you more about great botanical art books
- Hortus Sanitatis
- The Hortus Sanitatis or the Ortus Sanitatis (the origin of health), as it is also known, is in the tradition of the medieval herbals. It is partly based on Der Gart der Gesundheit (Garden of Health), which is sometimes attributed to Johann von Cube, and was originally printed by Peter Schoeffer at Mainz in 1485.
Most of the 1,066 chapters of the first edition are headed by a woodcut and there were also several full page woodcuts - Showcases - Landmarks in Printing :: Hortus Eystettensis
- In 1611, the Prince Bishop of Eichstätt in Germany determined to record for posterity the spectacular garden he'd created at his palace in Bavaria with plants from around the world. Hundreds of his favourite flowers where carefully drawn and engraved as they bloomed through the four seasons. Published in 1613, the finished catalogue was the largest and most magnificent florilegium ever made.
- Florilegium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Florilegium (plural Florilegia) is a Latin word for a collection of 'flowers' (excellent excerpts), from the corpus of a considerably larger oeuvre. ...
- World Wide Words: Florilegium
- However, florilegium first appeared in the English language in 1711 in a sense nearer the literal one: describing a collection of flower illustrations. ...
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium
- The earliest florilegia-anthologies of illustrations describing living collections of flowering plants-first appeared 400 years ago. ...
- The Prince of Wales - The Highgrove Florilegium is published
- The Highgrove Florilegium is published 21st April 2008
Two of The Prince's passions, horticulture and painting, have been combined in a new book, The Highgrove Florilegium.
The Highgrove Florilegium is a collection of more than 120 original prints from watercolour paintings celebrating the gardens at Highgrove, and represents the culmination of over six years work. All proceeds from the book will go to charity. - Highgrove: the florilegium returns
- Combining craftsmanship and royal patronage, the Highgrove Florilegium (which has taken a mere seven years to produce) records the plants growing at the Prince of Wales' home in Gloucestershire.
- A Modern British Florilegium | The New York Sun
- The plant studies of Leonardo and Dürer move us not just as remarkable works of art, but also by the faith they show in the accord between artistic and scientific inquiry. Expectations of art and science have changed since the Renaissance, but the practice of botanical art continued to flourish, most notably in the 17th through 19th centuries, in the form of florilegia - collections of images of plants from a particular garden. A handsome exhibition at the New York School of Interior Design focuses on this traditional genre, with 74 contemporary watercolors loaned by permission of one of today's better known traditionalists: HRH the Prince of Wales.
(Includes slideshow) - Alecto Publications: Highgrove Florilegium
- The Highgrove Florilegium
- Making a Mark: Book Review: Besler's Book of Flowers and Plants
- This is a book which is heavy on images and light on text. This A4 sized book contains 73 full-colour plates - one per page - from the Hortus Eystettensis 1613.
- Making a Mark: Book Review - 1001 Plant and floral illustrations from early herbals
- There's very little text and an awful lot of engravings and illustrations used in early herbals. Very helpful to those interested in early botanical art.
- Making a Mark: Book Review: Merian's Antique Botanical Prints
- Last week I posted about the exhibitions involving Maria Sibylla Merian in Maria Sibylla Merian - at the Getty Museum, Buckingham Palace and Kew Gardens. I said I'd also post my review of a book of Merian's Antique Botanical Prints CD-ROM and Book (Pictorial Archives) by Maria Sibylla Merian and published by Dover Publications - nut neglected to do so - so here it is. I'm not going to repeat the detail about who she is - save to say she is one of the most respected and remarkable women who ever drew and painted botanical and natural history subjects - and that she died in her 70th year in 1717.
- Making a Mark: Find out about the history of botanical art
- I've always been really interested in the historical aspects of botanical art but I've been finding out more and more about it ever since I visited the new Shirley Sherwood Gallery at Kew in April and saw, for the very first time, botanical art which had been drawn or painted by the acknowledged experts in this field.
BOOKS: Early books of drawings of plants and flowers
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A Garden of Flowers: All 104 Engravings from the Hortus Floridus of 1614 (Dover Pictorial Archives)
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Besler Florilegium
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Besler's Book of Flowers and Plants: 73 Full-Color Plates from Hortus Eystettensis, 1613 (Pictorial Archive Series)
See my Book Review: Besler's Book of Flowers and Plants
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Flowers, Butterflies and Insects: All 154 Engravings from "Erucarum Ortus" (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Fine-line images of roses, butterflies, tulips, caterpillars, and other specimens of plant and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. These plates are considered among the finest achievements of a great age of floral painting and the engraver's art. Reprinted from the classic, influential works of the famed artist/entomologist Merian (1647-1717). New English captions.
Merian's Antique Botanical Prints CD-ROM and Book (Pictorial Archives)
See my book review Book Review: Merian's Antique Botanical Prints
All the engravings in the Merian book are taken from Erucarum Ortus, Alimentum et Paradoxa Metamorphosis published in Amsterdam in 1718. This was a book published by her daughter after her death and concerns the transformation of caterpillars in butterflies - and the plants associated with that process en route. The book is literally crawling with caterpillars!
The huge advantage of the 48 page Dover Publications book it that it comes with a CD Rom which contains all the 150 images of engravings in the book which have been scanned at 600 dpi in six different formats.
Medieval Herb, Plant and Flower Illustrations CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)
Nearly 300 accurate botanical illustrations, selected from a rare reference, include detailed renderings of woodbine, peony root, cherry, hare's beard, couch grass, and scores of other examples. Easy-to-use permission-free images will add an authentic medieval touch to catalogs, brochures, and other projects calling for horticulture-related graphics. 294 black-and-white illustrations.
200 Illustrations from Gerard's Herbal CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)
From a rare and vast storehouse of botanical information - beautiful, royalty-free illustrations of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and garden flowers. Ideal for craftwork as well as for use in gardening books, cookbooks and general-interest publications, these handsome illustrations will also delight herbal enthusiasts. 214 black-and-white illustrations
OUTSTANDING BOTANICAL ARTISTS - past and present
Resources for Botanical Art Lovers
famous artists from the past
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A History of Botanical Art - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers
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This site shares information about the history of botanical art and illustration - leading botanical artists of the past, collections - in museums and online, exhibitions, books and book reviews and other resources for those interested in the history...
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Maria Sibylla Merian - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers
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Maria Sibylla Merian was a Naturalist and Botanical Illustrator and is rated as being one of the greatest ever botanical artists. This site will be of interest to all botanical artists and all those who enjoy botanical art and natural history. This...
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Pierre Redoute - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers
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Many people, like me, will have first become interested in botanical art because of the paintings of roses, lilies and other flowers produced by Pierre Redoute. He is one of the most talented botanical artists ever known. Redoute was fortunate to be...
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The Bauer Brothers - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers
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Many experts regard the Bauer brothers - Franz and Ferdinand, as being being two of the best botanical artists that have ever lived. Sir Joseph Banks spotted Franz Bauer's skills and arranged for him to become employed as "botanick Painter to his Ma...
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Basilius Besler - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers
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Basilius Besler was in charge of a major project which changed botanical art and the course of its future development. Find about Basilius Besler, the garden at Eichstätt and learn how you can visit that garden today. This site includes links to biog...
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Sydney Parkinson - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers
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Sydney Parkinson was one of the botanical artists on Captain Cook's journey's on the Endeavour. He was the first botanical artist to draw and paint plants collected on the exploratory voyages and he was the first artist to set foot on Australian soil...
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Margaret Mee - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers
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Margaret Mee was both a botanical artist and a conservationist. In 1952, age 41 she left England to go and live in the Amazon where she studied and painted the plants and flowers of the Amazon rainforest. This site introduces Margaret Mee and will b...
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Elizabeth Blackwell - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers
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Elizabeth Blackwell was the first British woman to produce a herbal and the first woman to engrave as well as draw plants. She compiled and published her hand drawn, engraved and coloured "A Curious Herbal" in 1735 in order to raise funds to free her...
Outstanding Botanical Artists - in Art History
- Basilius Besler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Basilius Besler From Wikipedia,
Basilius Besler (1561 - 1629), was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental Hortus Eystettensis.
The work was named Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstätt). The emphasis in botanicals of previous centuries had been on medicinal and culinary herbs, and these had usually been depicted in a crude manner. The images were often inadequate for identification, and had little claim to being aesthetic. The Hortus Eystettensis changed botanical art overnight. The plates were of garden flowers, herbs and vegetables, exotic plants such as castor-oil and arum lilies. These were depicted near life-size, producing rich detail. The layout was artistically pleasing and quite modern in concept, with the hand-colouring adding greatly to the final effect. The work was first published in 1613 and consisted of 367 copper engravings, with an average of three plants per page, so that a total of 1084 species were depicted. - Maria Sibylla Merian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Maria Sibylla Merian From Wikipedia
Maria Sibylla Merian (born April 2, 1647 in Frankfurt - died January 13, 1717 in Amsterdam) was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them. - WOMEN AND NATURE: Maria Sibylla Merian
- WOMEN & NATURE exhibition 2001
Department of Special Collections, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Maria Sibylla Merian. Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Hamburg: Hoffman und Campe Verlag, 1964. - Rhagor | Early Herbals - The German fathers of botany
- Amgueddfa Cymru has a number of pre-1701 books in the Museum's Library, including a number of 16th- and 17th-century 'herbals' featuring examples of the works of three men who have been described as the 'German fathers of botany'
- Elizabeth Blackwell (illustrator) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Elizabeth Blackwell (illustrator) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707[1] -1758), was a Scottish botanical illustrator and author. She achieved fame as a botanical illustrator, and was both artist and engraver for the plates of "A Curious Herbal", published between 1737 and 1739. The book illustrated many odd-looking and unknown plants from the New World, and was designed as a reference work on medicinal plants for the use of physicians and apothecaries. - Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)
- Ehret lived at a time of scientific discovery and enlightenment in Europe, a 'golden age of botanical art'. Ehret became recognised as an outstanding botanical artist. His unique style and clarity of plant illustration was immediately useful and sought out by specialists.
- Botanical art by Georg Dionysius Ehret,
- The Fitzwilliam Museum's Cambridge collection of 54 plates of botanical art created by Georg Dionysius Ehret, German Painter and Illustrator, 1710-1770
- Sydney Parkinson (1745? - 1771)
- Sydney Parkinson, age 22, was a member of one of the greatest scientific expeditions of all time, Captain Cook's voyage of discovery to the South Pacific (1768-1771). During two years of the voyage, Parkinson produced hundreds of drawings and sketches of the animals and plants that were discovered.
- Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826)
- Ferdinand Bauer is internationally regarded as an outstanding botanical artist. His depictions of the Australian flora and fauna, which he made during the voyage of HMS Investigator (1801-1803) under the command of Captain Flinders, represents one of the greatest achievements in the annals of natural history art.
- Franz (Francis) Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)
- Born in Feldsburg, Austria, Franz was the older brother of Ferdinand Bauer, the famous botanical artist. After arriving in England in 1788, Sir Joseph Banks employed Franz as a botanical artist at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.
For the next 40 years, Bauer illustrated the newly discovered plants from around the world that were introduced to England via Kew, where they were grown and studied for the first time in a scientific manner. - Redouté, Pierre-Joseph (1802) Les Liliacées [Tome 1]
- The Lilies. Universities of Strasbourg - digitalised old books (SICD - Patrimoine numérisé - H790-1. This is a digital copy of an old book with colour plates of Redouté's paintings of lilies.
- ATLAS de la FLORE MAGIQUE ET ASTROLOGIQUE DE L'ANTIQUITÉ
- A French Herbal
Notre choix s'est finalement porté sur les reproductions de végétaux qui accompagnent les Commentaires de Pierre André Matthioli sur le De Materia Medica de Dioscoride, traduits en français par Jean des Moulins, Docteur en médecine et publiés à Lyon en 1572 - Herbals
- Herbals and the evolution of plant field guides
- Showcases - Landmarks in Printing :: Elizabeth Blackwell's 'A Curious Herbal'
- Elizabeth Blackwell's A Curious Herbal contains beautiful illustrations of medicinal plants.
Outstanding Botanical Artists - Contemporary
- The University of Delaware: The Art of Botanical Illustration. Women Illustrators
- On-line exhibition of The Art of Botanical Illustration
- ANN SWAN contemporary botanical art, coloured pencil artist
- Ann Swan contemporary botanical art, one of the UKÂ’s leading botanical artists specialising in pencil and coloured pencil drawings.
- Botanical Art of Flowers, Plants; Botanical Prints of Colored Pencil Drawings
- Botanical Art; Limited Edition of Botanical Art Prints from Raphine Virginia. Colored Pencil Drawings,Botanical Prints,wildflowers,wildflower prints,drawings of Live Flower & Plants by Sharon Morris Kincheloe
- Botanical art by Georita Harriott
- Fine limited edition botanical art prints by Cambridge based botanical illustrator Georita Harriott, one of the UK's finest botanical artists.
- Celia Rosser
- Early in her artistic career Celia Rosser began painting the uniquely Australian wildflowers with which she was intimately acquainted. In 1965 her first exhibition at Leveson Gallery in Melbourne included three watercolours of banksias. In 1967
she published her first book Wildflowers of Victoria. - Lorna Minton: botanical artist, watercolour paintings
- Lorna Minton Botanical Artist - R.H.S. Gold Medal
- Hunt Institute: Margaret Mee
- Botanical artist Margaret Mee interview broadcast in November 1988
- Hunt Institute: Frederick Andrews Walpole Collection
- Botanical artist Frederick Andrews Walpole Collection at Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
- Hunt Institute: Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden Collection
- Botanical artist Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden Collection at Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
- Catherine Nicholson
- Catharine Nicholson specialises in very fine pen-and-ink botanical drawing and has work in the Shirley Sherwood Collection; The Lindley Library; The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation and several private collections. She is a drawing member of the Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society
- Peta Stockton - Botanical Artist
- Peta Stockton is a botanical artist focusing primarily on South African flora. Peta's botanical art debut was on the 2004 Kirstenbosch Biennale, where she received a Gold Medal and in 2006 she received a Gold Medal at the RHS show in London for her paintings of proteas. Peta has works in the Shirley Sherwood Collection, The Lindley Library, The Kew Royal Botanic Gardens and The Issac Sutton Collectio
- Susannah Blaxill - Botanical Artist
- Susannah Blaxill botanical art, internationally recognised as a leading artist specialising in watercolour, pencil and charcoal drawings.
- Lara Call Gastinger
- Lara Call Gastinger, Botanical Art & Illustration. RHS Gold Medal winner for a series on Plants of Virginia
- Reinhild Raistrick
- Reinhild Raistrick has won RHS four gold medals and provides tuition on botanical painting at Cambrige University Botanical Garden. Reinhild has also published a book "African Violets: In Search of the Wild Violets"
- Sherry Mitchell SFCA
- Sherry is a watercolour botanical artist, specializing in the native flora of British Columbia, Canada. Her work is included in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Arbutus - Arbutus menziesii, received 'Best of Show' in the Botanical Artists of Canada fall exhibition 2007.
- floraleyes.co.uk - Susan Christopher Coulson, botanical artist
- Susan Christopher-Coulson. British botanical artist working in coloured pencils. RHS Gold Medalist.
- Coral Guest - Flower Painter
- Coral Guest trained in fine art (painting) at Chelsea College of Art, working with abstraction and colour theory, receiving the Drawing Prize in the first year and the Travel Scholarship in the final year. She studied drawing with Norman Blamey and Ken Howard, and, painting with Sean Scully and Ken Kiff. Her work as a flower painter began in 1979 during a succession of field trips to Europe and Japan. The Royal Horticultural Society has awarded her 2 gold medals for her paintings of bulbous plants, in which she specialises.
- Peta Stockton - Botanical Artist
- Peta's botanical art debut was on the 2004 Kirstenbosch Biennale, where she received a Gold Medal and in 2006 she received a Gold Medal at the RHS show in London for her paintings of proteas.
Peta has works in the Shirley Sherwood Collection, The Lindley Library, The Kew Royal Botanic Gardens and The Issac Sutton Collection. - Bridget Gillespie
- In 2002, Bridget Gillespie was awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society for a series of plum paintings, two of which now reside at the RHS Lindley Library in London.
This is a link to her suite of watercolour paintings of apples Pomona Sequence - Apples of Distinction, created for The Northern Pomona: Apples for Cool Climates. - Kate Nessler - Botanical Art
- Kate Nessler has won numerous awards, including three Gold Medals (1990, 1991, 1993) from the Royal Horticultural Society, England. In 1997 she was awarded the Award of Excellence from the American Society of Botanical Artists. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the RHS, the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh PA, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, The Shirley Sherwood Collection, England, as well as in numerous public and private collections. She is a contributing member of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden Florilegium, NY, and her work has been selected for inclusion in the Highgrove Florilegium.
- Jenny Phillips - Botanical Art School of Melbourne
- Jenny Phillips,, a Gold Medallist from The Australian National Print Awards 1998, and The Royal Horticultural Society, London 1993, has focused her drawing, watercolour skills, and love of gardening on botanical art since 1971.
- Hemlata Pradhan - Botanicalart.in
- Hemlata Pradhan is a gifted Botanical Illustrator, who paints Orchids and other plants and immortalizes them on paper. She is the winner of the Royal Horticultural SocietyÂ’s Gold Medal as well as the 18th world Orchid Conference Gold Medal for her paintings of Indian Jewel Orchids and the Indian Wild Orchids in habitat. Most of her works are housed at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.
- Etchart - Bryan Poole - Botanical Etchings
- Bryan Poole RE Contemporary Botanical Aquatint Etchings
His work is in the collections of the Ashmoleum Museum in Oxford, Museum of New Zealand, National gallery of wales, the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and Kew - Contemporary Botanical Art - modern watercolour paintings by botanic artist Angeline de Meester
- Botanical artist Angeline de Meester Angeline was awarded an RHS Gold medal at her first exhibition, at the RHS Exhibition Halls in London in November 2007.
- Bobbi Angell Botanical Illustration
- Botanical illustration for books, floras and monographs, notecards, prints, and newspapers.
Bobbi Angell contributes technical pen and ink illustrations of tropical and temperate plants for botanical texts. Working closely with scientists from The New York Botanical Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Harvard University and other academic institutions, she prepares detailed line drawings of species new to science for botanical journals, and illustrates regional floras and monographs. - The Society of Botanical Artists on Day Jobs « ArtPlantae Today
- The Society of Botanical Artists on Day Jobs
November 20, 2008 by ArtPlantae
Few people are able to make their living as a botanical artist. Do you make your living as a full-time botanical artist? If not, what's your day job? - Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium: Francesca Anderson
- Francesca Anderson is a botanical artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. She has had over 20 solo shows and 60 group shows in the United States and abroad. Her work is represented in many international museums and private collections and in numerous botanical books and journal articles. She has received two gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society, London. Anderson is a trustee of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, founder and president of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society, and a fellow of the Linnean Society.
Outstanding Botanical Printmakers
- Etchart - Bryan Poole - Botanical Etchings
- Bryan Poole Contemporary Botanical Aquatint Etchings
a New Zealand born botanical and natural history artist who is also a member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers - The McCune Collection: Henry Evans (1918-1990)
- Henry Evans began making his botanical prints - using linoprinting - in 1958 and during his career he drew more than 1400 subjects. In 1964, he decided to close the bookstore and to become solely "Henry Evans -Printmaker." His botanical prints became very popular with the public and with museums and galleries. He has had more that 250 one-man shows and his works are in the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Albertina in Vienna, the Clark Library at UCLA, the Gleeson Library, and the Bancroft Library.
Digital Botanical Illustration
- Digital Botanical Illustration by Niki Simpson
- An introduction to a new style of composite, digital botanical illustration
Digital botanical illustration allows a fascinating close-up view of the plant world and, while scientifically based, it is also full of beauty for all to enjoy. Developed from the long tradition of botanical art, from the early herbals, through lithographs and engravings, to the meticulously hand-painted watercolours of today, this new digital work aims to combine the best of the old with the demands and technologies of the new.
BOOKS: Contemporary flower painting and florilegia
Flower Paintings from the Apothecaries' Gardens: Contemporary Botanical Illustrations from Chelsea Physic Garden
A celebration of the work of a group of artists who recorded in watercolor paintings the flora of Britain's second oldest botanic garden, founded in 1673. Each color plate is accompanied by information about the plant's uses and the cultivation history at Chelsea along with biographical details of the artist.
African Violets: In Search of the Wild Violets
I met the author of this book at the 2007 annual exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists. Reinhild Raistrick is a highly regarded botanical artist, has 4 RHS gold medals and teaches botanical painting at Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
This work is part monograph, part memoir. It is a species by species account of the species of Saintpaulia and includes a range of superb colour paintings both of African Violets and of other plant species of the Usambara rainforest in Tanzania.
Watercolour Flower Portraits
Billy Showell's exquisite and technically brilliant watercolour flower portraits are beautifully presented in this highly informative, lavishly illustrated book. Packed with information on drawing and painting techniques, colour mixing and composition, it is an invaluable source of ideas and inspiration for anyone who wants to develop their flower painting skills, whether or not they have any previous experience.
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor (Practical Art Books)
This book is intended for people who want to portray plants and flowers in watercolour with botanical accuracy. It provides detailed instruction in the materials and techniques of this art form. Beginning with a discussion of those materials specific to botanical illustration, it explains where to find plant subjects, how to design a composition that remains faithful to nature and how to draw plants, from initial blocking to final detailed drawing. In step-by-step demonstrations, the book shows how to paint fruit, vegetables, cultivated and wild flowers, mushrooms and other fungi, trees, shrubs, ferns, and vines in watercolour. It shows how to choose palette, build colour, establish shading and develop form. The book concludes with advice on matting, exhibiting and marketing finished works.
Contemporary Botanical Illustration: Challenging Colour and Texture
Another book by the authors of the bestselling Botanical Illustration Course with the Eden Project. This time they focus on solving two difficult challenges: depicting texture in pencil or paint, and painting subjects with unusual colors-from black flowers and plants (such as seaweed) to species that feature eye-catching greens, blues, or pink. They also explore new ideas, including combining botanical art with traditional Japanese flower arranging. Stunning illustrations appear throughout, many shown step-by-step just as they were created, plus practical advice on commercial opportunities for botanical artists.
Drawing and Painting Plants
Christina Brodie draws on her extensive experience as a botanical art teacher in compiling this complete course on drawing and painting plants. From collecting subjects, through preparation, dissection, and micropscope work, to presentation of the finished piece, she combines a thorough knowledge of botany with a mastery of drawing and painting techniques. Clear step-by-step instructions show how to accurately render a wide range of plants and plant parts #8212 from flowers, fruits, and seeds through leaves, stems, bark, and roots to fungi, ferns, mosses, and seaweeds. Christina Brodie's concise text and beautiful, detailed examples illustrate techniques for various media, including pencil, ink, watercolor, goache, acrylics, and scraper board. This highly practical manual offers a complete course of instruction in basic and advanced techniques of botanical illustration, and is suitable for beginning artists and journal keepers as well as teachers and professional illustrators.
Today's Botanical Artists (Schiffer Book)
Gain insight to the current world of Botanical Art and see the work of 65 top artists from throughout America. Includes 220 images, many using modern techniques and a contemporary eye. Artwork values, artists' backgrounds, and contact information are included.
A Painter's Year in the Forests of Bhutan
This charming book records one man's philosophical journey into the little-known culture of Bhutan. The gently meandering text pauses to meditate on the mystery of the ordinary as revealed in the natural world, emerging into wisdom and enlightenment. Gorgeously illustrated with paintings of nearly 100 rarely seen Bhutanese plants.
A Hawaiian Florilegium: Botanical Portraits from Paradise
A Hawaiian Florilegium is a convergence of fine art, scientific illustration, and botanical history. Commissioned by the The National Tropical Botanical Garden, its primary focus is native plants of Hawaii. Botanical artist Mary Grierson was commissioned to produce works for the collection. The collection also reflects the Hawaiian landscape with Polynesian and modern agricultural and ornamental plant immigrants now competing with the natives for attention and for space. Botanist Peter Green narrates the interaction of plants and people - through the ethnobotany and legends of the early Hawaiians, the taxonomic research of botanists past and present, and the history that brought such an incredible mix of species to the Islands. A central theme is the interaction of native and introduced plants, with its warnings about the loss of Hawaii's unique natural heritage.
Botanical Art Galleries
Galleries showing botanical art
- Contemporary Botanical Art - Susan Frei Nathan Fine Works on Paper
- CONTEMPORARY BOTANICAL ART
SPECIALIZING IN AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN BOTANICAL DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS
P.O. Box 285 Millburn, NJ 07041
P 973.564.6411 F 973.467.0259 - British Contemporary Art Jonathan Cooper, Galley of fine art - including Botanical
- British Contemporary Art
Jonathan Cooper,
Galley of fine art,Botanical,Figurative,Photography,Wildlife & Sporting,London Chelsea, works of art from Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonham's, Phillip's and privately
BOTANY & BOTANICAL GARDENS for artists
botanical gardens, horticultural societies and botanical help from around the world
Botanical Gardens and Horticultural Societies in the UK and Europe
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- I'm a Premier Friend of Kew and can highly recommend the gardens at both Kew and Wakehurst Place in Surrey both as places to visit and gardens which are worth supporting.
- Royal Horticultural Society: Gardening Online - Home Page
- I'm a member of the RHS and regularly visit their gardens at Wisley in Surrey. Check their website for details of the Chelsea Flower Show
- List of botanical gardens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- List of botanical gardens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Chelsea Physic Garden
- The Chelsea Physic Garden was founded in 1673, as the Apothecaries' Garden, with the purpose of training apprentices in identifying plants.
- National Botanic Garden of Wales : The National Botanic Garden of Wales - Homepage
- The National Botanic Garden of Wales has a centre for botanic science.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a world-renowned scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation. The Garden offers educational courses and events for adults and children; and also trains specialists. RBGE has four Gardens, together known as the National Botanic
- Logan Botanic Garden - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- At the south-western tip of Scotland lies Logan, the country's most exotic garden. Warmed by the Gulf Stream, southern hemisphere plants flourish in this plantsman's paradise.
It's an outpost of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) - Inverewe Garden in the North West Highlands of Scotland
- Inverewe Garden in the North West Highlands of Scotland - a unique botanical enterprise growing an amazing range of plants due to the Gulf Stream. I visited when young - and it's simply amazing!
- Benmore Botanic Garden - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- In a magnificent mountainside setting on the Cowal Peninsula lies Benmore, an enchanting Garden steeped in history and surrounded by dramatic scenery. Benmore's 120 acres boast over 300 species of rhododendron; Bhutanese and Chilean plantings and a spectacular avenue of Giant Redwoods.
- Dawyck Botanic Garden - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Dawyck is truly one of the world's finest arboreta.Renowned for its seasonal displays, an abundance of exotic and native plants provides a breathtaking backdrop of colour throughout the year.
- Birmingham Botanical Gardens
- The Birmingham Botanical Gardens & Glasshouses, in the United Kingdom, are a 15 acre oasis of delight. Designed by J. C. Loudon, a leading garden planner, horticultural journalist and publisher, they opened to subscribers in 1832.
- oxford botanic garden | garden introduction
- Welcome to the University of Oxford Botanic Garden
- Oxford Botanical Garden - Harbourt Arboretum, Oxfordshire
- Harcourt arboretum
In addition to a dramatic collection of trees and shrubs the Arboretum is home to a series of themed plants including a fern gully, meadow and a collection of Plants from High Places. - National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens
- Founded as a registered charity in 1978 to combine the talents of botanists, horticulturalists and conservationists with the dedication of keen amateur and professional gardeners, the NCCPG's aims are to: encourage the propagation and conservation of endangered garden plants in the British Isles, both species and cultivars; encourage and conduct research into cultivated plants, their origins, their historical and cultural importance and their environments; encourage the education of the public in garden plant conservation.
- Making a Mark: Gardens and Botanical Art
- Do you draw inspiration from natural forms? Do you like observing everything about plants? If you do you probably like gardens and you may have become interested in botanical art.
.....What I want to do is share what I know about good gardens to visit and I'm very much hoping people with share with me which are the good gardens that they've visited. - BGCI: Botanic Gardens Conservation International
- It is estimated that up to 100,000 plants, representing more than one third of all the world's plant species, are currently threatened or face extinction in the wild. BGCI brings together the botanic gardens to work for plant conservation through science, education and horticulture.
Great Gardens in the UK and Europe
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Giverny - a great garden
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Giverny is a very famous garden created and painted by Claude Monet. When I visited Giverny for the first time I was immediately struck by the fact that Monet did not only create art with oils. His garden was also an artistic creation and is quite s...
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Giverny - a great garden
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Giverny is a very famous garden created and painted by Claude Monet. When I visited Giverny for the first time I was immediately struck by the fact that Monet did not only create art with oils. His garden was also an artistic creation and is quite s...
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The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
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Over a million people visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew each year. The 300 acres of gardens and botanical collections comprise a world-famous botanic garden, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a world-leader in plant-related collections, scientifi...
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Great Dixter - a great garden
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Great Dixter in East Sussex was created by Christopher Lloyd and is a garden which is extremely popular with gardeners who like plants and flowers. Find out more about this extremely popular garden whether you love Great Dixter already or aim to visi...
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Sissinghurst Castle Garden - a great garden
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Sissinghurst Castle Garden is probably the most famous 20th century garden in the UK and is an English Heritage Historic Garden Grade I. It's also been the subject of a BBC Documentary series. Find out more about this internationally renowned and ex...
Botanical Gardens in Europe
- Parks and Gardens in France
- PARKS GARDENS FRANCE, French Gardens, Schools for Horticulture and Landscape Architecture in France, Agricultural schools in France Parks and Gardens of the world, Landscapes-Gardener in France, List of Nurseries-Gardener in France
- Palmengarten Frankfurt
- The Palmengarten is a trust established by the citizens of Frankfurt in 1868. On 50 acres, the gardens display numerous beautiful and interesting plants throughout the year.
The Palmengarten is known world-wide for its ample collections of tropical plants. With 5000 m2, the Tropicarium is one of the largest complexes of greenhouses. It displays tropical plants including orchids, bromelias, palms, ferns, succulents and many others. These plants are arranged largely according to their natural habitats such as rain forest, mangrove, mountain rain forest, monsoon and trade-wind forest, savannah, thorn forest and different types of vegetation approaching desert. - Botanic Garden - Schönbrunn Palace
- The Botanic Garden, a landscape garden laid out in the English style in the 19th century
- Botanical Garden, University Vienna
- Botanischer Garten der Universität Wien
A-1030 Wien, Rennweg 14
www.botanik.univie.ac.at/hbv/
Botanical Gardens in North America
- The New York Botanical Garden
- On 250 acres in the Bronx, the New York Botanical Garden features 50 gardens and plant collections, a landmark conservatory, and 50 acres of the original forest that once covered New York City. Seasonal flower shows, a world-renowned scientific research program, innovative children's gardens etc.
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Chicago Botanic Garden has 26 spectacular gardens on 385 acres.
- San Francisco Botanical Garden
- The San Francisco Botanical Garden is free and open 365 days a year. It has an excellent horticulture library, bookstore, and education programs.
- Desert Botanical Garden %uFFFD Papago Park %uFFFD Desert Plants
- The Desert Botanical Garden is a unique attraction in Phoenix, Arizona, showcasing 139 rare desert plants, endangered desert plants, and threatened desert plants from around the world and specifically the southwest Sonoran desert.
- Botanical Gardens and Arboreta in Canada
- Canada has many public and botanical gardens, arboreta and related organizations, dedicated to public appreciation of the world of plants, research and conservation.
- The Arboretum of Los Angeles County
- The Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden is comprised of a 127 acre botanic garden and historic area supported through the cooperative efforts of the public and private sectors. Our mission of education delivers experiences for our visitors and community to discover, learn and appreciate
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden is one of New York's most magnificent and treasured natural spaces. A tour through BBG, no matter what time of year, will be a rewarding experience, complete with an ever-changing natural palette of color, fragrance, beauty, and design.
- Bellevue Botanical Garden, Washington
- The Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, Washington comprises 53 acres of display gardens, woodlands, meadows and wetlands.
- Denver Botanic Gardens
- Denver Botanic Gardens also has three satellite gardens; all are a mile high.
- Missouri Botanical Garden: Events at MBG
- Missouri Botanical Garden - 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110
Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation's oldest botanical garden in continuous operation and a National Historic Landmark. The year 2009 marks the Garden's sesquicentennial anniversary
The Garden is:
- a center for botanical research and science education
- an oasis in the city of St. Louis
- 79 acres of beautiful horticultural display, including a 14-acre Japanese strolling garden
- home to one of the world's largest collections of rare and endangered orchids. - Arnold Arboretum
- The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is the oldest public arboretum in North America and one of the world's leading centers for the study of plants. A unique blend of beloved public landscape and respected research institution, we provide and support world-class research, horticulture and education programs that foster the understanding, appreciation and preservation of trees.
- The Huntington Library
- In 1903 Henry Huntington purchased the San Marino Ranch, a working ranch with citrus groves, nut and fruit orchards, alfalfa crops, a small herd of cows, and poultry. His superintendent, William Hertrich, was instrumental in developing the various plant collections that comprise the foundation of the botanical gardens.
The property-originally nearly 600 acres-today covers 207 acres, of which approximately 120 are landscaped and open to visitors. More than 14,000 different varieties of plants are showcased in more than a dozen principal garden areas. Forty gardeners, a curatorial staff of seven, and more than 100 volunteers maintain the botanical collections, provide interpretive programs for visitors, and propagate plants for special sales.
BOOKS: Painting the wild flowers of the USA
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Botanical Gardens in Australasia and the Pacific Rim
- Directory of Australian Botanic Gardens Home Page
- A directory of all botanic gardens and arboreta in Australia, contact information etc.
- Australian National Botanic Gardens Home Page
- All about the Botanic Gardens, Australian plants, and access to databases on living plants, herbarium specimens and photographs.
- Botanic Gardens Trust - Sydney, Australia
- The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney are an oasis of 30 hectares in the heart of the city. Wrapped around Farm Cove at the edge of Sydney Harbour, they occupy one of Sydney's most spectacular positions. Established in 1816, it's the oldest scientific institution in Australia and is home to an outstanding collection of plants from Australia and overseas.
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Australia - conserving Australia's plants for the future.
- BGANZ - Botanic Gardens Australia and New Zealand Inc
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* represents the interests of botanic gardens in Australia and New Zealand;
* promotes the interests and activities of Australian and New Zealand botanic gardens and botanic gardens generally, and
* enhances the state of botanic gardens for the benefit of the community. - Botanic Gardens of Adelaide
- Botanic Gardens of Adelaide (Adelaide, Mount Lofty and Wittunga) - discover the history, features, and services of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide which display a diverse range of plants from different climatic regions and ecosystems.
- Welcome to the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
- Established in 1818, The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens is Australia's second oldest botanic garden. It's age and origin during the earliest stages of European settlement combine with Tasmania's unique environment and natural flora to offer an extraordinary experience to the visitor.
- Australian Garden History Society
- Researching, enjoying and preserving Australia's gardening heritage, horticulture landscape design and architecture.
- Botanic gardens - Brisbane City Council
- The Brisbane Botanic Gardens at Mt Coot-tha are Queensland's premier subtropical botanic gardens. These 52 hectare gardens are situated seven kilometres from the city centre.
Botanical Gardens on Squidoo
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The Best Hawaii Botanical Gardens
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Hawaii is renowned for it's vast variety of plant and flower species that have arrived to the Hawaiian Islands from all over the world and the Hawaiian tropical botanical gardens are known to be some of the most beautiful and diverse of all the botan...
Botanical Gardens in Africa and Asia
- Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
- One of the world s leading botanical gardens. Founded in 1913, Kirstenbosch lies on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. It consists of landscaped gardens of indigenous plants and trees, watered by the Liesbeek River, as well as natural forest that extends up the lower slopes. Kirstenbosch covers an area of 828Ha, 60 ha of which are cultivated; the remainder is a natural flora reserve.
- Chandigarh Botanical Gardens - Botanical Gardens In Chandigarh India
- Chandigarh Botanical gardens are one of the main tourist attraction places of this beautiful city. There are two botanical gardens in Chandigarh, India, one located in the Punjab University and another between the Rock Garden and Sukhna Lake in Sector 1.
Botanical Societies
These societies are about the botany of flowers and plants
- Botanical Society of the British Isles
- The Botanical Society of the British Isles is for everyone who is interested in the flora of Britain and Ireland. The society traces its origins back to 1836, when it was founded as the Botanical Society of London. From its earliest days it has welcomed both professional and amateur members, and it remains the biggest and most active organisation devoted to the study of botany in the British Isles.
- Botanical Society of the British Isles - Publications
- Watsonia is the scientific journal of the BSBI, published twice a year.
Various handbooks plus BSBI News - The Wildflower Society
- The Wild Flower Society is the only national society created specifically for amateur botanists and wild flower lovers in the UK. We are a friendly group who like to meet up throughout the summer months to see and photograph British wild plants in their natural habitats. The Society has been running for over a century and proudly boasts a number of very eminent botanists and academics amongst our ranks with at least fourteen members having plants named after them!
- The Wildflower Society - List of all British Plants 2007
- List of all British Plants 2007
Botany for botanical artists
- ArtPlantae: Home Page
- The Home of Practical Botany for Artists
- ArtPlantae: Amaryllis Family
- The Home of Practical Botany for Artists: Practical introduction to the Amaryllis
- Natural History Museum - Botany Library
- The Botany Library collection represents the entire modern period of botanical scientific discovery. It contains monographic titles dating from 1475, periodical titles dating from the late 1700s, manuscripts and an outstanding collection of botanical artwork, which is one of the largest in the country.
The literature held gives world subject coverage in floras, plant taxonomy, economic botany, botanical art, history and biography for flowering and non-flowering plants. - Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Berlin-Dahlem
- The museum specializes in the display of botanical exhibits and is the only one of its kind in Central Europe. It is complementary to the botanic garden since models are highlighting morphological details that are not easily visible on living objects. Highly magnified algae and other cryptogams as well as the flowers, fruits, and seeds of higher plants are shown.
- RogersPlants
- Roger's Plants Limited has been established to publish electronically a series of illustrated natural history and garden plant information sites covering all the major plant groups, thus creating the largest existing reference work on plants.
This gigantic project is based on more than 25 years work by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix, the authors of more than 30 illustrated guides to the whole plant flora. - Plantfacts
- Welcome to PlantFacts Â
PlantFacts has merged several digital collections developed at Ohio State University to become an international knowledge bank and multimedia learning center. - Plant Dictionary - Photos of Ornamental Plants and Pests
- Plant Dictionary is an indexed system of teaching resources for the discipline of Horticulture and Crop Science. It was developed to complement the other electronic resources developed at Ohio State University Select an area to search from the links below. Â
- Welcome to the PLANTS Database | USDA PLANTS
- The home page for the United States Department of Agriculture PLANTS Database
- Australia's Virtual Herbarium - Plant Names: a basic introduction
- One of several Help pages for Australia's Virtual Herbarium
* Scientific Names
- naming the plant
- rules
- type specimens
* Cultivar Names
* Common Names - Fine Gardening - Pronunciation Guide to Botanical Latin
- Gardeners often lament that they feel intimidated about pronouncing the Latin names of plants. If you've avoided calling black snakeroot Cimicifuga racemosa because you didn't want to tie your tongue in knots, you're not alone. So Fine Gardening has added an online guide to its website that provides an audio guide to the pronunciation of botanical Latin names - you can listen to the Latin pronunciation of plants as well as read the name
BOTANICAL ART & WEB2 - Art Forums, Blogs and other websites
Botanical Art Blogs
Blogs by Botanical Art Societies or Information Sites
- BAGSC News
- A Blog from the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California
- ArtPlantae Today
- ArtPlantae Today is the companion site to ArtPlantae.com and ArtPlantae Books. This blog, the educational website and the bookstore were each created by ArtPlantae LLC, a resource provider specializing in botany and botanical art education whose objective is to encourage an interest in plants and nature through botanical illustration.
- Coral Guest - the EXHIBITION DIARY and PAINTER'S JOURNAL of life amongst the flowers
- Coral Guest is a gold medal winning botanical artist who works to commission and has a fascinating website
Botanical Art Groups and Forums
- Flickr: Botanical Art & Naturalist Illustration
- Photographs associated with the Yahoo Group
- Yahoo Group: Botanical Art and Naturalist Illustration
- Dedicated to the realistic portrayal and documentation of plants and flowers (the Botanical Arts) and natural science subjects (Naturalist Arts, Wildlife Arts, Scientific Illustration).
- Botanical Artistry | botanical art and artists
- BotanicalArtistry.com is a resource for botanical artists and lovers of botanical art. It contains information on all kinds of botanical art - painting, illustration and prints. Members can display their art.
- Botanical Art Groups Australia
- Botanical Art Groups Australia
Pastels and Pencils - Drawings of Flowers and Plants
Katherine Tyrrell's website
The first link is to the 'gateway' page which contains links to all the galleries which follow
- Pastels and Pencils - Fine art drawings & fine art prints of flowers and plants
- Fine art drawings and fine art prints of flowers and plants by Katherine Tyrrell - pictures of flowers in coloured pencil, soft pastel and pen and ink
- Pastels and Pencils - Fine art drawings of flowers in colour by Katherine Tyrrell
- Original fine art drawings of flowers by Katherine Tyrrell - drawings in colour using soft pastels or coloured pencil
- Pastels and Pencils - Small Works: Floral and Botanical Drawings by Katherine Tyrrell
- Small Works - original fine art drawings of floral and botanical subjects in coloured pencils flowers and plants by Katherine Tyrrell
- Pastels and Pencils - Flower drawings and botanical drawings in pen and ink or pencil
- Flower drawings and botanical drawings in pen and ink or graphite pencil by artist Katherine Tyrrell. These drawings of flowers or botanical subjects were all drawn from life. These drawings do not involve tracing, copying photos or use of grids.
- Pastels and Pencils - Drawings of plants and cacti by Katherine Tyrrell
- Drawings of plants and cacti by Katherine Tyrrell. This gallery is about what plants - and in particular cacti and succulents - look like in close-up
- Pastels and Pencils - Fine Art Prints of original drawings by Katherine Tyrrell ASGFA
- Fine art prints of original art by Katherine Tyrrell, this page links directly to specific fine art print galleries of works by Katherine Tyrrell at Imagekind
Making A Mark
Katherine Tyrrell writing about: - Making marks with pastels, pencils and pen and ink - Creating new drawings and paintings - Influences on developing both artwork and art careers - Interviews with artists - Information about resources for artists and art
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- ken ken Sep 11, 2009 @ 9:39 pm
- thought you might be interested in this botanical art site-http://www.mccunecollection.org/henry_evans.html.
It is the McCune Collection's online exhibit of Henry Evans (1918-1990) botanical prints. Additional botanical portfolios will be added in the future.
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- KonaGirl KonaGirl Jun 7, 2009 @ 7:44 am
- Hi Katherine,
I just dropped in to say "HI" and read a little more. I love this lens for artist flower references. Thanks for putting it up.
Aloha,
June
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- Swisstoons Swisstoons May 15, 2009 @ 6:50 am
- This lens is really chock-full of information on the subject. Lensrolling it to my Best Buds flower cartoon lens.
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- Heather426 Heather426 Apr 9, 2009 @ 11:41 pm
- I love botanical art! great resource lens. 5*
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- susansavad susansavad Dec 20, 2008 @ 1:27 pm
- Very informative. I loved your drawings.
Susan
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- poutine poutine Dec 18, 2008 @ 3:23 pm
- Great information and resources.
Will check a few of them for sure.
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- OhMe OhMe Sep 26, 2008 @ 6:07 am
- Beautiful. Well organized. Great links. I am feeling inspired. 5* fav
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- KonaGirl KonaGirl Aug 17, 2008 @ 11:44 am
- What an amazing resource for botanical artists. I am truly impressed. 5 * and I have lensrolled you to my lens on Flowers and Flora of Hawaii and Best Hawaii Botanical Gardens. Will you be adding any tropical categories here?
Very well done and thank you. I will be back to read more. It is too much to absorb at one sitting.
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- makingamark makingamark Jun 17, 2008 @ 12:02 pm
- Thank you - please don't lobby for your lenses when leaving comments, especially when they are wholly unrelated to this topic - otherwise it looks like and will be treated as spam.
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- Jun 16, 2008 @ 6:23 am
- Wow!
what a great lens here, i really happy to visit your valuable lens and I rated 5 stars for your lens. I like botanical arts very much.
Thanks for providing more useful information about botanical art.
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- Intuitive Intuitive Apr 9, 2008 @ 8:16 am
- I love botanical art. I did watercolors of flowers while getting my art degree many years ago and always wished I could study botanical art technique. I joined a couple of botanical/natural history art listservs when the 'Net was new and that scared me away, though. Way too precise for me. :) Great lens! 5 *
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- Margaret Best Margaret Best Mar 25, 2008 @ 10:54 pm
- This is a great lens. Pleased to see you give recognition to our great BAGSC blog designed by member Deb Shaw. This is a resource already bookmarked. Margaret Best www.bestbotanical.com
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- samar samar Mar 14, 2008 @ 5:03 pm
- I'm trying to buy a book "an approach to botanical painting" by Anne Marie and Donn Evans. Please could someone tell me if they know of a bookshop that would have a copy with a new or second hand copy. Thankyou
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- LeslieBrenner LeslieBrenner Feb 24, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
- Excellent lens with lots of information, thanks.
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- makingamark makingamark Feb 7, 2008 @ 9:38 am
- Hi Anne - The Society of Botanical Artists in the UK have a distance learning course which you may be interested in. You can find their site right at the top of Botanical Art Socities module above.
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