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# Botanical Illustration Course: With the Eden Project

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Review: Excellent Instructional Exercises & Great Discussion on Drawing White Flowers - This book is extremely impressive in its breadth and depth of coverage on Botanical Illustrations. The authors create an excellent section on drawing flowers and plants utilizing the application of geometrical shapes and shading techniques. I primarily utilize Derwent Inktense pencils when doing my botanical drawings. The interesting qualities of these pencils is that the artist lays down lines of actual watercolor. The pencil core is a water soluble formulation which allows easy mixing and blending of colors by careful and knowledgeable laying down of a variety of colors and then after the lines and shapes are drawn, the artist uses a brush with water to brink out the full color and mix the different colors right on the drawing itself. Because the authors have an extremely well developed section in the book on pencil drawing of Botanicals, the book is truly and excellent source for newer artists who need help and practice in understanding how to use pencils to create life-like drawing and beautiful arrays of flowers & other plants. When the authors discuss the creation of botanical drawings of plants with white flowers, they truly explain in detail how the artist is to utilize the white paper as the source of the white areas in the plants. Then by using grays and other tinting colors, the specific color gradations must be created by the careful addition of other tints to get the actual fine off-whites that occur in nature. The authors do not forget to recommend the very careful and sparing use of masking fluid to make sure that the white areas are preserved for adjustment later, but during the initial stages, the use of masking fluid keeps the artist from destroying a careful drawing because a color has run with the application of water. In that way, the artist can use the background white of the underlying paper or vellum or whatever medium the artist feels most comfortable using. Because the authors give a nicely constructed soup to nuts approach to Botanicals. Yet upon reading the book, one finds that they do recommend high grade materials to create the best possible drawings. When discussing brushed, the author suggest the artist use exclusively Kolinsky sable brushes as the finest brushes for creating botanical representations. I am in full agreement that the better the materials, including the brushes, the paper, the paint or pencils and any material that will be instrumental in creating the images, the better the quality of the materials, the easier it is to get really good representations. It is often thought by new artists that "just to start out, they will use less expensive materials. Doing this only has one good quality for helping artists. Clearly that quality is that after struggling with cheap or lesser grade materials, it comes as an enormous relief to see how much easier it is to get amazingly better results when one uses high quality materials. In addition, it really is heart rending to use materials that are not "artist grade" and create wonderful drawings and then watch as the color fades over time or the color mix starts to break down and ruin what was originally a wonderful drawing. If one uses "artist grade or museum grade" materials to start, one does not have to worry about a great illustration becoming a trash can liner because the materials and the paper do not hold up to the test of time and the attack of the atmosphere. Do not make the mistake of wasting money on low grade materials. You will end up throwing them all in the trash after you start using high grade materials. Thus, the use of cheaper materials actually costs more in the long run. Once an artists uses high grade products, they can never turn back. It is just too difficult to draw a precise botanical. It is not worth doing it with junky products that end up not showing your talents and abilities in the best 'light' because they are not up to the level of better products. Finally, the book covers a significant and vast array of different plants and flowers with instructions about how the artist should approach the illustration. When an artist is just starting out in a particular area or type of botanical it is often tremendously helpful to have a little advice with respect to the manner one should take to create a particular type of flower or plant. Because of the wondrous array of different plants and flowers discussed in this book, the artist truly gets their money's worth and a good education to go along with it. Do not be afraid to buy Good books either. This book falls into that category and I do recommend it very highly.
Review: Amazing Book in both the educational and artistic value - This book is a wonderous compilation of educational guidelines on producing artwork and properly representing the beauty and complexity of plants using pencil and watercolor media. It also could pass as a coffee table book as the images are incredible. I was immediately struck at the techniques covered as every art book should - recommendation on watercolor/paper/pencils to use, other tools needed, shading & highlighting, importance of representing the tiniest details, color development (e.g. how to make the right green - I loved that part), depth and so much more. In many ways I was reminded of my university art classes I took many years ago, but this book covers so much more than I garnered through formal education. Those that purchase the book for learning how to bring plants to life on paper or canvas should follow the educational component of the book from the beginning to the end in order to gain the most on how to illustrate plants. By following this method, each artist will definitely get what this book offers - and makes one wish they could take part of the art classes taught at the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK. I definitely wish I could do so!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #778,010 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #590 in Illustration and Graphic Design #689 in Watercolor Painting #882 in Plant & Animal Art (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 302 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Instructional Exercises & Great Discussion on Drawing White Flowers
*by J***N on April 14, 2014*

This book is extremely impressive in its breadth and depth of coverage on Botanical Illustrations. The authors create an excellent section on drawing flowers and plants utilizing the application of geometrical shapes and shading techniques. I primarily utilize Derwent Inktense pencils when doing my botanical drawings. The interesting qualities of these pencils is that the artist lays down lines of actual watercolor. The pencil core is a water soluble formulation which allows easy mixing and blending of colors by careful and knowledgeable laying down of a variety of colors and then after the lines and shapes are drawn, the artist uses a brush with water to brink out the full color and mix the different colors right on the drawing itself. Because the authors have an extremely well developed section in the book on pencil drawing of Botanicals, the book is truly and excellent source for newer artists who need help and practice in understanding how to use pencils to create life-like drawing and beautiful arrays of flowers & other plants. When the authors discuss the creation of botanical drawings of plants with white flowers, they truly explain in detail how the artist is to utilize the white paper as the source of the white areas in the plants. Then by using grays and other tinting colors, the specific color gradations must be created by the careful addition of other tints to get the actual fine off-whites that occur in nature. The authors do not forget to recommend the very careful and sparing use of masking fluid to make sure that the white areas are preserved for adjustment later, but during the initial stages, the use of masking fluid keeps the artist from destroying a careful drawing because a color has run with the application of water. In that way, the artist can use the background white of the underlying paper or vellum or whatever medium the artist feels most comfortable using. Because the authors give a nicely constructed soup to nuts approach to Botanicals. Yet upon reading the book, one finds that they do recommend high grade materials to create the best possible drawings. When discussing brushed, the author suggest the artist use exclusively Kolinsky sable brushes as the finest brushes for creating botanical representations. I am in full agreement that the better the materials, including the brushes, the paper, the paint or pencils and any material that will be instrumental in creating the images, the better the quality of the materials, the easier it is to get really good representations. It is often thought by new artists that "just to start out, they will use less expensive materials. Doing this only has one good quality for helping artists. Clearly that quality is that after struggling with cheap or lesser grade materials, it comes as an enormous relief to see how much easier it is to get amazingly better results when one uses high quality materials. In addition, it really is heart rending to use materials that are not "artist grade" and create wonderful drawings and then watch as the color fades over time or the color mix starts to break down and ruin what was originally a wonderful drawing. If one uses "artist grade or museum grade" materials to start, one does not have to worry about a great illustration becoming a trash can liner because the materials and the paper do not hold up to the test of time and the attack of the atmosphere. Do not make the mistake of wasting money on low grade materials. You will end up throwing them all in the trash after you start using high grade materials. Thus, the use of cheaper materials actually costs more in the long run. Once an artists uses high grade products, they can never turn back. It is just too difficult to draw a precise botanical. It is not worth doing it with junky products that end up not showing your talents and abilities in the best 'light' because they are not up to the level of better products. Finally, the book covers a significant and vast array of different plants and flowers with instructions about how the artist should approach the illustration. When an artist is just starting out in a particular area or type of botanical it is often tremendously helpful to have a little advice with respect to the manner one should take to create a particular type of flower or plant. Because of the wondrous array of different plants and flowers discussed in this book, the artist truly gets their money's worth and a good education to go along with it. Do not be afraid to buy Good books either. This book falls into that category and I do recommend it very highly.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing Book in both the educational and artistic value
*by C***G on March 18, 2008*

This book is a wonderous compilation of educational guidelines on producing artwork and properly representing the beauty and complexity of plants using pencil and watercolor media. It also could pass as a coffee table book as the images are incredible. I was immediately struck at the techniques covered as every art book should - recommendation on watercolor/paper/pencils to use, other tools needed, shading & highlighting, importance of representing the tiniest details, color development (e.g. how to make the right green - I loved that part), depth and so much more. In many ways I was reminded of my university art classes I took many years ago, but this book covers so much more than I garnered through formal education. Those that purchase the book for learning how to bring plants to life on paper or canvas should follow the educational component of the book from the beginning to the end in order to gain the most on how to illustrate plants. By following this method, each artist will definitely get what this book offers - and makes one wish they could take part of the art classes taught at the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK. I definitely wish I could do so!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Got it from library first. Then decided to include in MY library!
*by M***M on December 16, 2019*

A lovely book with lots of information. That said, there's nothing like taking a real drawing class. What I mean by that is a class (with a teacher) that will get you through perspective, value studies and a little color theory; while not fun, these studies will aid in perception and give your drawings life.

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