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The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration is a guide for contemporary artists aspiring to master shape, color, and texture and render beautiful, realistic, and vibrant botanical artwork! An expert botanical artist educates you about the tools and materials traditionally used in botanical illustra...
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Walter Foster Publishing, an imprint of the Quarto Group,
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| Publisher Address: | Lake Forest, CA : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration is a guide for contemporary artists aspiring to master shape, color, and texture and render beautiful, realistic, and vibrant botanical artwork! An expert botanical artist educates you about the tools and materials traditionally used in botanical illustration, including pencils, colored pencils, watercolor, gouache, and pastels. This thorough yet easily digestible guide includes overviews of key illustration techniques and basic color theory and mixing and is loaded with exercises designed to help you learn to see shape, value, and form. By learning to understand plant life and anatomy, you can craft elegant flowers, leaves, trees, and much more in no time! To bring it all together, The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration includes step-by-step demonstrations to follow along with as you practice taking sketches and transforming them into fully rendered, colorful pieces of fine art. |
| Item Description: | "An artist's guide to drawing and illustrating realistic flora, fauna, and botanical scenes from nature"--Cover. |
| Carrier Form: | 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781633223783 (paperback) : 1633223787 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | Q743 |
| CLC: | J211.27 |
| Call Number: | J211.27/L724 |