How to Draw Plants by Keith R West

How to Draw Plants by Keith R West

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A comprehensive and authoritative handbook for all those who want to portray plants and flowers with botanical accuracy. In it, the author gives detailed advice on working in pencil, pen, scaper board, watercolour, acrylics and gouache.

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How to Draw Plants by Keith R West

This comprehensive and authoritative handbook is for all those who want to portray plants and flowers with botanical accuracy. In it the author gives detailed advice on working in pencil, pen, scraper board, watercolour, acrylics and gouache; on building up a painting or drawing by stages; on taking measurements and understanding plant structure; on collecting, handling and preserving plant material.
Keith West was formerly Art Lecturer at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch and for 20 years Botanical Artist for the Botany Division of the Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research in NZ. He is also the author of Painting Plant Portraits.
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ISBN 13 9780713670059
ISBN 10 0713670053
Title How to Draw Plants
Author Keith R West
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2004-05-17
Number of pages 152
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.