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| Botanical Illustration in Watercolor (Practical Art Books) | 
 enlarge | Author: Eleanor Wunderlich
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 199824
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0823005305
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.422434
EAN: 9780823005307
ASIN: 0823005305
Publication Date: August 1, 1996
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Product Description
Transparent watercolour is ideal for painting plants. The white of the paper shines through the colour, creating a luminous effect. In this volume Eleanor Wunderlich shows the watercolour artist how to recreate the colours and textures found in nature. Flowers, fruits, vegetables, bulbs, ferns, vines and shrubs are all represented in exquisite drawings, paintings and demonstrations. In addition, Wunderlich offers advice on how to keep ferns and flowers from wilting before the picture is finished, how to mix the special colours often needed for depicting plants, and how to design a drawing that includes heavy foliage or multiple stems.
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The Demonstrations in this book make it well worth the price! October 5, 2008
A very good book that teaches the reader how to create beautiful botanical illustations. The book goes through drawing materials to use, then has good sections of how to draw plants by 'type', for example, teacup shaped flowers, tubular flowers, leaves, stems, spiral formation, and fruit.
The book then covers how to transfer your drawings, and watercolor. Approximately half of the book contains fabulous step-by-step demonstrations, like painting strawberries, an eggplant, a flowering trumpet vine. The onion demonstration really is exciting to me- we all have a few in the fridge, and the end result is stunning....with peeling layers on top- I can't wait to try that.
This book should be of interest to anyone who would like to draw and paint any kind of plant more beautifully.
One of the best resources November 10, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Not only is the author a super artist, rendering her illustrations with fine, exacting detail, but she's also creative in the way she frames the subject. She also provides excellent and extremely helpful, easy-to-do (inexpensive) instructions on setting up a studio/supplies, etc. I love it.
Great book! August 29, 2001
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
I am very pleased with Botanical Illustration in Watercolor
by Eleanor B. Wunderlich. It is a beautifully illustrated book both in presentation and in demos. It combines both worlds of wc and botanical illustration in a clear and precise manor. I would highly recommend this book for both beginner and serious botanical illustrator and/or for a good reference book for your art library. It is a very pleasing book just to browse through.
Absolutely the BEST BOOK on botanical illustration April 30, 2001
75 out of 75 found this review helpful
This is the best book on botanical illustration I have found. It is suitable for all levels including complete beginners like myself. Although some artistic talent is certainly an asset, closely following the instructions here will come as close as possible to teaching virtually anyone to paint. From drawing to painting, it offers everything you need to create your own beautiful botanical artwork. The book starts out by helping you choose a subject with practical advice on fruits, vegetables, flowers, mushrooms, bulbs, roots, trees, ferns, vines and more. Then, creating a space to work in and selecting materials from brushes to paper is covered. I love the many excellent tips on mixing colors. The next section focuses on the many aspects of drawing including setting up a still life, planning the picture and transferring your drawing to watercolor paper. There are detailed step-by-step instructions for drawing a huge variety of botanical subjects including orchids, tulips and foxgloves. I really liked how the author discusses the various shapes of flowers such as round, teacup and tubular and then shows you how to block them out. The final section covers the painting process. Along with numerous step-by-step demonstrations on painting botanicals there are hints on correcting mistakes, protecting your paper and tips on painting white flowers. Creating the initial washes, adding shadows, shading, layering and highlighting are included as well. To finish your artwork the author gives advice on matting, framing, exhibiting and selling your artwork. The finished illustrations throughout the book are so beautiful. Each one has information on the kind of paper they are painted on, size and title.
Best book on the subject and beautiful, too March 23, 2001
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
Not only is this a comprehensive guide to painting botanical subjects, but the book is just gorgeous. Drawings and paintings of wild flowers and fruits bring out their beauty in ways photographs cannot. So this book is a really good resource if you like to sketch and hike, or if you garden and want to make a beautiful record of what you see. This is also a great resource if you are getting into journal writing and want to put in pictures of plants and flowers (many people keep a garden record journal, for example.) The instructions are very good, from how to draw and sketch plants to choices of color. There are good examples to copy to learn the technique. I don't think there is a better book on this subject, nor a more beautiful book.
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