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LEADER: 02764cam 2200541Ii 4500
001 ocn233788820
003 OCoLC
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008 080701t20082008enka b 001 0 eng
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050 4 $aQK98.24$b.O95 2008
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100 1 $aOxley, Valerie,$eauthor.
245 10 $aBotanical illustration /$cValerie Oxley.
264 1 $aRamsbury :$bThe Crowood Press,$c2008.
264 4 $c©2008
300 $a192 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c28 cm
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500 $a"This impression 2017"--Title page verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index.
505 0 $aThe history of botanical illustration -- Simple botany of plants and flowers -- Materials and equipment -- Preparation of plant material -- Observation techniques -- Starting to draw -- Developing tonal studies -- Preparing to paint -- Colours and paint -- Watercolour techniques -- What do I paint? -- How do I paint? -- Alternative media -- Help! The plant is too big for the page -- Finishing touches -- Photography and computers -- Art materials suppliers -- Collections, gardens, societies and courses.
520 $aProvides an introduction to the marrying of art and science in the aesthetic and accurate portrayal of plant material. Oxley builds on the work of illustrators of the past, ranging from Elizabeth Blackwell, whose drawings helped to release her husband from debtors' prison, through the exceptional scientific drawings of Beatrix Potter and she deals with the practical art and the related botany of the subject.--From publisher description.
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