The Art of Botanical Drawing

Local Description

4/09 ##

Description

This charmingly illustrated book is an ideal guide to the art of botanical drawing and painting. Agathe Ravet-Haevermans instructs the reader on how to recognise and draw a wide variety of flowers and leaves and covers the textures and structural elements of a range of different plants including succulents, vegetables, trees and grasses. Practical as well as beautiful, this book should be a welcome addition to the bookshelves of everyone interested in botanical art.

Promotion info

A clear guide to the world of botanical drawing A charming looking book Highly and beautifully illustrated

Reviews

' This book has great visual appeal ' Leisure Painter (August 2009)

Author description

Agathe Ravet-Haevermans is a scientific illustrator and naturalist at the Museum of Natural History in Paris where she also teaches botanical drawing to adults.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9781408111116
• Publisher : A & C Black Publishers Ltd
• Imprint : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date : January 2009
• Dimensions : 210mm X 250mm X 10mm
• Produced in : United Kingdom
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : 150+, full colour throughout
• Pages : 104
• Dewey classification : 743.7
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Agathe Ravet-Haevermans