SCIENTIFIC BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION
Drawing for scientific publications (eg Curtis's Botanical Magazine) is something that professional botanical illustrators do all the time. The majority of their work is
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AUTHORS
Those working as professional botanical illustrators - such as Christobel King, Bobbi Angell, Işik Güner, Keith West and Valerie Oxley - are best placed to advise on the requirements for illustrating for scientific botanical publications. |
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RHS Gold Medal winning botanical illustrator and tutor Işık Güner shares her approach to:
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I LOVE the content sections - which are just so obvious but nobody has done before
The book also fabulous images of a botanical illustrator at work. The photography by Ekin Ozbicer of Işık working in both the field and the studio are outstanding. |
About the author
Işık Güner (GM 2014, BISCOT GM 2011) - Işık's painting of Gunnera Tinctoria won an RHS Gold Medal and the RHS Best Painting in Show in Spring 2014. She has worked as a professional botanical illustrator on various international botanical projects around the world.
She also teaches botanical illustration - as follows:
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SPANISH
Publisher: Editorial Parramon, Barcelona Language: Spanish ENGLISH
Publisher: Search Press in UK Language: English Publication date: 30 September 2019 Format: Paperback 208 pages | 400 Illustrations Size: 22.9 x 29.2 cm Average Customer Rating out of 5 stars:
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"To the best of my knowledge there has never until now been a thorough book supplying the answers to all those technical questions that I am still constantly being asked by people wishing to take up botanical illustration."
-Wilfrid Blunt (in the preface dated 1983)
In its time, this book was one of the best introductory guides books available for aspiring botanical illustrators who wanted to learn about botanical illustration.
This book simply packed full of content. It's fashionable in publishing now to emphasise images over text. This book is from an era when proper instruction about techniques involved words - and LOTS of them! This book was written c. 30 years ago by a practising botanical illustrator.
Keith West (who currently lives in Wales). He was
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Paperback: 152 pages
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated Original Publication 1983 Publication date (UK): 1996 There are two versions. It was
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BUY THIS BOOK How to Draw Plants: The Techniques of Botanical Illustration
How to Draw Plants: The Techniques of Botanical Illustration
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Besides her technical scientific illustrations for the New York Botanical Garden and a wide variety of scholarly publications, Bobbi Angell has co-authored two publications which assist the botanical illustrator who is aiming to improve both knowledge and skills.
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Long out of print, but still highly regarded for advice for producing and publishing scientific illustrations
Bobbi Angell's website
This is the very first book of instruction about botanical illustration by the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.
This book has been very popular and sold a lot of copies. There is now a Kindle edition. |
Generally well received on publication, some are now more critical of the amount of detail provided.
The author, Christabel King, is a recognised expert on botanical illustration and has recently retired after working for Kew Gardens for c.40+ years producing scientific botanical illustrations for professional science publications. The book covers a wide range of topics relevant to the subject including:
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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Search Press Ltd (UK) Publication date (UK): 26 July 2015 (USA) September 2015 Average Customer Rating out of 5 stars:
BUY THIS BOOK The Kew Book of Botanical Illustration
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The Kew Book of Botanical Illustration
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AUTHOR: Valerie Oxley developed the first Diploma in Botanical Illustration with colleagues at the University of Sheffield, where plant drawing is still taught alongside the related botany.
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A manual for those who like their botanical illustration with a strong botanical and practical slant. It includes
This book is also well illustrated in terms of both the range and the quality of reproduction. It includes over two hundred colour illustrations by over fifty artists on 192 pages |
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd First Edition edition: 18 Sept. 2008 Average Customer Rating out of 5 stars:
BUY THIS BOOK Botanical Illustration
Botanical Illustration
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Paperback: 48 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. First edition in stapled duck-egg blue card wrap covers [softback].
Size: Folio 12'' x 8¼''. Publisher: Chelsea Garden Florilegium Society. Language: English Printed by Kall Kwik Printing Horsham 2000. BUY IN THE UK Illustrating in Black and White
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Illustrating in Black and White
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This workshop guidebook has been written by Rogerio Lupo, a professional scientific/botanical illustrator and teacher in Brazil. The text, when translated into English was reviewed by the American botanical illustrator Bobbi Angell.
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THIS RESOURCE IS FREE. You can
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My method for rendering scientific botanical illustrations is still quite handcrafted, remaining away from digital systems, which are welcome though when it's time to scan the drawing and add scales, captions etc. But that's how I can work better on the composition, and after all this is still handier and faster than what I would get using some software.
This handbook is commonly regarded as "the bible" within the scientific illustration community. It covers all techniques for rendering in conventional and digital media although the subject matter is not all botanical.
It is:
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It covers:
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This book is expensive - however the price needs to be considered within the context of the fact it is a very large professional manual for people who spend their lives on scientific illustration. I suggest you consider
Hardcover: 656 pages
Publisher: Wiley Edition: Second Publication date: May 29, 2003 Average Customer Rating out of 5 stars:
BUY THIS BOOK The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
Note: some criticisms for how shipped (which should not be made in these reviews - however it does highlight the need to look for 3rd party suppliers with excellent reputation on shipping as this is a big heavy book)
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