For something a bit different this book on botanic art covers some of the unusual colours from black flowers, plants and seaweed like strange green, blue and puce pink.
Contemporary Botanical Illustration with the Eden Project: Challenging Colour and Texture by Rosie Martin and Meriel Thurstan according to Amazon
- The tricky subject of texture in both pencil and paint is covered in detail.
- To ensure you are at the cutting edge of botanical art, the book covers the latest ideas for presentation including new ideas for arranging flowers before painting.
- Fantastic illustrated with drawings, stunning finished paintings and many step-by-step demonstrations.
- ‘The book covers an overview of contemporary botanical illustration; your workplace and materials; pencil drawing; sketchbook practice; composition; basic colour theory; colour and subjective colour exercises; primary colours and their uses; painting techniques; paint it black; challenging texture, pattern and colours; and, food plants.’
Alternatively look at the illustrations in Mr Marshall’s Flower Book
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