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

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Alternatively look at the illustrations in Mr Marshall’s Flower Book

Books from the art world

The quality that you might expect from Kew

For a how too guide I am currently using this library book as my step to step guide.

Rosie Sanders’s botanical paintings of 80 subjects take a new look at botanical art.

If you want to gaze at some extraordinary beautiful and diverse plants in mixed media then this compendium of over 300 plants will satisfy both art lovers and gardeners.

 

Contemporary Botanical Illustration with the Eden Project: 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.’