Ilex Press, an imprint of Octopus Books, has signed A Year of Watercolour: A Seasonal Guide to Botanical Watercolour Painting, the third botanical watercolour book by artist and author Harriet de ...

They say a picture tells a thousand words. But in the case of botanical art it’s fair to say that it’s probably far more than that, as proven by a magnificent new book Drawn from Nature: The Flowering ...

AN award-winning artist has paid a visit to the North-East to teach budding artists the art of botanical painting. Botanical artist, Billy Showell, visited the region for the first time this week to ...

One of the lasting pleasures of horticulture is its endless diversity. Every day is different, so there is no chance of getting into a rut of repetition. It is impossible to know every plant and its ...

Botanical painting is highly specialised; it transcends making beautiful images. Long before the camera, it facilitated science. It is precise; demanding practice, patience, immense artistry, obvious ...

The art of documenting plants and flowers is having a resurgence, with more and more people wanting to draw what they see rather than take photos. Illustrations of native Australian plants and flowers ...

Holland’s talented 17th-century painters are partly to blame for the madness of Tulipmania: Their delicate depictions of the flowers, compiled in catalogs (or tulpenboeks) and shipped across Europe, ...

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