Pascale Georgiev, editorial director at Atelier Éditions, was researching botanical artwork a few years ago when she came across the US Department of Agriculture’s pomological watercolour collection, ...

Since settling in Ireland 50 years ago, Wendy Walsh's intense and precisely observed watercolours have ensured her place in a… Since settling in Ireland 50 years ago, Wendy Walsh's intense and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learn how to paint with watercolours in the Autumn Botanical Watercolour workshop series, led by Alicia Spence. Every Thursday, you’ll paint a variety of fall inspired paintings with watercolours in ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The more we look, the more we notice in what we see. Flower painters help gardeners to notice more. They look closely ...

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, ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. An adoration and appreciation of watercolour is less common ...