How to Draw Plants for Documentation « ArtPlantae Today. June 25, 2010 by ArtPlantae Today A Reference for Botanical Illustrators In the April 1999 issue of Plant Talk, Rosemary Wise (botanical artist at the University of Oxford) wrote an article about how to draw plants for documentation. In her article, Wise emphasizes how accuracy is important in a botanical drawing and explains how a botanical illustration can offer more information than a photograph.
She also provides instruction on how to compose a botanical plate and discusses pen-and-ink drawing techniques in the process. Wise also explains how to draw for publication, how to draw from herbarium specimens, how to draw dissections, how to hydrate dried material, and how to use tracing paper to draw dissections of symmetrical flowers. The back issues of Plant Talk are no longer available. Download – Drawing Plants: Ten Pointers to Botanical Illustration Literature Cited Wise, Rosemary. 1999. Like this: Like Loading... Related Documenting Plants This article was published last year. Proko - Drawing and Painting Tutorials. Stan Prokopenko. Graphite Pencil Drawings ~ Dog Art & Prints ~ Drawing Book, Drawing Lessons & Workshops. Drawing from Line to Life. Jonas contacted me through my website’s “Ask a question” feature with this query: I recently received my new drawing pencils and Mellotex and absolutely love it all.
As soon as I finish reading your book I’m going to begin my first new drawing that I want to sell as prints. So far, everything I’ve done has been commission work so the printing process is new to me. Do you have any advice on how to go about doing this? This is a huge subject, Jonas, so I’ll try to stick to the basics. Let’s first tackle a few common questions: “Does having prints done of an image change the value of the original?” In my opinion, no, and certainly not downwards! “If you are going to have prints made to sell, will you have to make all of them first?” It depends on (1) the process, (2) your “sales potential” among the dealers and (3) your pre-publication promotion. (1) If you print by giclée then you can print whatever number you need on demand and don’t have to hold unsold stock. Yes, to some extent. Costing. Drawing and Painting. Dessins de chevaux. Posemaniacs.
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