Illustration
Bianchi, Thomas S. Deltas and Humans: A Long Relationship Now Threatened by Global Change. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
Margulis, Lynn, Celeste A. Asikainen, and Wolfgang E. Krumbein, eds. Chimeras and Consciousness: Evolution of the Sensory Self. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2011.
Dupré, John, and Daniel Nicholson. ‘A Manifesto for a Processual Philosophy of Biology’. In Everything Flows: Towards a Processual Philosophy of Biology, edited by Daniel J. Nicholson and John Dupré, 3–45. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.
Biological Illustration
Die Skelete der Chiropteren und Insectivoren | D'Alton, Eduard Joseph | V&A Explore The Collections
from Icons of Japanese Algae, vol. II, by K. Okamura, 1912
Medical and Anatomical
Botanical Illustration
The Science of Art – Why Botanical Illustration Matters - News - NTBG, reasons for botanical illustration.
Botanical Illustration: Why it’s still relevant
- do not copy, explain (a black and white cross-section can be more clear than a photograph)
- reconstruct with dry specimens
- record plant aspects important for identification
- explain the whole story of the plant (life cycle, seasons, etc.)
Exhibitions
Communities and Organisations
Botanical Art and Artists, information, tutorials, etc.
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
The Shirley Sherwood Collection
Artists
There are Gould's books and other illustrations available at the Australian Museum.
The Birds of Australia: in seven volumes 04
Chris Thorogood (@illustratingbotanist)
Ellen Hutchins (1785–1815) was an early Irish botanist. She specialised in seaweeds, lichens, mosses and liverworts. The story of Ellen Hutchins, Ireland's first female botanist
Mariko Aikawa
Rory McEwen
Classes
Royal Botanical Gardens: Botanical Art Classes
UA Scientific Illustration Training Course - Universidade de Aveiro, in Portugal
Tutorials
Watercolour
Julia Trickey, brief examples but very accomplished results.
“Botanical Watercolor: Illustrating Art and Science”. Illustration online course by Julia Trickey | Domestika, a very good brief course.
Botanical Art Talks | Julia Trickey, some good artists.
Getting Started with Botanical Drawing, basic techniques and the advice on materials, pretty good.
The Art of Botanical Illustration; A Norfolk Island Pine by Angela Lober, dry but good outcome, very good explanation.
Coloured Pencil
Full length tutorial of 'Rosebud' Botanical Coloured Pencil Drawing with Linda Hampson, detailed, the result is too decorative but...
Photography
Simpson, Niki. ‘Colour and Contemporary Digital Botanical Illustration’. Optics & Laser Technology 43, no. 2 (2011): 330–36. https://doi.org/10/c8k2kd.
Digital Painting
Native Tree Guide Illustrations
Botanical Illustrations: Medicinal Garden
Fagus sylvatica (Beech)- Botanical illustration time-lapse in Photoshop
Botanical Digital Illustration Time lapse
Examples of digital drawings:
Echium wildpretii, Image credit: Juan Luis Castillo
, Image credit: Juan Luis Castillo
Helichrysum stoechas, Cláudia Amorim Barrocas, Portugal, digital painting, an Honourable Mention in the Margaret Flockton Award 2022.
visual botany Niki Simpson digital botanical illustration
Niki Simpson: Digital Diversity
Botanical Digital Painting, Nats Romanova
Wild Flower Illustrations - Scottish Wildlife Trust
Botanical illustrations flourish in the digital age - Australian Geographic
Fernando Baptistas
A hybrid process that integrated physical models, drawing, and digital painting.
[Fernando Baptista] (https://www.johngrimwade.com/blog/2021/02/16/fernando-baptistas-process/), a blog entry with a good explanation of process
The Fact-Based Infographics of Fernando Baptista
Fernando Baptista - Presentation
Other
Image from page 45 of "The ecological relations of roots" (1919) by Weaver, John E.
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