Botanical drawings

[Jan Bosselaers]

Dear Steven, Beste Steven,

> I¹m in search for a good book about preparing botanical drawings from
> herbarium material. I¹m especially interested in a step by step guide with
> clear examples. Can somebody tell me which book is the best. At the moment I
> have two options, but probably there are better books?
>
> Option 1
>
> FW Zweifel
> A handbook of biological illustration
> university of Chicago Press
> ISBN 0 226 99701 4
>
> Option 2
>
> K West
> How to draw Plants
> Herbert Press
> ISBN 0 906969 28 X
> e-mail: steven.dessein at bio.kuleuven.ac.be

In addition to the books already mentioned, I can suggest three more books which
give some useful information, although not all of them are specifically aimed at
botanical illustration:

Jastrzebski, Z.T. (1985) Scientific Illustration. Prentice Hall. ISBN
0-13-795931-1. A step by step guide, very thorough, but not specifically aimed a
plants, but dealing with them here and there: Jastrzebski himself is a fish
illustrator.

Honomichl, K. Risler, H. and Rupprecht, R. (1982) Wissenschaftliches Zeichnen.
Gustav Fischer.; ISBN 3-437-00380-1. A small, general book on scientific
illustrtion.

Blunt, W. (1971) The art of botanical Illustration. Collins. ISBN 0-00-213002-5.
More of a history of botanical Illustration, but the appendix gives practical
tips.

Best regards,

Jan
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