This charmingly illustrated book is an ideal guide to the art of botanical drawing and painting. Agathe Ravet-Haevermans instructs the reader on how to recognise and draw a wide variety of flowers and leaves and covers the textures and structural elements of a range of different plants including succulents, vegetables, trees and grasses. Practical as well as beautiful, this book should be a welcome addition to the bookshelves of everyone interested in botanical art.

About the Author

Agathe Ravet-Haevermans is a scientific illustrator and naturalist atthe Museum of Natural History in Paris where she also teaches botanicaldrawing to adults.

Prizes

A clear guide to the world of botanical drawingA charming looking bookHighly and beautifully illustrated

Reviews

' This book has great visual appeal ' Leisure Painter (August 2009)