BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION

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Synopsis In a straightforward style, with simple techniques and various materials, as well as the traditional and more experimental methods, this book shows how to produce botanical illustrations - including foliage, fruits and flowers - from the intricate and exotic to simple wildflowers. Winner of the Artists Choice Award for Art Instruction Book of the Year 2005. About the Author Siriol Sherlock worked for nine years as a textile designer, specializing in floral designs. Since 1986 her paintings of watercolour flowers have been widely exhibited and she now works full time as a painter and teacher. She is President of the society of Floral Painters and a member of the Society of Botanical Artists, with whom she regularly exhibits. Her work has been exhibited in a solo show at the gallery at Kew Gardens, London and she has been awarded three gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society. Siriol lives in Romsey, Hampshire.