Drawing and Painting Insects is a beautiful and inspiring guide. Whatever your experience; whether new to the subject or a seasoned entomologist; this book will help you capture the beauty of insects by helping you understand their structure and appreciate their behaviour; movement; colour and habitat. Advice on finding insects to draw and paint; including how to raise your own insect models; Guide to the anatomy and life cycles of the insect for the artist; Step-by-step demonstrations of drawings; looking at perspective; tonal values and mark-making techniques; Examples of watercolour and oil paintings representing insects in precise; scientific renditions through to more creative interpretations; Introduction to other uses of insect illustration; including printmaking; sculpture; leather and glass; Illustrated with examples and insights from leading artists. A beautiful and inspiring guide to drawing and painting insects; of inspiration to botanical artists; natural historians; wildlife artists and biologists. Gives advice on finding insects to draw and paint; understanding their structure; appreciating their behaviour; movement; colour; habitat and much more. Superbly illustrated with examples and insights from leading artists - 541 colour illustrations in total. Andrew Tyzack is a graduate from the Royal College of Art and is well known for his painting of beekeepers and engravings of bees.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The book was very interesting and a good read; but at times it did seem to ...By Katherine Maree AllenThe book was very interesting and a good read; but at times it did seem to get bogged down in names and places and as I know its a whos who of the art world during her era or reign as art collector; it dragged at times for me.