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$28.99 (out-of-print)

There are two copies of Beautiful Botanicals in stock. The price listed is the original list price. Used copies of this book begin at $45.

The following review is from the Watercolor section of the library:

King, Bente Starcke. 2004. Beautiful Botanicals: Painting and drawing flowers and plants. North Light Books. ISBN: 1-58180-494-6
This book is an inspiring reference and a practical one too! Bente Starcke King provides a general overview of the following: art supplies, workspaces, flower morphology, foreshortening, composition, shading techniques, signing & dating artwork, framing, concealing mistakes, and exhibiting one’s work. She also leads artists through 18 demonstrations that allow students the opportunity to apply what they learn from her. She teaches students techniques in the following media: graphite, pen & ink, ink wash, transparent watercolor, watercolor w/pen & ink, and watercolor w/colored pencil. Feature demonstrations include: graphite (how to transfer a drawing, curled leaf on acetate); pen & ink (spruce cone, cyclamen); ink wash (curly grass, daffodil), transparent watercolor (onion, snowdrops & winter aconites, bluebells, daffodils, Trillium & violets, magnolia, rose hips); watercolor w/pen & ink (Mountain Ash, Echinacea); watercolor w/colored pencil (tulips, Virginia creeper, irises, dog roses).

Note: The title page in one of the copies is inserted upside-down. A tiny “oops” during the printing process that does not affect the contents of this practical reference.