Painted Botanicals

By: Paperblanks

Format: Notebook

Type

Naturalistic Expressions.

If flowers and foliage can be said to speak, it is surely through the voice of botanical illustrators. Our Painted Botanicals journals feature images of orchids, wisteria, lilies and daisies, rendered by some of the finest illustrators in the history of the field.

For centuries, horticulturalists and illustrators have worked with scientists to document plants species, most often in watercolours. Renowned among these artists were Sir Joseph Paxton (1803–1865) and H.G. Moon (1857–1905). Paxton, who published a famed periodical containing the original Brazilian Orchid and Blooming Wisteria images, was a celebrated horticulturalist. His published collections were greatly prized for their remarkable hand colouring. Moon, the artist behind our Gloriosa Lily and Woodland Daisies covers, was famous for his naturalistic arrangements and his ability to create lifelike paintings.

As we experience a renaissance in botanical illustration, contemporary practitioners will certainly look to these masters for how best to be a voice for botanicals.

Botanical - Blooming Wisteria Mini Unlined
Includes | Memento Pouch • Ribbon Marker
Attributes | 176 pages • 95 x 140
Unlined 978-1-4397-3576-3 

Botanical - Brazilian Orchid Mini Unlined
Includes | Memento Pouch • Ribbon Marker
Attributes | 176 pages • 95 x 140
Unlined 978-1-4397-3573-2

Published by: Hartley & Marks Publishers


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