Botanical Sketchbooks,a new book by Helen and William Bynum, collects some of the best drawings of the world's flora dating back to the 15th century. In the days before photography, naturalists relied ...

Thomas Baines (1820-75), illustration of Crinum crassicaule (© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) Cover of Botanical Sketchbooks by Helen and William Bynum (courtesy Princeton ...

Macoto Murayama can spend months on one of his botanical illustrations, and when he's done, the plant looks like something that blossomed in outer space. First, he dissects his subject with a scalpel, ...

The need for exactness differentiates botanical illustration from more general flower painting. In the hands of a talented botanical artist, however, the illustration goes beyond its scientific ...

Botanical illustrations offer mesmerizingly detailed and vividly colored glimpses of the natural world. Now, reports Hakim Bishara for Hyperallergic, more than 150,000 such artworks are freely ...

Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. [not numbered] (Sale info: For Competition). The Botanical Studies by H. Hancock are excellent. [P. 46.] AWARDS. To Herbert Hancock for Botanical Drawings, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Wendy Cooper is a botanist, an author, and an explorer. She's discovered new species and written books ...

The Reed-Turner Botanic Artists invite anyone with an interest in sketching, drawing, or painting to a Botanic Sketch Afternoon at the Woodland. The event is open to all. Families are invited. Members ...