Botanical Illustration From Life: A Visual Guide to Observing, Drawing, and Painting Plants Longleaf Nicole LaRue is a graphic

Nicole LaRue is a graphic designer

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but she was first and foremost a poet of the sea and the three books collected in this deluxe Library of America volume are classics of American science and nature writing

"The photography by Georgianna Lane is fabulous--bright

and will encourage their imagination and love of the natural world

Botanical Illustration From Life: A Visual Guide to Observing, Drawing, and Painting Plants Longleaf Nicole LaRue is a graphicA visual guide to beautiful botanic watercolour painting from life for artists. Botanical artists hold a unique status: they can record plants and show them to the world, unlocking science for people outside that world, enabling them to be seduced by the most beautiful images, drawn and painted by very skilled hands. In this beautiful book, award winning botanical artist, Ik Gner, shares with you her experiences of looking at wild species from around