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Author Mindy Lighthipe, an expert botanical artist, educates you about the tools and materials<\/span><strong> traditionally used in botanical illustration<\/strong><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">, including pencils, colored pencils, watercolor, gouache, and pastels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> This thorough yet easily digestible guide includes overviews of key illustration techniques and basic color theory and mixing, and it&#8217;s loaded with exercises designed to help you learn to see shape, value, and form. By learning to<\/span><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">understand plant life and anatomy, you can craft elegant flowers, leaves, trees, and much more in no time!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> To bring it all together, <\/span><em>The Art of Botanical &amp; Bird Illustration<\/em><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> includes <\/span><strong>step-by-step demonstrations<\/strong><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> to follow along with as you practice taking sketches and transforming them into fully rendered, colorful pieces of fine art.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draw and paint beautiful, vibrant, and realistic birds and botanicals with The Art of Botanical &#038; Bird Illustration. 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