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Drawing and Painting Insects

Handbook / Manual

190 pages, 541 colour photos and colour & b/w illustrations

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About this book

Drawing and Painting Insects is a beautiful and inspiring guide. Whatever your experience, whether new to the subject or a seasoned entomologist, Drawing and Painting Insects will help you capture the beauty of insects by helping you understand their structure and appreciate their behaviour, movement, colour and habitat.

Topics covered include:
- Advice on finding insects to draw and paint, including how to raise your own insect models
- Guide to the anatomy and life cycles of the insect for the artist
- Step-by-step demonstrations of drawings, looking at perspective, tonal values and mark-making techniques
- Examples of watercolour and oil paintings representing insects in precise, scientific renditions through to more creative interpretations
- Introduction to other uses of insect illustration, including printmaking, sculpture, leather and glass
- Illustrated with examples and insights from leading artists

Contents

Foreword by Katrina van Grouw
Introduction

1. First find your insect
2. Insect anatomy for the artist
3. Drawing insects
4. Insects in the field
5. Painting insects
6. Insects in printmaking
7. Insects in art

Bibliography
Further information
Index

Customer Reviews (3)

• Rubbish

  By Sheila 15 Feb 2014 Written for Paperback

  I waited nearly 3 months to recieve this expensive, rubbishy book, what a dissapointment. If you are a serious natural history student looking for technical artistic accuracy to help you improve your work, do not buy this book!!!! I was hoping to build on the knowlege I already had on how to 'Draw and Paint Insects', and found this book totally frustrating. If I had wanted to view pages of amateur work, I could have visited the local primary school. The only works worth noting were those done by Val Littlewood, but the authors accompanying text was irritating and uninspiring, I was expecting far more artistic technical detail and some demonstrations. The cover of the book is deceptive and misleading.
  Perhaps the author would benefit by looking at work done by artists and naturalists such as Gordon Benningfield and Beatrix potter who were meticulous in their depiction both in accuracy, fine and scientific detail and finese. Sadly, as they are no longer with us, they cannot tutor us in their techniques.

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• Amazing

  By David 24 Feb 2014 Written for Paperback

  This book is full of reproductions of very highly regarded wildlife artists including:

  John Busby
  Robert Gillmor
  Bruce Pearson
  Carry Akroyd
  Katrina Van Grouw
  Harriet Mead
  Dan Powell
  David Measures
  Dafila Scott
  David Koster
  Kim Atkinson
  David Measures
  Andy English
  Val Littlewood
  Ronald Pennell
  Jim Westergard
  John Norris Wood
  Tim Freed
  Juan Varela
  Ron Francis
  Kim Taylor
  Mark Rowney
  Carim Nahaboo
  Clive Hedger

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• A fantastic book - I'm thrilled with it!

  By Rachel 25 May 2014 Written for Paperback

  I am absolutely thrilled with this unique and incisive book. For a long time, I have been waiting for a book that would help me draw the structure of insects in an informed and accurate manor, but would also guide me into working in a more expressive and creative manner. This book hits that bill. I tire of some of the 'scientific illustration' aesthetics found not only in guide books but also 'How to Do' books and have been enthused by the extent of traditional artists, printmaker and craftsmen's work presented in this glorious book. The artist's work that is included shows experimentation with not only materials but also the physical manifestation of insects as the subject of art. This is a very special book and the author, Andrew Tyzack should be applauded for producing a book loaded with work by many established and renowned artists. He shares so much knowledge of the zoology and breeding of insects, as well as quality guidance of drawing insects forms from start to finish. A must for any artist and naturalist.

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Biography

Andrew Tyzack has been captivated by insects since his childhood when his homework would be filled with drawings from his insect collection. He went on to study Natural History Illustration at the Royal College of Art. He now keeps bumblebees and honeybees, and is well known for his paintings of beekeepers and engravings of bees. He also curates The Land Gallery, Bees in Art and Insects in Art.

Handbook / Manual

By: Andrew Tyzack(Author), Katrina van Grouw(Foreword By)

190 pages, 541 colour photos and colour & b/w illustrations

Good Books on Drawing Insects

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