Ilex Press, an imprint of Octopus Books, has signed A Year of Watercolour: A Seasonal Guide to Botanical Watercolour Painting, the third botanical watercolour book by artist and author Harriet de ...

Since settling in Ireland 50 years ago, Wendy Walsh's intense and precisely observed watercolours have ensured her place in a… Since settling in Ireland 50 years ago, Wendy Walsh's intense and ...

One of the lasting pleasures of horticulture is its endless diversity. Every day is different, so there is no chance of getting into a rut of repetition. It is impossible to know every plant and its ...

AN award-winning artist has paid a visit to the North-East to teach budding artists the art of botanical painting. Botanical artist, Billy Showell, visited the region for the first time this week to ...

The history and tradition of botanical art in South African can be traced back centuries to the earliest colonial times. Famous Swedish naturalist and Linnaeus-apostle Peter Thunberg was already ...

There is a genre of art that is unique in its origin. Because it began, not as an art but as a scientific tool. That is botanical art, which developed because man had discovered, through trial and ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The more we look, the more we notice in what we see. Flower painters help gardeners to notice more. They look closely ...

The art of documenting plants and flowers is having a resurgence, with more and more people wanting to draw what they see rather than take photos. Illustrations of native Australian plants and flowers ...