Creating Art from Nature
How to Handprint Botanicals
How to Handprint Botanicals
Book Details
Learn how to make easy, amazingly detailed, images of plants by applying inks and paints to plants and pressing them onto various surfaces.
With over 50 years of combined nature printing experience, John Doughty and Sonja Larsen have partnered to write a highly illustrated and practical guide to the art and craft of nature printing.
With over 50 years of combined nature printing experience, John Doughty and Sonja Larsen have partnered to write a highly illustrated and practical guide to the art and craft of nature printing.
Highlights of Content
Easy prints using stamp pads
Easy-to-advanced greeting cards
When to use brush, brayer or dauber
Drying plants for successful printing
How to make your own printing press
Creative background techniques
Flower pounding -- natural dyes
How to print with metallic powders
Printing on tiles, glass and clay
Complicated printing made easy
Tips on composition with botanicals
Sources for new and old processes
Illustrated with 200 full color photographs
Easy prints using stamp pads
Easy-to-advanced greeting cards
When to use brush, brayer or dauber
Drying plants for successful printing
How to make your own printing press
Creative background techniques
Flower pounding -- natural dyes
How to print with metallic powders
Printing on tiles, glass and clay
Complicated printing made easy
Tips on composition with botanicals
Sources for new and old processes
Illustrated with 200 full color photographs
Book Specifications
Pages - 80
Binding - perfect bound
Size 8 1/2 by 11 inches
Over 200 color illustrations
Cost $20.00
Priority shipping USA $5.00
Shipping International $13.00
