The Kew Gardens Flowering Plants Colouring Book

Name: The Kew Gardens Flowering Plants Colouring Book
Brand: Bookreps NZ Limited
SKU: 9781784045616
Price: 21.99 NZD
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Over 40 Beautiful Illustrations Plus Colour Guides

By The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Series: Kew Gardens Arts & Activities

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Summary

The Kew Gardens Flowering Plants Colouring Book showcases 44 exquisite line artworks of flowering plants sourced from the historic archive of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Each illustration is paired with the artist’s original watercolour plate, offering a precise and vibrant reference drawn from life. This elegant colouring book invites colourists of all ages to explore detailed botanical forms and produce accurate, beautiful representations while enjoying hours of creative pleasure.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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The Kew Gardens Flowering Plants Colouring Book

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This colouring book is ideal for children and adults with an interest in botany, natural history, and art. It suits those seeking a stimulating and educational creative activity that combines artistic expression with learning about flowering plants.

A gorgeous colouring book which showcases illustrations by accomplished British botanical artists Harriet Anne Hooker Thiselton-Dyer and Walter Hood Fitch, originally featured in Curtis's Botanical Magazine. This title will appeal to green-fingered artists everywhere who will delight in bringing the line drawings to life in glorious colour.

Description

The Kew Gardens Flowering Plants Colouring Book is an elegant colouring book featuring artworks of flowering plants sourced from the archive of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the world's most enduring and respected periodical of its kind, published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

There are 44 line artworks for you to colour in, each accompanied by the artist's original watercolour plate. Drawn from life, these images demonstrate the detail, colour, and tone of the actual plant and will inspire you to produce increasingly accurate representations while exploring the remarkable variety of botanical form.

For anyone with an interest in botany and flowering plants, this book contains images to savour and treasure, promising hours of stimulation and pleasure.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Publishing and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have collaborated to create a wonderful selection of botanical-themed arts, crafts, and activity books, including origami, dot-to-dots, and colour-by-numbers.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784045616

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 July 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Arcturus

Illustration: Paperback

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 225.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 328g

Pages: 96

Collections

Activity Books and Kits Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Colouring Books Drawing, Colouring and Painting Books for Kids Series: Kew Gardens Arts & Activities The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

About the Author

The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew are one of the oldest botanic gardens in the world and are a centre of scientific excellence. The images selected for this book come from the archives (which are held at Kew) of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the world's oldest botanical magazine that was established in 1787.