Public Domain

Here is a public domain (free and open) source for a very early herbal (1440!), those books that told apothecaries, physicians and others what plants to use for various needs...the forerunner of today's modern botanical illustrations!

Tractatuss de Herbis
http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/tractatus-de-herbis-ca-1440/?utm_content=bufferb1bfb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Judy

A Few Resources

Some edifying reads!

For those of you who don’t know about this, John Muir Laws posts simple tutorials (text and video) on various aspects of nature drawing, including plants.  They are good refreshers!

http://www.johnmuirlaws.com/art-and-drawing/how-to-foreshorten-leaves-advanced

Composition summed up, a good read and reference:
http://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/how-to/Floral-Nature/1242/how-to-setup-a-composition


Judy Thomas