A unique and exciting approach to botanical illustration, this beginner guide demonstrates everything you need to know about capturing beautiful botanical specimens on paper. Each exercise guides the…
April 2015Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-271-3Batsford
A practical guide to using gouache in botanical painting, by a leading botanical painter. Gouache is an opaque water-based medium, often called body colour, that produces crisp and…
March 2016Hardcover$29.95978-1-84994-265-2Batsford
An illustrated, comprehensive guide to botanical painting written by the Society of Botanical Artists. In this new book the Society of Botanical Artists provides a comprehensive guide to…
August 2018Hardcover$34.95978-1-84994-452-6Batsford
This is the story of one woman’s journey from amateur painter to botanical artist, told through the sketchbooks and paintings she produced for the Distance Learning Diploma Course…
March 2015Trade Paperback$19.95978-1-84994-151-8Batsford
Shirley Trevena is a well-known and successful watercolourist, with a huge international fan base. Throughout her career she has pushed the boundaries of watercolour and is regarded as…
February 2012Hardcover$27.95978-1-906388-83-6Batsford
The illustrations of Brian Cook from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s have become iconic. His heightened use of colour, in a flat colour poster style, is much imitated,…
March 2012Hardcover$14.95978-1-84994-036-8Batsford
A stunning new edition of the earliest atlas of the British Isles. Britain’s Tudor Maps: County by County reproduces the maps of John Speed’s 1611 collection The Theatre…
October 2016Hardcover$34.95978-1-84994-384-0Batsford
A beautifully illustrated practical guide to creating beautiful modern lettering with brushes and brush pens. Learn brush lettering with this creative guide from calligrapher extraordinaire Rebecca Cahill Roots,…
September 2025Hardcover$9.98978-1-83733-013-3Batsford
A beautifully illustrated practical guide to creating beautiful modern lettering with brushes and brush pens. Learn brush lettering with this creative guide from calligrapher extraordinaire Rebecca Cahill Roots,…
October 2019Hardcover$19.95978-1-84994-544-8Batsford
An authoritative overview of an increasingly popular period of British architecture from a leading architectural historian. Brutalist architecture is more popular now than ever. This beautifully photographed book…
March 2023Hardcover$39.95978-1-84994-727-5Batsford
A beautifully designed celebration of the 40th birthday of the Barbican Arts Centre, in the heart of the City of London. It is the largest multi-arts centre in…
February 2022Hardcover$60.00978-1-84994-681-0Batsford
The rise of the celebrity chef and the downturn in the economy has re-kindled an interest in all things culinary and encouraged the great British public back indoors…
September 2016Hardcover$12.95978-1-84994-375-8Batsford
An expertly curated collection of art and literature for all to benefit from the advantageous effects of creativity on calmness and stress reduction. Calm Your Mind uses the…
October 2024Hardcover$24.95978-1-84994-926-2Batsford