New Eyes for Plants A Workbook for Observing and Drawing Plants Margaret Colquhoun Illustrated by Axel Ewald
160 pp.
Hawthorn Press
Paperback
Published: September 1996
If you’re trying to understand how something came
about or get closer to something in Nature, then you might start with
the first impression of it...and then slowly, as you look at it, you
come down through its life context...until you start to be aware of a
life process within the physical. —Dr. Margaret Colquhoun
This
book is about a different way of seeing and understanding nature.
Detailed, scientific facts are closely interwoven with artistic
observation. The authors pose and answer this question: "How do we
develop a way of perceiving and thinking that will do justice to life
processes?"
A wide variety of common plants are beautifully drawn at every stage of development, from bud and seed to flower and fruit.
The
inspiring illustrations are complemented by clear instructions that
enable the reader to create finely observed and accurate drawings. This
over-sized book has numerous black and white illustrations.
CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
1. A Question of Life—or not
2. Beginnings or Ends
3. Plant Becoming
4. Springing into Summer
5. The Flowering of Summer
6. Autumn Fruits
7. New Eyes for Plants
Appendix I
Appendix II