By Michael Best Creating botanical art in a war zone is a battle. And Ukrainian botanical artist, Alona Hrinchuk, is living that battle. She’s creating botanical art in circumstances unimaginable to those of us whose daily lives do not include air raid sirens,...
While working on my latest e-booklet on watercolour techniques for botanical art, I was looking for images by artists whose work offers information on the process they use, while at the same time speaking to an identifiable style. In other words, I wanted works that...
I’ve been offline for almost all of December while visiting the Western Cape region of South Africa; a special place that was once my home. One purpose of our trip was to attend an important family celebration. But it was also an opportunity to enjoy a much-needed...
This past week botanical artists received a warning about how seedy the seedy side of social media can be, especially since the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). I was visiting the Botanical Art for Coloured Pencil group on Facebook, when a new post caught my...
When my first e-booklet on composition was released, I promised another would follow. As I mentioned at the time, a single, thirty-page booklet could not possibly cover all that had to be said about such a comprehensive subject. The first booklet addressed the...
I’m quite frequently asked if it’s okay to print a copy of my e-booklets, and my answer is always the same: “Of course it is!” Just because the booklets are delivered digitally as convenient, easy-to-navigate, interactive e-booklets doesn’t mean that you can’t print...
