RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR A BASIC LIBRARY FOR A BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATOR:

1. Cecile Baird (2005): Painting Light with Colored Pencil – North light Books, ISBN-10
1-58180-530-6

2. Allan D. Bell (2009): Plant Form. An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plant Morphology.
Drawings by Alan Bryan. – Timber Press, ISBN: 978-0-88192-850-1

3. Brako, L., Rossman, A.Y. & Farr, D. (1995): Scientific and Common names of 7,000
Vascular Plants in the United States. – ASP Press (America Phytopathological Society),
ISBN: 0-89054-171-X

4. Bert Dodson (1985): Keys to Drawing. North Light Books, ISBN-10: 0891343377

5. Janie Gildow & Barbara Benedetti Newton (2006); Colored Pencil Solution Book -
North Light Books, ISBN-10: 1581809190

6. Janie Gildow (2002): Colored Pencil Explorations - North Light Books, ISBN 1-58480-
186-6

7. Coral G Guest (2001): Painting Flowers in Watercolour, a naturalistic approach -

.ISBN-10: 0881925098

8. Harris, J. G. & Harris, M.W. (1994, 10th printing 2004): Plant identification
terminology. An Illustrated Glossary; 2nd edition. – Spring Lake Publishing, Spring Lake,
Utah; ISBN:0-96402-216-8

9. Heywood, V.H., Brummit, R.K., Culham, A. & Seberg, O., 2007. Flowering Plant
families of the World - A Firefly Book ISBN – 13: 978-1-55407-206-4.

10. Elaine Hodges (editor) (2003): The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration (2nd
Edition). New Jersey: Wiley and Sons.

11. H. Walter Lack (2001): Garden Eden: Masterpieces of Botanical Book Illustration –
Taschen, ISBN-10: 3822815217

12. Rosie Martin & Meriael Thurstan (2008): Botanical illustration Course: With the
Eden Project - Bratsford, ISBN-10: 0713490748

13. Agathe Ravet-Havermans (2009): The Art of Botanical Drawing: An Introductory

Guide – Timber Press, ISBN-10: 0881929905
14. Mary Ann Scott & Margaret Stevens (2010): Botanical Sketchbook – American Artist
Books, ISBN-10: 1596682329

15. Sarah Simblet (2010): Botany for the Artist: An Inspirational Guide to Drawing
Plants - DK Publishing, ISBN-10: 0756652502

16. Siriol Sherlock (2007): Botanical Illustration, Painting with Watercolours – ISBN-10:
0713490527

17. Billy Showell (2010): A-Z of Flower Portraits – An Illustrated Guide – Search Press,
ISBN-10: 1844484521

18. Billy Showell (2009): Watercolor Fruit and Vegetable Portraits – Search Press, ISBN-
10: 1844482723

19. Joseph A. Smith (1999): The Pen & Ink Book, Materials and Techniques for Today’s
Artist – Watson-Guptill, ISBN-10: 0-8230-3986-2

20. Margaret Stevens (2005): The Art of Botanical Painting - Harper Collins Publisher,
ISBN-10: 0060819073

21. Ann Swan (2010): Botanical Portraits with Colored Pencils - Barron’s, ISBN-10:
0764169742

22. Keith West (2005): How to Draw Plants – Timber Press, ISBN-10: 0881923508