Botanical Illustrations

Botanical illustrations have for centuries documented the natural world with rigorous scientific accuracy through watercolour, ink and engraving. The best traditional botanical illustrators depict flowers, plants, fruit and vegetables in painstaking, perfectionist detail, though often they have also developed methods to meet the demanding deadlines of modern commercial clients. Art directors may also require looser or more stylised imagery, and these commissions allow a truly stunning variety of creativity to bloom.