Botanical studies and marbled paper. (includes related article on marbling)

From: School Arts | Date: April 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

High school art students can learn principles of design and illustration by creating representations of flowers based on the illustrations that used to appear in botanical texts. The project involves painting floral figures against a white background, then adding a marbled border to the painting.

For some time, I have been attracted to botanical studies framed in marbleized mats. Marbled papers were once used for end papers in books that illustrated botanicals. Eventually, these studies were brought out of books and used as artworks. The marbled end papers were transformed into a ...

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