Plants Coloring Book
Medicinal Plants
For centuries plants have been used to assuage or cure a wide variety of human ills. Even such familiar “weeds” as the dandelion have their palliative uses. This informative coloring book, featuring 44 accurate drawings by botanical illustrator Ilil Arbel, focuses on such medicinal plants from around the world as foxglove, belladonna, mayapple, valerian, dandelion, chamomile, quinine, arnica, burdock, tamarind, lobelia, and many more.
Each illustration is accompanied by an informative caption outlining the plant's coloration and physical characteristics, geographic distribution, and medicinal uses. Invaluable as an identification guide and pictorial reference, this volume will appeal to colorists of all ages as well as to artists and crafters in need of royalty-free plant illustrations.
Herbs
For centuries the cultivation of herbs has yielded fragrance, medicine, flavoring, and nourishment to a vast array of civilizations, including our own. Coriander, lavender, marjoram, saffron, thyme — all have proven to be plants of great versatility and beauty.
Here is your chance to learn 30 of the most important culinary herbs, drawn life-size by Stefen Bernath. Each herb is displayed with its scientific name. You can color these herbs realistically with the help of the full-color illustrations shown on the covers, or you can use your own powers of observation and imagination. In either case, this book proves a delightful tool for recognizing and describing herbs.
Dover Original.
For centuries plants have been used to assuage or cure a wide variety of human ills. Even such familiar “weeds” as the dandelion have their palliative uses. This informative coloring book, featuring 44 accurate drawings by botanical illustrator Ilil Arbel, focuses on such medicinal plants from around the world as foxglove, belladonna, mayapple, valerian, dandelion, chamomile, quinine, arnica, burdock, tamarind, lobelia, and many more.
Each illustration is accompanied by an informative caption outlining the plant's coloration and physical characteristics, geographic distribution, and medicinal uses. Invaluable as an identification guide and pictorial reference, this volume will appeal to colorists of all ages as well as to artists and crafters in need of royalty-free plant illustrations.
Herbs
For centuries the cultivation of herbs has yielded fragrance, medicine, flavoring, and nourishment to a vast array of civilizations, including our own. Coriander, lavender, marjoram, saffron, thyme — all have proven to be plants of great versatility and beauty.
Here is your chance to learn 30 of the most important culinary herbs, drawn life-size by Stefen Bernath. Each herb is displayed with its scientific name. You can color these herbs realistically with the help of the full-color illustrations shown on the covers, or you can use your own powers of observation and imagination. In either case, this book proves a delightful tool for recognizing and describing herbs.
Dover Original.