Reproductions of botanical drawings made in the 1840s and 1850s, by several different Indian artists for the East India Company surgeon, and pioneering Forest Conservator, Hugh Cleghorn (1820-1895).

The need for exactness differentiates botanical illustration from more general flower painting. In the hands of a talented botanical artist, however, the illustration goes beyond its scientific ...

The MSU Horticulture Gardens held its first Botanical Art Bar event Sunday as part of the Garden Hangout Series.

Botanical artist Eileen Malone-Brown is seated, bent forward, intently concentrating on a painting she is working on of a green apple with leaves. She carefully puts a small amount of paint on one ...

The art of documenting plants and flowers is having a resurgence, with more and more people wanting to draw what they see rather than take photos. Illustrations of native Australian plants and flowers ...

Macoto Murayama can spend months on one of his botanical illustrations, and when he's done, the plant looks like something that blossomed in outer space. First, he dissects his subject with a scalpel, ...

A new study published in the Journal of World Prehistory reveals that some of humanity's earliest artistic representations of botanical figures were far more than decorative; they were mathematical.

A series of hand painted botanical colour drawings have been discovered in a rare 18th century book hidden in an old trunk. A series of hand painted botanical colour drawings have been discovered in a ...

Flourishing: Chinese Chrysanthemum cultivar, from 'The Golden Age of Botanical Art' One of the perks of being a writer who gardens is the books that drop through my letterbox to review. I’m rarely ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...