A step-by-step guide for artists who are learning to draw some of nature's most detailed living creatures. Each page features one creature, as Washburn starts with the beginning sketch lines and constructs the form to a finished drawing. She includes tips for improving and enha…
From the publisher. Once considered marginal members of the animal world (at best) or vile and offensive creatures (at worst), insects saw a remarkable uptick in their status during the early Renaissance. This quickened interest was primarily manifested in visual images -- in il…
Studie over hoe het maken van afbeeldingen van insecten inspireerde tot nieuwe ideeën over kunst, wetenschap en natuur in Europa in de periode 1500-1700.
From the publisher. Once considered marginal members of the animal world (at best) or vile and offensive creatures (at worst), insects saw a remarkable uptick in their status during the early Renaissance. This quickened interest was primarily manifested in visual images -- in il…
Once considered marginal members of the animal world (at best) or vile and offensive creatures (at worst), insects saw a remarkable uptick in their status during the early Renaissance. This quickened interest was primarily manifested in visual images--in illuminated manuscripts,…
Instructions for twenty models: treehopper, spotted ladybug, orb weaver, tarantula, tick, ant, butterfly, scarab beetle, cicada, grasshopper, black pine sawyer, dragonfly, hercules beetle, long-necked seed bug, pill bug, praying mantis, stag beetle, paper wasp, samurai helmet be…
Instructions for twenty models: treehopper, spotted ladybug, orb weaver, tarantula, tick, ant, butterfly, scarab beetle, cicada, grasshopper, black pine sawyer, dragonfly, hercules beetle, long-necked seed bug, pill bug, praying mantis, stag beetle, paper wasp, samurai helmet be…
Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing insects, including the bumblebee, giant beetle, and yellow jacket.
Lots of insects suck blood, but one species above all others has a reputation, out of all proportion to its size: the mosquito. Due to the diseases they carry and inject, mosquitoes are responsible for more human deaths than any other animal. The most deadly of these diseases is…
Bug zappers were invented for one purpose: to kill mosquitoes, the bane of many summer evenings, camping trips, and exotic vacations. These blood-sucking insects do more than leave us with itchy bites, though. The diseases they carry and inject, such as yellow fever, dengue feve…
In the early 1990s, members of the Origami Tanteidan Convention in Japan began a unique competition devoted to insects and other arthropods as, over a period of years, artists attempted to one-up each other, successively adding legs, antennae, wings, and more. Each year, the mod…
