Showing posts with label historical pigments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical pigments. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 September 2015

In the footsteps of Ellen Hutchins


Shevaun Doherty SBA Botanical Artist
"An understanding of the natural world and what's in it,
is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment." 
David Attenborough

A curious mind is an essential part of being a botanical artist, so when I was asked by Howard Fox,  botanist at the National Botanic Gardens, to get involved with the Ellen Hutchins bicentenary celebrations, I said