Re: Botanical Illustration

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Hello James,

Expanding the competition this way is an interesting way to help build
the competition, TAG, and the hobby in general (IM rarelyH opionion).

While I haven't the drawing talent that God gave a catepillar, I am
nonetheless very interested.  I think that illustrations are very often
superior to photos for identification -- a good drawing artist can draw
all the characteristic features while most photos don't show idealized
representations.

Beyond identification, they can be as gorgeous as any well done drawing
of a beautiful subject.

So I think this is a great idea and hope that there are many out there
with much more drawing ability than I.

Scott H.
  --- James Purchase <jppurchase@rogers.com> wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> With the recent and ongoing discussion of "Aquascaping as Art" which
> has
> taken place on the APD, I'd like to get some input and feedback on a
> related
> topic.
> 
> Botanical illustration has a long history in both botany as a science
> and in
> the fishkeeping hobby. There are many really beautiful botanical
> illustrations (as opposed to photographs) of aquatic plants in older
> books.
> 
> I'm wondering if there is any interest among the subscribers to the
> APD and
> the membership of the AGA in botanical illustration as an "art form",
> and/or
> if any of you actually do it, either as a hobby or professionally.
> 
> Why my interest??? Several reasons...., aside from the fact that I
> really
> like it myself.
> 
> While it hasn't been "officially announced" as of yet, I'm back
> handling
> this year's AGA International Aquascaping Contest. I'm seriously
> considering
> including "Botanical Illustration" as a category in the Contest, if
> there is
> sufficient interest in it. If there are hobbyists out there who like
> to
> paint and or draw their aquatic plants (fish too I suppose) it might
> be nice
> to include them in the Contest as a separate category.
> 
> Additionally, TAG could always use (and benefit from) having a bank
> of
> botanical illustrations for inclusion in its pages.
> 
> So what do you say - if we include such a category in this year's AGA
> Contest, are any of you likely to enter? Does anyone think that
> professional
> artists (i.e. those associated with Botanical Gardens, etc.) might
> submit
> enteries if given the opportunity?
> 
> Is the idea of including such work compatible with the Contest? This
> is
> after all, about YOU - what do YOU want to see???
> 
> James Purchase
> Toronto
> 
> 
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