The Art Of Drawing And Colouring From Nature, Flowers, Fruit, And Shells: To Which Is Added, Correct Directions For Preparing The Most Brilliant Colours For Painting On Velvet, With The Mode Of Using Them, Also The New Method Of Oriental Tinting ; With Plain And Coloured Drawings
Nathaniel Whittock's 1829 drawing manual, published in England and held by Heidelberg University Library, teaches amateurs to draw and colour flowers, fruit and shells from nature. The pictures are plain pencil studies and hand-coloured botanical sprigs of roses, asters, bindweed and honeysuckle, shown as single stems on pale paper, offering a designer clear, reference-style floral drawing with light shading and restrained colour.
