Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Monday, August 6, 2018

Botanical Art weblinks


Botanical artists to have a look at:
During my Botanical drawing class on Saturday I mentioned some botanical art web links worth looking at:






Sunday, May 6, 2018

Meet Your Tablet - iPad links for class


Here is a list of websites demonstrated with the class today. 

Gcflearnfree.org has a number of Online computer tutorials  and computer tutorials speciically on the iPad with notes included.

Gcflearnfree tutorials

iPad tutorials


Difference between a laptop and a tablet

Getting Started with your iPad

Gestures and Features of the iPad

Using Apps: (Notes)

You can’t do everything on an iPad (funny video)

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Botanical Drawing and Illustration books





Drawing calm : relax, refresh, refocus with 20 drawing, painting, and collage workshops inspired by Klimt, Klee, Monet, and more / Susan Evenson.
by Evenson, Susan, author(2017).

Botanical sketchbooks / Helen & William Bynum.
by Bynum, Helen (2017)

Botanical drawing : a step-by-step guide to drawing flowers, vegetables, fruit and other plant life / Penny Brown.
by Brown, Penny (2018)

Botanical line drawing : 200 step-by-step flowers, leaves, cacti, succulents, and other items found in nature / Peggy Dean.
by Dean, Peggy (2017)

Botanical line drawing : cacti & succulent edition : 200 step-by-step illustrations / Peggy Dean.
by Dean, Peggy (2017)

Botanical illustration : the first ten lessons / Valerie C. Price.
by Price, Valerie C.,(2017)

The art of botanical & bird illustration / Mindy Lighthipe.
by Lighthipe, Mindy (2017)

Drawing lifelike subjects : [a complete guide to rendering flowers, landscapes, and animals] / with Diane Cardaci ... [and others]
by Cardaci, Diane. (2009)

Botanical illustration / Valerie Oxley.
by Oxley, Valerie.(2008)

Botanical illustration : painting with watercolours Siriol Sherlock.
by Sherlock, Siriol.(2007)

Botanical illustration : painting with watercolours / Siriol Sherlock.
by Sherlock, Siriol. (2004)

The golden age of flowers : botanical illustration in the age of discovery 1600 1800 / Celia Fisher.
by Fisher, Celia.(2013)

Picturing plants : an analytical history of botanical illustration / Gill Saunders.
by Saunders, Gill. (2009)

The art of botanical illustration / Wilfrid Blunt and William T. Stearn.
by Blunt, Wilfrid (1994)

Botanical Shakespeare : an illustrated compendium of all the flowers, fruits, herbs, trees, seeds, and grasses cited by the world's greatest playwright / written and edited by Gerit Quealy ; conceived and illustrated by Sumie Hasegawa-Collins ; with a foreword by Helen Mirren.
by Quealy, Gerit (2017)

The art of science : Nicolas Baudin's voyagers 1800-1804 / edited by Jean Fornasiero, Lindl Lawton and John West-Sooby.
by Fornasiero, F. J. (F. Jean) (2017)

Painting by numbers : the life and art of Ferdinand Bauer / David Mabberley.
by Mabberley, D. J. (2017)

Joseph Banks' Florilegium : botanical treasures from Cook's first voyage / with texts by Mel Gooding ; commentaries on the plates by David Mabberley ; and an afterword by Joe Studholme.
by Banks, Joseph (2017)

Monday, January 8, 2018

Food Glorious Food



TOP Australian Food Websites
Delicious (Magazine) at: http://www.delicious.com.au/
Ninemsn recipes at: www.food.ninemsn.com.au
Gourmet Traveller (Magazine) at: http://www.gourmettraveller.com.au

Recipe websites
Saveur at: https://www.saveur.com
SOAR recipe database at: http://www.recipesource.com/
All Recipes at: http://allrecipes.com/
Simply Recipes at: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/

Healthy Eating
Better Health Victoria Recipe search at: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/healthyliving/recipes

TV Snacks

Vegetarian food

General Food blogs
The Feed Report at: https://www.zomato.com/thefeedreport/blogs
Adelaide Food Central at: http://adelaidefoodcentral.com/

Food Safety

Top 5 Food finder Apps
1. Urbanspoon
2. Yelp
3. Trip Advisor
4. Good Food & Travel Guide
5. Yum Table


Food Magazines
Food Magazines available on RBDigital (as at Jan 2018) at: https://www.rbdigital.com/SAPLN/service/magazines/landing?q=%2Ffood-cooking%2F&p_num=1
Titles from RBDigital include:

Food Books
There is thousands of Recipe and Food related books available via the public library catalogue.
Cuisine Search
Search using the keyword “cooking” combined with the cuisine you want to search for. For example: “Cooking Thai”, “Cooking Italian

Dietary Requirement Search
Search using the keyword “cooking” combined with the dietary requirement you want to search for. For example: “Cooking Gluten Free” “Cooking Vegan

Food History
Search using the keywords “food & history” For example: “Food History