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Visit www.painters-online.co.uk/store and click on the link to books to buy the latest practical art books available from LP’s online bookshop. There’s also 20% off all Search Press books in our bookshop this month!

Colour for botanical artists

In her introduction to her new book, Leigh Ann Gale writes: ‘I am fascinated by the way in which plants use colour to communicate

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