Resumen de How to look at a plant in order to render a scientific illustration
Ana Paula Gaspar, Pedro Salgado
Scientific illustration is the accurate depiction of objects and concepts in science; therefore the eye of the scientific illustrator must go beyond the ability to render an attractive drawing. The scientific illustrator must communicate research results in a way that is appealing and useful to the scientist. In this work, scientific illustration was applied to the depiction of two Leguminosae species: Astragalus massiliensis (Miller) Lam subsp. vicentinus (Samp.) Diaz et al and Dorycnium hirsutum (L..) Ser. var. prostratum Jord. Fourr. from S. Vicente cape, Portu-gal. They are present in two different habitats of Southwest Littoral Natural Park (P.N.S.A.C.V.). This or includes black and white illustrations of plant morphology and representations of habitat. Different rendering techniques and fundamental procedures are used in these two types of illustration.
