The Joy of Botanical Drawing
A Step-by-step Guide to Drawing and Painting Flowers, Leaves, Fruit, and More
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed · Print & ebook · April 7, 2020
A gorgeous, easy-to-follow, and inspiring guide to stunningly realistic botanical drawing that covers everything you need to draw our natural world.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers learning realistic botanical drawing techniques
- Themes
- Botanical illustration, Nature and observation, Mindful drawing practice
- Genres
- Pencil Drawing, Animals & Plants in Art, Watercolor Techniques
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A gorgeous, easy-to-follow, and inspiring guide to stunningly realistic botanical drawing that covers everything you need to draw our natural world. Achieve amazingly realistic and vibrant botanical illustrations, from flowers so dazzling you feel as if you might be able to smell them, to tomatoes that look as if they've just been picked from the garden.
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Wendy Hollender is known for her vivid, detailed, and inspiring illustrations and in The Joy of Botanical Drawing, she helps you take your art to the next level by sharing her perfected techniques through short lessons that start simple, then build on the basics with easy-to-use and clear step-by-step illustrations. Using colored pencils and watercolor pencils, Hollender shows you how to accomplish scientifically accurate botanical portraits of a spiraling pine cone, a spiky chestnut, a fuchsia-tined radish, a graceful morning glory, and many more. From colorful leaves to delicate petals to textured bark and slender stems, The Joy of Botanical Drawing will give you the skills to complete lifelike drawings while also enjoying nature and the mindfulness of a regular drawing practice.
Who it’s for
- Readers learning realistic botanical drawing techniques
- Artists interested in colored-pencil and watercolor-pencil instruction
Where it sits
| Animals & Plants in Art | 71% |
|---|---|
| Pencil Drawing | 58% |
| Watercolor Techniques | 49% |
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Publisher categories
- Drawing Techniques
- Watercolor Techniques
- Animals & Plants in Art
- Authors
- Wendy Hollender
- Publisher
- Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
- Published
- April 7, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Botanical illustration · Nature and observation · Mindful drawing practice
- Reading lane
- Drawing Techniques