Botanical Drawing in Color: A Basic Guide to Mastering Realistic Form and Naturalistic Color

Botanical Drawing In Color offers a thorough immersion into the world of scientifically accurate, three-dimensional, and artistically rendered natural illustration. Whether you re just broaching this unique skill or are already an expert, these step-by-step instructions are an invaluable reference guide, written by one of the nation s leading experts in the field, Wendy Hollender. Each lesson here increases in complexity to build your skill set in a clear, concise, and accessible way. With a focus on the natural world through the botanical life-cycle, each project is not only a technical study, but a beautiful piece of artwork in and of itself.

Learn:


Single light source toning technique
Principles of perspective for drawing flowers
The fundamentals of plant anatomy
Colored pencil techniques and color theory of the natural world