Drawing and Painting Botanicals for Artists

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DRAWINGBotanicals

Proficiency in drawing is by far the most important quality needed in creating traditional botanicals. Hours spent observing and drawing what you see will be of enormous benefit later when you work with the added complexities of applying paint.

With drawing, we can eliminate those questions and concerns and focus on what we see in the specimen before us. Choose a simply shaped flower or leaf that appeals to you. You’re going to be looking at it for a long time. Look through your garden; have your eyes open during a walk in the woods or even in the produce aisle at the grocery store. You never know when you’ll find that perfect peach to draw!

MEDIUMS AND SUPPLIES

What’s nice about drawing is that the supplies are simple, ...