Beautiful Botanicals: Painting and Drawing Flowers and Plants

by Bente Starcke King

Acclaimed botanical artist Bente Starcke King shows artists of all levels how to create artful and soulful illustrations of tulips, irises, rose hips, echinacea and more. Taking readers step-by-step through proven techniques for capturing this popular subject matter, Beautiful *Provides numerous tips and 19 demonstrations for all the most popular mediums, including watercolor, pencil, pen and ink, ink wash and mixed media (watercolor with colored pencil or ink). *Draws even casual readers in with striking, colorful illustrations set against white backgrounds. *Appeals to fine artists, decorative painters and even garden enthusiasts with clear instruction and plentiful demonstrations. The book also covers such practical topics as cleaning, along with signing and framing one's artwork, and it includes interesting stories and facts about the flowers and plants presented. It's a must-have for any nature or art lover!

Genres: Art, Crafts, Drawing

127 pages, Spiral-bound

First published August 30, 2004

Reviews

[Inkedmusingshi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best botanical painting books I've come across so far. The chapters are kept short and the author avoids long monotonous descriptions that were frankly a turn off in a couple of other watercolor books I read. The exercises are simple and easy to complete. Although I didn't have all the colors, I was able to mix them without much struggle.

[Alicia]

Not sure if I need this, I find drawing flowers pretty easy. Well actually drawing flowers from photographs is easy, it might be harder to do a real bouquet or garden.

[Dot · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful drawings and helpful on technique