By: Penny Brown A definitive artist’s guide to drawing detailed and accurate plants, flowers and other vegetation in pencil.Botanical Drawing touches on the history of this fascinating art form, its rules and practicalities, and includes an accessible, basic study of botany for the absolute beginner. In this informative volume, artist Penny Brown expertly explains the materials, learnings and techniques required to produce accurate botanical illustrations. Follow her clear step-by-step instructions and close studies and explorations of the subjects to produce your own illustrations of plants, flowers, vegetables and their myriad parts. The aim of this book is to give you the confidence and enthusiasm to tackle your own projects; to show you how broad a subject botanical drawing is, and how satisfying and enjoyable it can be.“Study nature diligently, be guided by nature… for truly art is hidden in nature and he who can draw it out possesses it.” – Albrecht Dürer
