Art Class: Flowers and Foliage

Flowers and Foliage: Creating contemporary botanical art explores the always popular subject matter of botanical art. This is a beginner's guide to creating contemporary botanical art for everyone who loves flowers such as tulips, sunflowers, orchids, and many more.

Fantastic ice-breaker exercises include:

• drawing with the non-dominant hand
• blind contour exercise to test hand-eye coordination
• drawing a flower upside down to practise observational skills to draw what you see rather than your perceived idea of what a flower looks like.

To help guide readers and budding artists to create their own amazing botanical art, each activity includes:

• step-by-step imagery,
• flower diagrams with labels
• original commissioned photography

The projects include working with different media such as watercolour, pastel, pencil, and ink, using a range of popular flowers as inspiration. With a focus on appreciating nature and making time to play, this simple introduction makes the beloved style of botanical art accessible to all.