The Kew Book of Drawing Flowers Failsafe Lessons for Drawing Floral and Botanical Elements. for Journaling, for Stationery, for Keeps

About this book

The Kew Book of Drawing Flowers is a step-by-step guide to drawing flowers by botanical illustrator Bianca Giarola. As a self-taught artist, this book collects everything Bianca wished she knew when she first started drawing flowers, encouraging readers to practice directly on their preferred medium (sketchbook, paper, and so on). From the most basic to the more intricate blooms, each project increases in difficulty and teaches a new fundamental technique, making it perfect for beginners wanting to gain a complete understanding of how to draw flowers. Readers will be able to use what they've learned right away in their own art projects, be it home prints, journals and stationery.

Contents

Introduction
Chapter One: Anatomy of a Flower
Chapter Two: How to Draw Flowers
Chapter Three: Ideas for Applications
Index and Credits

Customer Reviews

Biography

Bianca Giarola is a botanical illustrator based in Verona, Italy. Passionate about drawing since her childhood, she found her calling while working as a marketing manager in a communication agency in Milan. Her work is inspired by nature in all its blooms, translated on paper in a mixture of realism and pure imagination. She has taught hundreds of people in live workshops through her Instagram account, where she has built an engaged community of artists and flower lovers.