A Step-by-Step Guide to Botanical Drawing & Painting - Hidenari Kobayashi

A Step-by-Step Guide to Botanical Drawing & Painting is a practical art instruction book by Hidenari Kobayashi. This paperback guide focuses on creating realistic pencil and watercolour illustrations in the French botanical style.

Key details

• Author: Hidenari Kobayashi
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 128
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 31 December 2023
• ISBN: 9780804856393

Synopsis

Richly illustrated throughout, this step-by-step guide sets out the tools and materials required for botanical drawing and painting, then explains the techniques used to build finished work in a French botanical approach. Kobayashi leads you through the creative process from initial sketch to final brushstroke, with lessons covering 18 botanical subjects.

Projects include flowers such as roses, tulips, hydrangeas, lilies and wildflowers, alongside vegetables, fruits and nuts including red onions, green peppers, lemons, kumquats and walnuts. Further studies feature pine cones, holly leaves and berries, succulents and a range of leaf types, making it well suited to artists looking for structured practice in pencil and watercolour.

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