The Joy of Botanical Drawing, A Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing and Painting Flowers, Leaves, Fruit, and More by Hollender, Wendy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Introduction

How to Use This Book Botanical Drawing Basics The Daily Practice Materials

Chapter One: Understanding Light Source to Create Three-Dimensional Form

Chapter Two: Adding Tone to Three-Dimensional Form

Highlight Drawing a Small Tomato in Neutral Tones Drawing a Branch Combining a Cylinder and a Cup Shape to Form a Mushroom How to Draw Convincing Cast Shadows, Reflective Highlights, and Highlights Combining a Cone and a Sphere to Form a Pear

Chapter Three: Adding Color to Form

Color Theory: Exploring the Color Wheel Color Matching and Blending with Colored Pencils and Watercolor Pencils Drawing a Red Tomato in Colored Pencil and Watercolor Mixing Bright Colors and Shadows Mixing Earth-Tone Colors and Shadows

Chapter Four: Focus on Leaves

Parallel Veining and Overlapping Leaf Basic Leaf-Veining Practice A Basic Leaf with Net Veining Colorful Leaf with Watercolor Leaf Front and Back

Chapter Five: Perspective and Measuring Accurately

Perspective on a Cup Measuring a Cross Section of a Fruit in Perspective Drawing a Tubular Flower in Perspective

Chapter Six: Overlaps

Overlapping Leaf Basic Root Overlaps Drawing a Garlic Bulb with Thin, Hairy Roots Advanced Root Overlaps Overlapping Petals of a Flower Overlapping on a Rolled Piece of Birch Bark Overlapping on Small Fruits, Leaves, and Stems

Chapter Seven: Exploring Flowers

Drawing a Petal Making an Herbarium Page Making a Process Page from Your Herbarium Page Drawing a Morning Glory (Tubular Flower) Drawing an Allamanda (Tubular Flower) Drawing an Anemone (White Disk-Shaped Flower) Drawing a Zinnia (Composite Flower) Drawing a Hibiscus (Disk- or Funnel-Shaped Flower) Drawing a Rose (Cup Flower)

Chapter Eight: Cross-Contour and Patterns on Form and Color

Cross-Contour and Pattern on an Apple Drawing the Spiral Pattern on a Pine or Spruce Cone Drawing the Pattern on a Strawberry Drawing the Pattern of Spikes on a Sweet Chestnut

Chapter Nine: Bite-Size Botanical Compositions

Plant Process Pages Watermelon Radish Hydrangea (Inflorescence Flower) Page Composition Study Avocado (Persea Americana) Morel Process Page

Conclusion: Staying Motivated

Sources for Subjects Evaluate the Components of Your Own Drawing

Acknowledgments About the Author List of Illustrations Index