Offering a compendium of insight at an irresistible value, three bestselling art instructors provide beginning artists with a wealth of botanical projects in this encyclopedic resource. With each author focusing on their own area of expertise, Denis John-Naylor, Janet Whittle, and Penny Brown provide 140 total step-by-step projects across a host of flower and planet species, which include trees such as live oak, eucalyptus, and aspen; exotic flowers such as amaryllis, delphinium, and fuchia; and more common species such as roses, foxgloves, cornflowers, and forget-me-nots. To enrich the experience of capturing lifelike plants, each author shares their own personal insights into the still life processbreaking down each elegant example into basic geometric circles and squares and then systematically adding detail.

Denis John-Naylor is an art instructor who studied natural history illustration at Bournemouth College of Art and wildlife painting at Swansea Institute. He is the author of Drawing Trees and How to Draw: Trees. Janet Whittle is a professional artist and teacher who specializes in flowers and landscapes in watercolor and pastel. She exhibits regularly at the Westminster Galleries in London and is the author of How to Draw: Flowers, Janet Whittle's Watercolour Flowers, and Painting Flowers and Plants. Penny Brown is an artist and a former theater set designer. She is the author of Aboriginal Designs and Art Nouveau Designs.