The Kew Book of Drawing Flora and Fauna by Joy-Louise Robinson

The Kew Book of Drawing Flora and Fauna by Joy-Louise Robinson includes 20 fantastic step-by-step drawing tutorials suitable for beginners. In her book, Joy-Louise will teach you how to draw beautiful flora and fauna in easy to follow steps. The projects in the book cover all kinds of subjects from flowers and birds, to insects and small animals. This book is ideal for beginners looking to learn or for more experienced sketchers looking to try something new.

With her simple and concise step-by-step instructions, you’ll soon master the art of Joy-Louise’s signature ‘bohemian botanical’ style. The book begins with a brief overview of the equipment you’ll need to get started, then follows with some warm-up exercises that will encourage you to experiment with mark-making. Joy-Louise discusses tips and techniques in depth, alongside illustrated steps for each project. She also includes a suggested colour palette for those looking to add paint or ink to their illustrations. Each project builds in difficulty so you can build your skills and confidence as you progress. There is also advice on how to digitise your drawings, and how to combine them into larger pieces.

Whether you want to illustrate a cheery daisy, shimmering beetle, majestic magpie of snuffling hedgehog, this book makes it easy to create your own characterful illustrations of flora and fauna.

THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW is a world-famous scientific organization, internationally respected for its outstanding collections and scientific expertise in plant and fungal diversity, conservation, and sustainable development in the UK and around the globe. Kew’s extensive collections include 200,000 botanical illustrations assembled over the last 200 years.

127 Page Paperback. 190mm x 235mm

LOOK INSIDE

• Introduction

• Drawing equipment

• Drawing warm-up

• Projects:

• Flowers - Top tips for drawing flowers, Flower drawing techniques, Snowdrop, Begonia, Daisy, Geranium, Camellia, Lavender, Lily, Peony, Cherry blossom, Dahlia

• Insects - Top tips for drawing insects, Insect drawing techniques, Ladybird, Beetle, Butterfly, Moth, Bumblebee

• Birds - Top tips for drawing birds, Bird drawing techniques, Bluebird, Magpie

• Animals - Top tips for drawing animals, Animal drawing techniques, Hedgehog, Rabbit, Squirrel

• Going further

• Digitizing your drawings

Joy-Louise Robinson has been drawing for most of her life. She has almost a decade of experience working in the creative industry, with a background in fine art, graphic design and illustration.

Joy-Louise believes that anyone can learn to draw with practice, and loves to bring out the artistic confidence in others. Since 2019 she has been helping others with their drawing through her successful online tutorials, classes, tips and ebooks. See more from Joy-Louise at her website: www.felicityandink.com

Joy-Louise lives in Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK. This is her first book with Search Press.