Tag: Inspiration
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Limahuli Art Week
Limahuli Gardens and Preserve Draw Botanical Art Week Meditative Drawing Focus on Plants For local youth of the Ha’ena community and Limahuli staff, Kaua’i. By Sam McWilliams & the Draw Botanical Team I cannot wait to tell you about this Focus on Plants art week for local youth of the Ha’ena community, and the staff … Continued
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Make Your Own Unique Holiday Cards with Botanicals
DIY Easy Heartfelt Gifts for Your Favorite People Celebrate Holidays with Handmade Cards & Botanical Art Handmade gifts bring so much joy. If you’re looking to DIY this year and spend more time than money, we’ve got tips to help you make easy heartfelt gifts your loved ones will LOVE. Do it yourself and impress … Continued
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Our Growing List of Art Mediums
A Guide to Many Materials for Creating Botanical Art List of Art Mediums for Nature Drawings and Other Art Forms Different artists prefer working with different materials for different reasons. There are SO MANY different art mediums to choose from, it can be hard to know what art supplies would best bring your visions to … Continued
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Botanical Art Advice: Motivation to Keep Drawing
Celebrate Wendy Hollender with her Joyful Pearls of Wisdom It’s Wendy’s birthday! The only thing Wendy Hollender might enjoy more than the art of botanical illustration is sharing her passion with others so that everyone may experience the joys of botanical drawing. To celebrate Draw Botanical’s founder this year, we are sharing Wendy’s wisdom with … Continued
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Quiet Your Inner Critic
Sometimes the hardest part of the creative process is getting started. We have so many other things to do, and our fears subconsciously influence our quick decision-making. If you focus on JOY and don’t worry about results, you will always be in a good place. How to quiet your inner negative voice … Continued
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How to Draw Flowers That Feel Real
How to Draw Flowers That Feel Real Practical Tips for Painting Beautiful Blooms Realistic flower drawing tips and techniques for adding depth, dimension, and clarity to your botanical art We’ve all seen stunning snapdragons, radiant roses or fascinating foxgloves that made us think, “Wow, I want to stare at this for hours and … Continued
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How To Draw a Tulip in 12 Easy Steps
Scroll through this post for many techniques and step-by-step instructions you can try to improve your tulip drawings. Flowers are notoriously tricky subjects to capture realistically because of their curling petals, tiny reproductive parts, and short life spans. If you feel like flowers are too difficult to draw or too complex for you to … Continued
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Cultivating Connection: The Art of Giving Back Through Botanical Illustration
How art and nature intertwine to inspire, heal, and nurture both artist and environment Nature as a Muse and Partner The natural world offers us abundant gifts—fresh air, vibrant beauty, nourishing food, boundless inspiration, and more. How can we, as botanical artists, give back? This question guides not only our creative practices but … Continued
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Practice Patience
Breathe Think for a moment about the timeline of nature. Imagine any natural process – seed growth, blooming flowers, decomposition. Do they happen quickly? Imagine a colorful autumn leaf floating down from its branch and settling in with its siblings on the ground. I like to imagine that this leaf is not in … Continued
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Apples: Realistic Botanical Drawings in 8 Steps
Apples are as satisfying to draw as they are to eat! Curl up with your hot mug of apple cider, and create an apple portrait to warm your heart year-round! Learn techniques combining colored pencil and watercolor to render a realistic fruit (that will make a delightful snack when you’re done!). Practice creating beautiful … Continued
