Tag: Botanical Drawing

How to draw trees: a pen and ink oak study clipped to a board, the real oak out of focus behind it

How to Draw Trees in Pen and Ink: 21 Trees, Bark to Foliage, and the White Gaps That Make Them Read (+ Free Foliage Sheet)

A canopy is not a surface. It is a shape with holes in it, and the holes go in first. 21 trees in pen and ink, bark to foliage.

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Hand embroidery patterns for beginners traced at a window: a printed botanical outline taped to the glass with cotton over it, the line glowing through

Trace the Line, Then Stitch It: 91 Hand Embroidery Patterns for Beginners, 5 Stitches, 1 Hoop (Free PDF)

A pattern and a botanical drawing are the same object at 2 different distances. One poppy, 5 stitches, and 91 lines to put a needle through.

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Ginkgo specimen drawing taped to a drawing board by a window, three pencil shapes at its edge and a real sprig in water

15 Botanical Drawings for Beginners That Start as 3 Pencil Shapes and Finish as Museum-Style Specimens (+ Free Practice Sheet)

Museum plant plates were drafted in pencil the way a letter is drafted before the envelope. The ink was always the easy part.

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