Botanical Line Drawing: 200 Step-by-Step Flowers, Leaves, Cacti, Succulents, and Other Items Found in Nature

So many leaves, flowers, cacti, mushrooms... and with their names! The step by step drawings are superb! Each page has a section where you can practice before doing it on your project. This book is much better than anyone can imagine. So amazing. Anybody can learn how to draw beautiful nature using her method. Thank you for such a wonderful tool.

This is a wonderful book for any artist, designer, hand letterer looking for inspiration. The style is fun and modern, each drawing broken down into easy to follow steps. But also can easily be changed and combined to create something unique.PROS:The format is simple - 200 flowers, branches, leaves, succulents, cacti, mushrooms, acorns, etc. broken down step by step. If illustrating has ever seemed intimidating, this book makes it very easy to get started. There's a broad range of flora in the book, including potted cacti and a cute little mason jar terrarium.CONS:The only (small) con for me is, once again, the print quality. Sadly, I returned her lettering book because the quality was so poor there were nearly blank spots in the middle of a few pages. Happily, the quality on this book is MUCH better. But, the gray print still looks pixelated and the paper is still thin. I think this bothers me because it's such a lovely book and deserves to look it's best. Peggy Dean is super talented, and I hope she's able to find a publisher or a better printer for future books.Overall, super pleased I bought this book. :)

I don’t write a lot of reviews but when something is good then I review, anyway if you feel you don’t have any artist bone in you and want too then this is the book for you. Easy to follow illustrations and the proof is in the pictures. I definitely will be on the look out for more of Peggy Deans’s books! This was my first try at line work, and loved it! I like watercolors and acrylics and using this book I was able to have fun, learn and not stressing over technique, simple easy to follow pictures. Nobody’s will ever borrow this this book , I’ve already ordered it for a friend who saw how easy it was and how great the results are with very few try’s, pictures I posted are my first time through the book, I’m about 1/2 through and still enjoining every page. Looking forward to putting it all together will update with pictures when finished

I bought this as a mother's day present, and while my mother loves it, I have to admit I've been borrowing the book for my own use, and I'm a big fan as well!The tutorials are very easy to follow along with, and my only complaint is that the plants aren't labeled. It would have been nice to know what it is I'm learning to draw! But the results have been great every time, and while I've been getting better at drawing recently, it's not a natural skill for me. So I really believe that even if you're not an artist, you would be able to follow along with these steps and create very appealing drawings!All of the drawings I've attempted have been fairly easy to adapt and build upon as well, so you'll have a lot to work with even beyond the large variety provided in the book. So if you're a journaler, a doodler, an artist, into bullet journaling and planning, or just looking to fill up the corners and borders of your notes and lists, then I'd recommend this book.

I purchased this book to help build my line drawing skills. There's no text. It's step by step images of botanicals. For my purposes, it's great. If you're looking for a book with the author's commentary or written guidance, this isn't it. If you want simple images to practice from and use as inspiration, this is your book.

I like the layout of this book. I do a lot of drawing, but when it comes to doodling I can never think of anything interesting. This book is exactly what I was looking for. You'll learn step by step how to draw quick little doodles that actually look like something. These will be great for making borders or cute little drawings in the corner of a larger page. I think anyone, regardless of skill level can get something out of this book. Some of the drawings are a little more detailed and may take a little practice, but most of them are quite simple and it's easy to get good results. Remember one success leads to another and with this book, you'll have many.