A high-level detailed explanation about the modern botanical drawings. It includes what both the science and the art are looking for in professional level botanical drawings. This book is not for beginners, but for those with professional-level skill looking at how to take their artistic skills to the next step. However, regardless of ability the illustrations included are beautiful and worth a peek through.

Oh my goodness what a book. It’s displays the sumptuous work by a mix of artists so well. Each has a few lines of description and with them and added tip to finish off. I like that the materials are only mentioned until the very back, leaving the work to be enjoyed and encouraged. I will certainly be buying a copy.

Absolutely gorgeous book on drawing botanicals. So many helpful techniques and use of varied medium. Because I was interested in more than wildflowers, I really love that this book incorporates fruits and still life aspects. I *really* want this book in hard copy as a reference and have so ready pre-ordered it. It is just superior to my other botanical books. A vigorous recommendation from me.

Wonderful reference book on drawing botanicals. The illustrations are gorgeous and the book is well organized. Very helpful and filled with techniques and tips.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and give an honest review of this book.

The botanical prints in this book were beautiful. They were enhanced by the information the author shared about each artist. The information was useful to artists working in watercolor, pencil, mixed media, and pen and ink.

I especially found the ‘tips’ the author shared on each page,the most valuable.
This book would be useful to experienced artists as well as the novice.

This book belongs in your reference library if you are a botanical illustrator, artist or just someone that is interested in the art of nature.

This is so beautiful and helpful! I’ve been having a play on procreate on my iPad and love copying things but find it so difficult to make things up! This has really helped!

This is an illustrated book about how to draw and color botanical works of art. This covers a little bit of history about botanical drawing and it's uses, as well the basics of drawing and watercoloring to capture both light and shadows. It includes lots of colorful works of art to demonstrate the basics of capturing specific subjects. Whether you are wanting to learn to draw and paint, or are just interested in the techniques of how it is done, this is the book for you!

Wow I love this book and, having just finished and submitted a textile course based on botanical subjects, I wish I had had a copy beforehand! The book is beautifully laid out and very well organised. I think the photographic index at the beginning is a great idea to help you quickly find the page you want. The tips on how each image was achieved were fascinating and make me want to collect together my art media and experiment all over again.

This is a gorgeous book full of just incredibly beautiful drawings and paintings of botanicals -- flowers, leaves, mint sprigs in a glass, patterns, you name it. They are often just stunningly beautiful works, but this is not a how-to book. Each two page spread shows the artwork on one page (with lots of white space around it) and the other tells you a little bit about that piece and the artist, along with a tip related to it. These are award winning pieces though, the stuff you flip through for the beauty and inspiration, not try to replicate. The end section tells a little bit about materials.

I'm not sure why this series is called "Just Draw" since most of the works in this book are painted. No matter, though, they're gorgeous and just wonderful to visit again and again.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

I thought this book would provide tutorials on how to draw botanicals but, instead, it provides images of drawn botanicals by a wide variety of artists along with a small text info about the artist, their medium, their technique and a sentence or two as a "tip" for drawing botanicals in a way that is inspired by that artist and their image. If you're looking for tutorials, this book isn't the book for you but if you are looking for a book as a 'flick-through' with a wide variety of images, then this book has a whole host of botanical pictures.

What an inspirational book for drawing botanicals. Some of these examples are just amazingly well done. Don't expect step by step tutorials, though. That would be undoable looking at the amazing quality of these drawings. All of these are made by real artists, no casual painters. I could never paint anything remotely close to these. However, this is a great book for inspiration, and just dreaming away at these beautiful botanicals.

It has some great tips, some of them are more modern and discusses editing on the computer, which is great! At the end it has a summary of materials and other resources you can check out for more help.

Very inspirational snippets on drawing botanicals; I like the variety of not only types of plant but also artistic style. While the book isn’t majorly in depth with information, the range of tips and tricks is vast and the pages enjoyable to skim through. Thank you to Netgalley for a free copy of this book.

I love this book. The layout, the art, the information and tips are for artists are perfectly pitched. It is a book to be dipped into for inspiration and to enjoy. Because the information is just snippets, not detailed instructions, or analysis you feel free to mull over the art and enjoy the different offerings. I like the different styles of the artists and the selected observations of the author. I would love to have a hard copy of this book on my coffee table it is both a creative delight and a gentle connection with nature. Excellent - thank you.