A Step-by-Step Guide to Botanical Drawing & Painting by Hidenari Kobayashi teaches pencil drawing and watercolor techniques through eighteen botanical art lessons. A botanical artist and teacher in Japan, Kobayashi follows the French botanical tradition, beginning with the choice of pencils, papers, and watercolors before building each subject one careful layer at a time. Lessons progress from a light sketch to a finished painting, with roses, tulips, hydrangeas, and wildflowers alongside lemons, red onions, walnuts, pine cones, holly, and succulents. More than 800 color illustrations show the stages closely, offering a clear path for patient beginners and artists returning to the brush after a long while.

• Paperback
• 128 pages
• 8.5" x 11"