Loved this,. It has very good instruction, attention to detail and is easy to follow. As a novice artist it is easy to learn from. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone that drawing doesn’t come naturally to!

I'm no artist, but I'm aspiring to be and this book informs me that following instructions from it I can draw flowers and plants like one and so I immediately gave it a try. Hmm! Not bad actually. Definitely not like an artist but I did produce two very passable pen and ink sketches with not a lot of effort and I'm raring to do others. There are written guidelines and tips for technique at the beginning of the book and then an extensive selection of plants and flowers to choose from. Each one has approximately six to eight step-by step pictures to guide you (see the front cover of the book for an indication of what's inside it), however no further written instructions. Instructions are clear and easy to follow. A great book for a beginner like me.

Many thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this ARC for which I have given my voluntary and unbiased review.

Easy step-by-step illustrations on how to draw many flowers and plants. Enough to keep you drawing for hours. This would be a good reference book to have on hand if you find yourself needing to draw certain flowers or would just like to practice.

The book Draw Like An Artist by Melissa Washburn gives some excellent tips for drawing different types of plant. These directions give broad tips with images as well as more defined specific directions for shading. I’m so excited about this book because I see so many students that have the desire to draw but have never been taught the basics—and with the illustrated pictures I can see their art potential blossoming along with their confidence. Love the book!

This book was super easy to follow. All instructions were done in simple illustrations. I am sure if you sat down and practiced you could draw any flower or plant in this book very well with the illustrations provided.

This book is best described as a visual guide to drawing 100 different flowers and plants. There are some basic guidelines in the introduction, but most of the book is dedicated to sequential line drawings that show how each of the flowers can be achieved in pencil. Since it's probably a fair assumption that many, or most, artists would be visual learners, I think this guide will serve its practical purpose for most. For those looking for more written explanation, or variations in technique and materials this could still be a useful back to basics supplement to a more exhaustive book.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants by Melissa Washburn published by Quarto Publishing Group - Quarry is an amazing and helpful guide to draw 100 different flowers and plants.

As someone who loves art and who loves to draw, this book is an asset for me.

The book teaches us to draw 100 different flowers and plants in basic steps. It is shown so simply that I doubt any reader will have any difficulty understanding these steps.

I had so much fun going through this book. I have already tried drawing a flower according to the steps given in this book. Loved doing that! Soon, I am going to draw other flowers given in this book too.

I really enjoyed it so I highly recommend this to anyone who loves art and loves to sketch.

I was provided an e-ARC by the publisher through Netgalley.

If you want to learn to draw botanically accurate plants, this book is for you. This book goes beyond the typical learn-to-draw book. Knowing the biological structure of a plant makes for a more realistic drawing .This books teaches you the plants structure as well as the bloom. Leaf shapes are explored as well as the make- up of the bloom. If you prefer vines rather than flowers, they are included as well. With the knowledge in this book, you can create beautiful, authentic botanical, prints. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily writing this review.

This book is an art instruction book on using graphite pencil to draw realistic flowers and plants. After the brief introduction to her method, the author provided step-by-step drawings for one plant per page. There's no text, just 6-8 easy-to-follow steps leading from basic shapes to help block in symmetry, angles, and positions to adding details and cleaning up the guidelines. The author demonstrated how to draw a wide variety of flower and plant types so you can apply the lessons from one flower (or leaf, etc.) to similar flowers.

She covered 50 flowers and flowering plants, 20 vines, leaves, and trees, and 30 succulents, herbs, grasses, etc. I liked her clear illustrations, and I feel like I better understand how to use her method than some that I've learned. Overall, I'd recommend this book to those wanting to improve or learn how to draw flowers.

Let's draw
"Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants. Step-by-Step Realistic Line Drawing. A Sourcebook for Aspiring Artists and Designers" by Melissa Washburn was published by Quarto Publishing Group - Quarry. Washburn gives a brief introduction and states in regard to the use of the book: "There are many tools, media, and styles in which to draw flowers and plants. This book uses some techniques I have learned over the years and will show you the methods I have found most useful for understanding the basics of drawing realistically. The figures and steps can be copied directly to achieve a finished drawing, and the process and method can be used for drawing many other subjects, whether plants, animals, or anything else." She also provides a list with suggested materials and touches subjects such as the basic drawing process and tips for better line control before providing the step-by-step drawings. These are grouped into three sections: 1) Flowers and flowering plants, 2) Vines, Leaves, and Trees, and 3) Other Plants.
I have to confess that I am an absolute amateur when it comes to drawing and I have been impressed by the book. The step-by-step designs are really an inspiration and the number of them is absolutely inspiring. Every plant, may it be a common or an unique one is presented with up to six sketches which will be really a help for the aspiring artist. I highly can recommend this book for beginners and advanced artists who like to engage in drawing.
The complimentary copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley free of charge. I was under no obligation to offer a positive review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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This is a really helpful book. As someone who is trying to learn to draw I think this is really useful and a great learning tool. It doesn't feel overwhelming or like it will be too hard, which is sometimes rare to find in books like this.

This was an amazing book on drawing that does exactly what it promises to do: it supplies easy to follow step-by-step realistic line-drawing examples for creating 100 flowers and plants that look amazingly realistic.

Starting out with the most simplistic of initial images, the authors shows you how to refine them in five, six, or seven simple steps to turn it from a crude blob outlining what you want, into an ornate flower, of from a spike into an detailed leaf, and so on. Page after page of these examples painstaking outlined (and then filled in!) in simple steps. Yes, they're drawn by an artist, but I'd be willing to bet that any budding artist who works through this book, follows the advice, and copies these examples will be turning out an end result that looks remarkably like the images depicted in this book. I commend it.

This is a great reference book for a variety of realistic floral and botanical vine images. There are a few pages of tips but the book really is filled with images. The steps are broken down to start with the basic shapes so your eye can really see how the flowers are built up. Then a flower is drawn in, it is nice to see the layers.

I am only a hobbyist, but I think the results I was able to produce first time after flipping through the book are satisfying(even good enough to share here). This is a bit more detailed than the doodle type flowers I have been doing.

This also seems like the perfect compliment to the watercolor books that start with “first, draw the flower” and then jump right into painting(which are great exactly what they should be) but it is nice to have a little more sometimes. Thanks to the publisher and net galley for the digital ARC to review.

I received an advance copy of this book from Net Gallery in exchange for an honest review.
A talented artist once told me that drawing is a skill, not a talent and that anyone can draw if they just practice. This book is an ideal way to practice your drawing skills of plants, flowers and leaves.
Each item is deconstructed into 6-8 step by step sketches. They are a simple yet accurate representations of botanicals. There is no coloration of the drawings, but I like that as it lets me experiment with my own technique without influence.
This is the perfect tutorial for creating a travel journal or a nature sketchbook,

Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants: Step-by-Step Realistic Line Drawing * A Sourcebook for Aspiring Artists and Designers by Melissa Washburn is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. This is such a perfect book for learning how to draw flowers, and there is so many flowers to learn! It is absolutely fabulous! They are all step-by-step with loads of instructions and illustrations! The drawings are clear to understand as well as the instructions. Wow, I was just blown over by the total amount of flowers too! Wonderful book! I plan to get this myself! This is for beginners but others may benefit too!

This book was very helpful. I’m definitely in no way at all an artist. This broke it down simply so I could at least get a general idea sketched into my iPad and then I couldbperfect it. Had fun!

Some of these were great for ideas and instruction, but some were still probably too complicated for beginners or those not so great at drawing. Overall though, this was a good book and I can see myself referencing some of it in the future.

This is a fantastic how-to book for anybody who'd like to learn to draw all kinds of flowers and plants. Black and white sketches show how to simply draw the outline of each flower, leaf, tree, etc. first with basic shapes and then fill it out and perfect it with detail. Each one has about 4 illustrations that demonstrate quite well how you can move from basic ovals and lines to incredibly realistic plants, from coneflowers to lilacs to oak leaves. So many drawing tutorial books seem to require either years of training or supernatural art skills, but the author shows how anyone can draw flowers and plants by just taking enough time and attention and following her steps. This is a really lovely book and one I'm considering buying for our family.

My rating system:
1 = hated it
2 = it was okay
3 = liked it
4 = really liked it
5 = love it, plan to purchase, and/or would buy it again if it was lost

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

Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants provides a step by step guide to drawing plants and flowers. The author, Melissa Washburn, is a professional artist and illustrator and her tutorials in this book are clear and simple. Each flower and plant is shown in the various drawing stage. I would probably give this one five stars if there was a little more explanation of the steps and some color. The book did make me feel that I could actually learn to draw though, which is exactly what I hoped for.

Thanks to Netalley for providing me with a free digital ARC of this one, in exchange for an honest review.

I love painting but I can't draw at all. This book is great for me! This book is simple yet clear without written instructions for each piece. There are many designs to copy and since there are no words there is no need to read detailed instructions that are hard to understand. I also like that there are general technique directions that are applicable to all the pieces and just drawing in general.