Botanical Line Illustrations | Poisonous Plants (Part 2)

In this class we will learn how to draw botanical illustrations in pen, using poisonous plants as examples.

This class is for anyone who is interested in illustrating flowers in pen. Whether you’re an absolute beginner or an established artist, this class is created to be as informative as possible and to equip you with new skills and techniques to broaden your horizons.

By the end of this class, you will have completed 3 pieces of botanical art. In addition, you will have learned the necessary skills and techniques to create your own botanical art in the future.

We will learn how to draw:

• Datura stramonium (jimson weed)

• Aconitum napellus (wolf’s-bane)

• Ricinus communis (castor oil plant)

*This course serves as a follow-up to the course, Drawing Botanical Line Illustrations | Poisonous Plants. (Please note that you are not required to have done the previous course, as this course is comprehensive in its own right.)

This lecture sums up the structure of this course:

We will kick off with the materials and resources needed to complete this course,

followed by a few courses on how to draw basic leaf and flower structures.

We will then learn how to create depth by shading,

followed by a quick discussion on composition.

Finally, we will do 3 class projects, each consisting of a different poisonous that you will follow along from beginning to end.

Materials:

• Paper or sketchbook of choice

• Pencil (HB/2B - or whatever you prefer really) and eraser

• Fine liner pens (sixes 3.0, 5.0 and 8.0) - Example: Micron Fineliner

• Printed out versions of the worksheets provided (optional)

Resources

• Basic leaf structure template

• Basic flower structure template

• Shading and detail template

• Composition template

• Jimson Weed_vintage poster

• Wolf's-bane_vintage poster

• Caster Oil_vintage poster

External Resources

• Pinterest boards provided