Drawing Botanical Line Illustrations | Poisonous Plants

This class serves as an ultimate guide to drawing botanical line illustrations. In this class we will learn how to draw botanical illustrations with pen, using poisonous plants as examples.

This class is for anyone who is interested in drawing flowers in a style similar to those beautiful floral tattoos that keep popping up on your Instagram feed. 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.

Plants you will learn to draw:

• Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade)

• Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)

• Papaver somniferum (opium poppy)

Note: If you are an absolute beginner, or just feel like tracing along for now - templates for everything discussed in this class is provided under the Projects and Resources tab.

Materials:

• Paper or sketchbook of choice

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

• Fine liner pens (sixes 05, 10 and 50) - Example: Micron Fineliner

• Printed out versions of the resources provided

P.S. Why poisonous plants? - Because they’re cool and I have a background in medicinal plant sciences.