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Illustrated sketchbook journaling + gardening…what a perfect combination!
Now, with 52 Ways to Sketch a Garden, you’ll never run out of ideas for creating interesting, beautifully designed, informative, and fun sketchbook pages. Many of the design suggestions feature floral motifs, while others are geared toward vegetable gardening and garden planning.
With project options for a wide range of skill levels, it’s easy to choose a layout that’s perfectly suited to your experience and interests. There are enough ideas here to fill an entire journal!
BONUS!
Borders and lettering can add so much to a sketch, so I’ve included a bonus section that features my best ideas for how to use borders and lettering to enhance a sketch. It also includes sources for lettering styles and practical ways to transfer lettering to the sketchbook page.
What's included in this lesson...
- 52 line drawings of page design ideas for flower and vegetable garden sketches
- Easy beginner options for simple page layouts
- Complex design ideas for those who like a challenge!
- Creative and fun ideas for garden sketch subject matter
- Ways to use borders, whether simple or elaborate, to enhance a garden sketch
- Suggestions for page elements that add pizzazz to a page
- Ways to frame an image and focus attention on the main subject
- Ideas for capturing a collection of flowers or vegetables on the sketchbook
- Creative ways to add lettering to a garden sketch
- Options for grids that are anything but square!
This is a 17-page lesson.
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FAQ
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Students of all skill levels can benefit from this lesson.
No. It offers loads of ideas to jumpstart your garden sketching, but it does not include any painting instruction.
For help with painting garden scenes, I suggest you check out How to Paint Flowers & Foliage, a step-by-step PDF tutorial that fits perfectly with the subject of this lesson.
Also, my Watercolor Essentials video course is filled with demonstrations of watercolor techniques that are perfect for painting scenes filled with flowers and folilage.
That’s entirely up to you! This lesson offers inspiring ideas for creating unique garden sketches, but you’re free to use whatever supplies you like for your own sketches.
