How to Draw Flowers in Simple Steps Paperback – Illustrated, October 1, 2008

The media could not be loaded. This is a very simple, straightforward book- no written instructions, no information on technique- just eight "step out" drawings for each of the twenty-eight flowers in the book. One flower is broken down to eight steps per page, and there are 28 flowers (32 pages including introduction pages) in all. I included a slideshow so you could see what I meant.This is good for those looking to learn how to draw flowers by simply sketching shapes, but not so good for those looking for instruction on drawing, including shading, perspective, etc.It's perfect for me, since I'm interested in doing botanical watercolors, and needed a starting point for sketching the flowers I'd like to paint.Thin book, great content. Recommended.

This brief book--32 pages, but the pages are not numbered, nor are the flowers labeled, or identified--takes a "draw-with-me" approach to show, stage-by-stage, how to produce pictures like the ones in the book. It doesn't really teach you "how to draw", in my opinion--how to draw what you see, how to shade, use colors or any of that sort of thing. But by following the steps (six steps given on each page/flower), I was able to reproduce reasonable copies of the art in the book. Another interesting exercise is to enlarge and photocopy the pictures (stage five, before shading and color) and just work with coloring. It appears that the artist has used watercolors, but I am not so skilled in watercolors, so I tried colored pencils, markers and pastels (you can see some of them under "customer images"). I prefer colored pencils for these projects, especially if you can get some good ones like Prismacolor. It was worth trying out, but I also recommend drawing from real flowers, and also letting your imagination go wild.

I needed something for my 88-year old Mother to do to keep her mind active and her fingers limber. She'd expressed an interest in drawing and painting. (A reincarnation of Grandma Moses perhaps?) I bought this book to help give her some instruction in art. She's in heaven, and has found a hidden talent she didn't know she had. This book is very detailed and is perfect for teaching her the basics of drawing. We have several artists in the family so there is already some genetic talent there, but I think even someone who can't draw a straight line could learn from this book.

This book is ok in my opinion. It would be useful to anyone of any age learning how to draw flowers. I will use it as a guide to help me draw flowers for watercolor paintings. There are not very many pages in this book - 28. There are many other "How to Draw" books available for drawing other things besides flowers.

I wasn't sure I could do these but the step by step instructions were very simple. I love this book. Great for beginners and more.

This is a great book with plenty of the basic flowers. they are large flowers so it makes it easy to practice and then scale down in size. when I say large they are around 8 x 10 size. These could be used as applique for quilting and most definitely used painting on clothing.

A very reasonable start for drawing flowers - especially for someone who is not all that familiar with the specific differences between various flowers. It was helpful!

Perfect for beginners. Has very easy to follow and understand step by step instructions. Im very happy to add this book to my collection.