Flowers and Nature

Lee Hammond, writer/artist of the successful Discover Drawing series, takes readers step by step through making color drawings of flowers and scenes from nature. The book begins with an encouraging "You Can Do It" chapter, with information on choosing colored pencils and employing basic techniques such as blending and burnishing. 110 illustrations, 100 in color.

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Glorious color, realistic style, appealing subject matter and clear step-by-step instruction makes these books a great place for colored pencil artists to start. Hammond offers her encouraging You Can Do It techniques and demonstrations for brilliant and realistic results. Lee's trademark techniques reveal how to create brilliant, realistic fruits and flowers, bees and butterflies. Color mixing, shading and creating hard and soft edges with different colored pencils are all covered.