A Peek In My Sketchbook: Learning To Draw Simple Botanicals

I am happy to say that my sketchbook endeavors are consistent, and I am slowly but surely filling up a sketchbook that has been sitting half empty for 20 plus years! I started on May 18th and have now completed 46 pages, phew! Okay the pages aren’t filled with brilliant art, but rather simple botanical sketches and lately some botanical doodles, but I’m really enjoying all the drawing. Because the sketchbook is not heavy paper and I don’t want to end up gluing together pages, I am sticking to light weight pen drawings mostly, though I did recently do a drawing that I colored with a bit of gouche which worked fine as long as the paint was applied very lightly. I am sharing these pages with you to encourage your creative journey, which can be so many things! The main thing is to start and start again and keep on going down that winding road, as the joys of creating, even for just 15 or 20 minutes a day are life enhancing, truly! In the pages I’m sharing here you’ll see a bunch of sweet botanicals that could be inspiration for so many things, so whip out your pen and give it a try as well!

These sweet botanical wreaths could make great greating cards…..

And those super simple botanicals top left are just so sweet and refreshing, a breath of summer!