/r/BotanicalIllustration
A place to share your own botanical illustration or works credited to the artist.
Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species, frequently in watercolor paintings. They must be scientifically accurate but often also have an artistic component and may be printed with a botanical description in book, magazines, and other media or sold as a work of art. Often composed in consultation with a scientific author, their creation requires an understanding of plant morphology and access to specimens and references.
Resources:
American Society of Botanical Artists
Searchable database of historic illustrations
Subreddits of interest:
r/BotanicalPorn (Safe for Work)
/r/BotanicalIllustration
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Nelumbo Nucifera in gouache, ~18x26cm
15:21 UTC
Rose study
Made with Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache on Arches cold pressed paper 140 lbs.
06:11 UTC
Dandelions, of the maleza series.
22:50 UTC
Jasmines by night
19:45 UTC
Red rose
18:48 UTC
Unfurling Tulip
Painting in watercolour of a tulip. Sketched from an old photograph. One of my best so far! Loving the shadows on this bigger than life illustration.
18:59 UTC
Pink hydrangea π©·
Made with Copic markers and color pencils
12:09 UTC
Fuchsias π₯°
Drawing and painting these is like making a flower with a ballgown π
10:26 UTC
Cosmic Foxgloves π¦πΏβ¨
Colored pencil drawing I made of some cosmic foxgloves.
22:51 UTC
A drawing celebrating the resident corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) at Botanic Gardens of Sydney blooming for the first time in 15 years
If youβre seeing this post within about 24 hours, you can still watch the livestream of its bloom on Botanic Gardens of Sydneyβs official Youtube channel.
10:38 UTC
Amaryllis in watercolor
16:25 UTC
Corpse Flower by me
04:08 UTC
my 2024 botanical tries
20:18 UTC
botanical plus a shell
I thought there might be something different or unique on a leaf from a high branch, but they look pretty much the same I guess.π₯Ή
14:59 UTC
Iris
Hi yaβll! I am currently painting the Flora and Fauna of Tennessee for a book I am working on.
Iris (Tennessee state flower) 24x12 Oil
02:06 UTC
Zantedeschia in watercolor
19:41 UTC
Chrysanthemum Indicum
Grew this one myself π It was this color when I bought it 4 years ago, but when I took it home all new flowers came out pinkish purple, which is my least favorite color so I was disappointed, then this year I decided to try growing it inside under grow lights and the color of the flower reverted back to this beautiful blonde orange π
15:13 UTC
Regel tulip, the rarest tulip in the wild, watercolor, me
10:33 UTC
Tiger lily
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Spider mum crysanthemum in watercolor
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