Landscape and Nature Books

101 More Mixed Media Techniques explores a wide range of adventurous mixed media techniques, including printmaking, collage, and resists. Each technique is presented with simple, easy-to-follow instructions plus beautiful examples from talented mixed media artists. Authors — Cherril Doty, Heather Greenwood, Monica Moody, and Marsh Scott.

Acrylic: Landscapes is the ideal tool to teach beginning artists how to use acrylics to create the perfect scene. Inside the book, readers will find a guide on tools, materials, and step-by-step instructions on painting landscapes in acrylic. Learn to paint a winter scene, waterfalls, and more. Author — Tom Shropshire.

Art Studio: Flowers features more than 50 projects and techniques for drawing, painting, and creating your favorite flowers and botanicals. From oils and acrylics to colored pencils and mixed media, no medium is left untouched. A comprehensive, wide-ranging resource great for beginners. Author - Walter Foster Creative Team.

Learn to paint vibrant and colorful flowers while mastering how to use color for maximum effect. <cite>Colorways: Watercolor Flowers</cite> is the perfect guide for aspiring artists who want to create color harmony in their paintings. Author - Bley Hack.

Learn to draw a wide array of botanicals, floral forms, plant structures, and more in *Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants*. This essential visual reference is perfect for artists, urban sketchers, students, and anyone else looking to improve their realistic drawing skills. Author — Melissa Washburn.

*Drawing Landscapes for the Beginning Artist* is the perfect starting point for beginners. Learn about essential tools and techniques for creating realistic landscapes using a variety of drawing media, including graphite, charcoal, pastel, and colored pencil. Author — David Sanmiguel.

From tools and materials to basic drawing techniques, this complete guide shows aspiring artists how to draw a variety of beautiful landscape subjects using various mediums including pencil, charcoal, and ink. Author — Diane Cardaci.

Improve your artistic ability and create beautiful nature scenes with Drawing: Landscapes with William F. Powell. This guide teaches beginner artists how to capture value, shadow, and texture with pencil, and its large format makes the demonstrations easily visible.

*En Plein Air: Acrylic* is an excellent resource on the concept of painting with acrylics on location. It encourages artists to get out of the studio and find peace and joy painting outside. Author — Mark E. Mehaffey.

Learn watercolor painting techniques with *En Plein Air: Light & Color*. This guide teaches the basics of painting outdoors with step-by-step instructions and practical tips for mastering open-air watercolor painting. It makes an excellent gift for beginner-level artists. Author — Iain Stewart

Perfect for artists looking to grow beyond the studio, *En Plein Air: Watercolor* introduces beginning artists and fine-art enthusiasts to the core concepts of watercolor painting on location. Author — Ron Stocke.

Let your creativity bloom with *Expressive Flower Painting*. This book presents a range of creative painting exercises that help readers develop vibrant nature paintings. Learn to make colorful, immediate, and joyful works of art in a wide variety of media. Author — Lynn Whipple.

Learn to paint and draw flowers in a variety of mediums like oil, watercolor, charcoal, graphite, ink wash, and ballpoint pen with *Leonardo Collection Flowers*.

Learn to paint watercolor roses with *Leonardo Collection Roses*. Featuring clear directions and easy-to-follow illustrations, this book covers techniques and compositions for beginning to advanced watercolorists. The large format pages are filled with detailed paintings of roses in yellows, pinks, and deep reds.

Learn the fine art of watercolor painting with *Modern Watercolor Botanicals* by Sarah Simon. Providing beginner, intermediate, and advanced instructions, this comprehensive guide includes detailed diagrams and pictures to help you hone your skills.

*Nature Art Workshop* is a great resource for any artist or crafter desiring to combine their artistic talents with their love of nature. Authors — Katie Brooks, Sarah Lorraine Edwards, Allison Hetzell, and Mikko Sumulong.

Get ready to paint the great outdoors with *Nature Painting in Watercolor.* You’ll learn to paint trees, leaves, ferns, florals, animals, and more with this easy-to-understand beginner’s guide. Author – Kristine A. Lombardi.

Bring vivid botanical imagery to life with Oil & Acrylic: Flowers by Marcia Baldwin. This instructional book for beginners includes step-by-step guidance and techniques for creating various flowers and floral scenes.

Learn easy techniques for painting realistic waves, rocky shores, and other seaside elements in Oil & Acrylic: Oceans & Seascapes. Author - Martin Clarke.

Learn easy techniques for painting a breathtaking waterfall, a serene pond, a stunning lake, a rushing river, and more in Oil & Acrylic: Waterscapes. Author — Joan Darlflinger.

Oil Painting: Oceans & Seascapes teaches beginner-level artists how to create stunning ocean scenes with oil paint. Starting with an overview of methods and materials, this comprehensive guide by Martin Clarke contains step-by-step instructions for creating beautiful seascapes.

Your brush can bring sunflowers, orchids, daffodils, lilies and more to life with *Paint Watercolor Flowers* by master watercolorist Birgit O'Connor. Easy-to-follow instructions make flower painting fun and doable for any artist. Birgit O’Connor. Paperback. 144 pages. 8-1/4" x 11". Author — Birgit O'Connor.

Create unique botanical artwork with *Painted Botanical Collage*. Artists of all skill levels will enjoy creating flowers, succulents, and herbs with the help of popular collage artist Tracey English's step-by-step instructions. Author — Tracey English.

*Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Flowers in Watercolour* by Ann Mortimer features 35 quick and easy, postcard-sized exercises that take no longer than 30 minutes to create. Ideal for novice watercolor artists, the book details how to paint flowers of different shapes, colors, and families.

Master artist David Woolass teaches beginners how to paint landscapes in less than 30 minutes in his guide, *Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Landscapes and Watercolour*. Ideal for novices who want to learn how to paint landscapes but don't have much time, the book is broken down into 30 quick and easy-to-follow exercises.

Learn to paint mountain scenes with *Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Mountain Scenes in Watercolour* by Lesley Linley. In this guide, you'll find 32 quick and easy-to-follow mountain scene painting exercises, plus three complete paintings.

Those who want to learn how to paint street scenes but are short on time can benefit from *Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes, Street Scenes in Watercolour* by Grahame Booth. This guide contains 32 quick and easy exercises that take no longer than 30 minutes each to execute.

Find out how easy floral illustration can be in *Ten Step Drawing: Flowers*. The book features 75 illustrated tutorials, each broken down into 10 easy-to-follow steps. Author — Mary Woodin.

Learn pencil drawing fundamentals with *The Art of Basic Drawing: Simple Step-by-step Techniques* by William F. Powell. This book teaches beginner-level artists simple step-by-step techniques for drawing a variety of subjects in graphite pencil — including people, animals, plants, still lifes, and landscapes.

Paint and draw beautiful, vibrant, and realistic nature scenes with *The Art of Botanical and Bird Illustration*. This guide includes step-by-step demonstrations to follow along with as you practice taking sketches and transforming them into fully rendered, colorful pieces of fine art. Author — Mindy Lighthipe.

In The Art of Painting Flowers in Oil & Acrylic, four talented artists guide you through easy-to-follow lessons covering a variety of beautiful flowers, including tulips, dahlias, hibiscus, roses, daisies, freesia, water lilies, bird of paradise, and more. Authors — David Lloyd Glover, Varvara Harmon, James Sulkowski, and Judy Leila Schafers.

The Elements of Landscape Oil Painting presents the fundamentals needed to paint masterful landscapes with oil colors, breaking landscapes down into component parts — sky, terrain, trees, and water. This guide showcases tools and techniques for bringing outdoor scenes to life. Author — Suzanne Brooker.

Accomplished artist Diane Wright guides readers through the fundamentals of drawing in pencil, from making basic strokes and using photo references, on through 10 step-by-step projects featuring everything from a desert scene to a riverside landscape. Author — Diane Wright.

With easy-to-understand information on tools and materials, basic strokes, and shading techniques, this artist's guide covers everything beginning artists need to start creating their own impressive works of botanical art. Author — Diane Cardaci.

Build watercolor skills and confidence with *Watercolor Workbook: 30-Minute Beginner Botanical Projects on Premium Watercolor Paper.* This easy-to-use workbook is filled with 25 beautiful, beginner-friendly, flower and nature sketches on thick, 200 gsm premium watercolor art paper, ready for you to paint — no drawing skills required! Each project can be completed in 30 minutes or less.

*Watercolour Flowers Step-by-Step* is a great book or gift for any beginning watercolor artist. Inside are 12 detailed tutorials for creating floral paintings. Watercolor fundamentals, composition, sketching, and background painting are covered. Authors — Wendy Tait, Richard Bolton, Jackie Barrass, and Ann Mortimer.