Download or read book How to Draw Plants written by Keith West and published by A & C Black. This book was released on 2004 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and authoritative handbook is for all those who want to portray plants and flowers with botanical accuracy. In it the author gives detailed advice on working in pencil, pen, scraper board, watercolour, acrylics and gouache; on building up a painting or drawing by stages; on taking measurements and understanding plant structure; on collecting, handling and preserving plant material.