This book is packed with beautiful colorful images and the story of how my 100 Day Project evolved. Read it, cut it up, pull out pages to frame on your wall. This is a fun book to add to your collection!The 100 Day Project is an annual online challenge that thousands of people participate in through instagram. The idea is simple: pick an action and repeat that action every day for 100 days. It can be simple or ambitious; artistic or not. The hope is that you will learn and grow from the repeated action day after day.The artwork in this book is the result of my 2021 100 Day Project: 100 Days of Art Botanical.

Reconnect to Mother Earth and recharge your creativity by combining the healing energy of nature with the meditative process of drawing and painting mandalas. Explore Botanical Mandalas and watch your artistic expression flourish! Full of inspiration for reconnecting with natures beauty to inspire you to create expressive mandala artworks. Includes drawing, painting and mixed-media projects to find endless inspiration for your own botanical mandala journey.

This is an instructional guide to the art of botanical illustrations, published in association with The Society of Botanical Artists and featuring step-by-step work by members of the society.

Gain insight to the current world of Botanical Art and see the work of 65 top artists from throughout America. Gorgeous flowers, leaves, plants, roots, and vegetables have been beautifully drawn and painted and are displayed here. See 220 colorful images that bring modern techniques and a contemporary eye to this venerable tradition. Artwork values, artists' backgrounds, and contact information are included. Today's gardeners, nature lovers, graphic designers, collectors, and decorators will find much to absorb and enjoy. Let these images inspire your imagination and become a patron of this cherished and enduring art.

Learn to draw and paint more than 100 of your favorite everyday items! Step-by-step projects and creative inspiration make it fun and easy. The Inspired Artist series invites art hobbyists and casual art enthusiasts to have fun learning basic art concepts, relaxing into the creative process to make art in a playful, contemporary style. With Draw Every Little Thing, the first book in this new series, you can learn to draw and paint your favorite everyday items. From learning to draw and paint plants, flowers, and bicycles to the neighborhood café and the contents of the kitchen cabinet, this contemporary drawing book demonstrates just how easy it is to render the world around you with little more than a pencil, paper, and paint. Following a brief introduction to the joys of simplistic drawing and painting, this aesthetically pleasing book familiarizes you with a range of drawing tools and materials, including graphite pencil, pen and ink, colored pencil, and gouache, before offering a quick overview of basic color theory. Each subsequent chapter is then devoted to a specific theme—kitchenalia, hobbies, neighborhood haunts, and much more—and packed with simple step-by-step drawing projects. This accessible book encourages you to jump around so you can draw what immediately inspires you. Interactive prompts, creative exercises, and inspiring ideas make the process fun and engaging. Easy techniques and helpful instructions show you how to develop your own personal style, as well as add color to your drawings using gouache and colored pencil. Crafty projects round out the book, allowing you to use your newfound drawing and painting skills. Filled to the brim with whimsical artwork and loads of creative ideas, Draw Every Little Thing encourages artists of all skill levels to draw any time inspiration strikes.

Contains material adapted and abridged from The art of nature coloring book. Avon, Mass.: Adams Media, 2013.