Voted Practical Art Book of the Year in 2007, this full-colour book teaches botanical illustration using pencil and watercolour.
by Thomas Wang
Although not so obvious from the title, Pencil Sketchingis really about sketching landscapes and architecture. It’s a pretty great book with so many great sketches that it makes you want to get out there and draw nothing but buildings!
As per the title of the book, Fast Sketching Techniques is about sketching quickly and on the spot. It does not really teach general sketching techniques, but focuses on how to get a scene down in 10 minutes.
When I found this book by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and saw some sample pages, I knew I would love every single page in it! It is full of beautiful sketches and paintings, not just by John Busby, but many other great wildlife artists from around the world. My favourites are […]
There are lots of reviews of the Moleskine watercolour notebook on the web, but I thought I’d throw in my two cents here, plus tell you where you can get them for cheap!

