Wendy Hollender provides step-by-step guidance for creating realistic renderings of nature's forms, patterns, and colors using colored pencil and watercolor pencil.

Anyone can draw — yes, even YOU!

I am Wendy Hollender, a leading expert in creating detailed botanical drawings and paintings with colored pencils and watercolor pencils.

Creating a detailed, three-dimensional plant painting feels like magic to me.

I stumbled through the process of uncovering the lesser-known 'secrets' behind these botanical drawings, and now I want to share them with you.

I am certified by the New York Botanical Garden in Botanical Art and Illustration and have had illustrations published in the New York Times, Good Housekeeping, and more.

In The Practice of Botanical Drawing, I share step-by-step instructions for drawing any natural subject, meant to be revisited often and expanded upon.