The Botanical Hand Lettering Workbook: Draw Whimsical and Decorative Styles and Scripts

by Bethany Robertson

DESIGNS AND TECHNIQUES FOR ORNAMENTAL FONTS AND FLOURISHES THAT CREATE EXQUISITE HAND-LETTERED WORKS OF ART

Learn the art of hand-lettering. This step-by-step workbook teaches you how to craft pretty letters and flowers of all sorts. Use your newfound botanical lettering skills to make cards, wedding invitations, banners, tags, paper bouquets and other fun projects.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art, Reference, Drawing

200 pages, Paperback

First published September 8, 2015

About the author

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Reviews

[Lanae · Rating 3 out of 5]

As eye candy and inspiration this book is a five. There are a lot of designs that feel easy enough for beginners yet fancy enough to be admired.

So why 3/5 stars and not higher? I think I expected more detailed instructions and tips. There's little in the way of advice on how to make letters beyond "practice". No real hints on how to layout letters with floral motifs.

So, while it's a pretty book that I'll definitely use for inspiration, I'd probably have gone for a different book had I been shopping in person instead of online.

[Barrita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Técnicamente no he terminado todos los ejercicios pero ya los leí todos y me familiaricé lo suficiente con el tipo de guía que da el libro para decir que es muy mono e inspirador para alguien que no tiene experiencia dibujando o con lettering.

Me gusta mucho la perspectiva que promueve mas la diversión, relajación y creatividad que perfeccionar la técnica, ya que se trata de ejercicios para principiantes, pero por lo mismo me habría gustado una guía más detallada. La mayor parte del contenido son sólo los elementos básicos para ir descubriendo cada quién por su cuenta lo que quiere hacer. Supongo que es un buen primer paso si tienes motivación, pero también puedes perderte un poco y no saber como lograr ciertos resultados.

Me gusta que el libro sea extenso (muchas veces este tipo de manuales son muy breves) y que empiece con doodles antes del lettering. Solo desearía que tuviera paginas más resistentes para usar diferentes materiales al practicar, aunque como dije la extensión es generosa para su precio.

[Sigrun Hodne · Rating 2 out of 5]

To be a success this book should have been printed on better quality paper - and in color.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway. I am not good at drawing; usually I can draw stick figures at best. This book was helpful in providing visual drawing prompts, and I drew some fairly decent flowers. I did less well at the typography section, although with some practice I think I could improve. My son is a Graphic Design student, and he likes the book as a source of inspiration for graphic design projects. I also showed it to a friend who does Zentangles, and she liked it, too. So this book appeals to a wide audience. The designs in the book, as the subtitle indicates, are whimsical and decorative. The book contains many blank pages upon which the drawer may practice, but I used a separate notebook.

[Kathy Russell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great little book for those who journal and want to learn more about hand lettering. Several styles to practice; there is also A LOT of line drawings/doodles to decorate your journal, cards, invitations.

[Christianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book with good tips

I enjoyed this book, which had a lot of ideas to help the reader mix their own lettering with floral accents. It is a workbook with white space to practice each section so it is probably better as a physical book. It does work on a Kindle and you can do the double tap thing to zoom in on all the pictures (some are very tiny so you definitely want to zoom) The book is appropriate for young people or adults (at least junior high on up). The author also provided information on ways in which up apply your letters to things like gift tags and table settings.

[Evelyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this little workbook! It makes drawing pretty letters and flowers and such so simple yet so pretty! I definitely recommend.

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to follow, floral and lettering doodles.

[Carol Braun · Rating 5 out of 5]

love it was made fun

i’m just trying to figure this stuff out my first time i will have to try more of this book

[Christine Joy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gave me some inspiration. Something about it is so unmistakably mid-2010s lol

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Inspiration

The Botanical Hand Lettering Workbook is full of beautiful and creative inspiration to get beginning botanical hand letters a start. With many examples of how botanical art can be used and simple but effective art prompts, I highly suggest this book to anyone who wants to learn or improve their botanical hand lettering.

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

**I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways**

A very cute and fun little book. It is about 7" x 7" making it the perfect portable size for a workbook. There are all kinds of step by step instructions for flowers, plants, and even fruit with plenty of room to practice on your own in the book. There are step by step instructions on several different fonts, also with room to practice on predrawn lines. There are grids and graphs that show you how to combine styles and set up designs. I think my only complaint it that there are some gorgeous detailed alphabets made completely of flowers but there are no step by step directions to go along with them. I would have loved an example of a letter from each of the alphabets that simplified it for me. The author did do that for one alphabet so I'm not sure why the others didn't get the same treatment. Still pretty easy if you are good at copying though.

All in all an extremely fun book.

[Moriah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this today from winning a giveaway here on goodreads. I'm so excited to get started using it! The tips and tricks she provided are very thorough and helpful. There are plenty of practice pages which is great for me because practice makes perfect with these kinds of things. I really like the amount of examples she's provided, they are very helpful to use as a guide for lettering. She also has really cool lettering examples she's done! I almost want to color them in and place them as wall decor.

[Quinn]

Cute book for drawing floral decorative borders, hand-lettering and flourishes. The step-by-step is fine, although a few would have benefited from another step or two. Great for practice and expanding your hand-lettering and embellishing skills.

There are blank pages so you can practice, with encouraging remarks so you want to practice. Small format, would make a nice gift, too.

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway. Was very excited to win and it did not disappoint. Easy to follow instructions throughout.

[Stella Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it because the book really helps you draw in your creativity while using the techniques. Loved the idea and the concept.

[Carly · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a cute book, but not the best resource I've seen. The quality of the lettering and drawings in the book feel photocopied and a bit sloppy, rather than crisp and professional.

[Shannon Binegar-Foster · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have wanted this book for quite some time, so when it went on sale for under $10 I jumped at the chance to get it. I really had high hopes for this book. I fully expected to give it 5 stars based on the lovely cover. There are plenty of practice pages. The instructions for some of the flowers and design elements give step by step pictures, but for almost everything else it is just the font exemplars and then a practice page. The other thing is the book is considerably smaller than most lettering workbooks. I write big and on most of the pages the area for practice is just too small for me. The book measures just under 7" square. I should have looked further down in the description to see the size of the book before ordering. My favorite page is number 189, however it would have been nice to have seen a process on how to do those beautiful numbers. I am very sad that I couldn't give this a better review.