Renowned botanical artist and professional gardener, Carolyn Jenkins combines her love of art and gardening to create stunning compositions (often very different from traditional botanical painting) with vibrant colours that leap from the page.

The first part of this book – Botanical: Grow – explores time well-spent in the garden and covers much of the traditional details of botanical painting, from observation to capturing light, colour and texture. The second part – Contemporary: Paint – explores how Carolyn works with photography,

using the computer to help with crop and composition, achieving maximum impact and creating luminous paintings that shine from the page. Her stunning illustrations are full of vibrant colour, and her larger-than-life artworks

have gained an enthusiastic following on Instagram.

This practical guide contains all the techniques and practice you need to create beautiful botanical art, plus step-by-step photography, crop,

composition and photoshop demonstrations, to bring luminous colours, textures and impact to your own work.

知名植物艺术家和专业园丁卡罗琳·詹金斯（Carolyn Jenkins）将她对艺术和园艺的热爱结合起来，创造出令人惊叹的构图（与传统植物画迥然不同），色彩鲜艳，跃然纸上。

本书第一部分是“植物学：生长”，探讨了在花园中度过的美好时光，涵盖了植物画的许多传统细节，从观察到捕捉光线、颜色和纹理。第二部分“当代：绘画”探讨了卡罗琳如何使用摄影作品，使用计算机帮助裁剪和构图，实现最大效果，并创造出发光的绘画，在页面上闪耀。她令人惊叹的插图充满了鲜艳的色彩，她的艺术作品非常引人注目，在Instagram上获得了热情的追捧。

这本实用指南包含了创造美丽的植物艺术所需的所有技术和实践，加上逐步的摄影、裁剪、构图和Photoshop演示，为你的作品带来明亮色彩、纹理和影响。