Hi, I'm Cecilia!

I’m an illustrator, surface designer and art educator from Milan, Italy. When I’m not drawing in my cozy studio, you can find me traveling around the world with my sketchbook and pencils, searching for plants and flowers to use as an inspiration for my nature-inspired illustrations and patterns.

From lush flowers to curious mushrooms, from cute animals to vibrant vegetables, I turn the wonders of the natural world into charming, imaginative artworks ready to bring stories to life. I use colored pencils to create detailed floral drawings and botanical illustrations, that I arrange together into whimsical patterns with Affinity.

Today I work with independent clients, small labels and large brands, licensing my patterns for products like wallpapers, packaging, greeting cards and more, taking up freelance illustration projects and teaching online and offline workshops.

I began drawing while I was a teenager, while I was going through difficult times. Back then, I wouldn't have imagined that, what began like a sort of therapy, would have become a full-time career. Drawing helped me to slow down and to reconnect with my inner garden - that’s how I call my inner world, where all my feelings, dreams and memories can bloom like a thriving garden.

And I’m here to help you grow your inner garden as well, through a drawing practice that is both slow, relaxing and healing. I hope that my floral illustration classes here on Skillshare will help you reconnect with yourself and your inner world.

If you want to draw a way to care for yourself, I also created the Grow Your Inner Garden newsletter: every month you get a free floral art print and exclusive updates from my studio.

Also, if you want to stay a little longer, you’re welcome to The Art Garden Club - a cozy, intimate room on Patreon where, every month, we draw flowers together, gently inspired by travel and nature.

You can also meet me here:

Cecilia Battaini

Illustrator & Surface Designer

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