Updated: 31 October 2026

Botanical line art print

This prompt draws a plant such as eucalyptus branches with a single bloom in fine black lines, with a small area of soft colour wash behind the leaves on off-white paper, in a calm gallery-print style. A single continuous line gives a modern look.

image-botanical-line-art — midjourney — 40 words

Elegant botanical line art of [PLANT, e.g. eucalyptus branches and a single bloom], fine single-weight black lines, delicate details, a small area of soft [COLOUR] wash behind the leaves, off-white paper texture, minimal and calm, gallery print style. --ar 3:4

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Use a single continuous line style for a modern minimal art print.

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What you will get

A calm gallery-style print of your plant in fine single-weight black lines, with a soft patch of colour wash behind the leaves on off-white paper.

Why it works

Minimal line art relies on restraint, so the prompt asks for fine single-weight lines, delicate detail and only a small soft colour wash. Off-white paper texture makes it feel like a print. The plant blank sets the subject, and a single continuous line, as the tip says, gives a modern look.

Common mistake

The lines vary too much.

Fix: Say “single uniform line weight, no shading, no hatching”.

Also watch for

The colour wash is too strong. Ask for “a pale, soft wash covering a third of the leaves, slightly off-centre”.
The drawing is cluttered. Limit it to one branch and one bloom, with generous white space.

Try a variation: make a pair

Create two matching prints, one with a leaf branch and one with a flower, in the same wash colour for a framed pair.

Still not right? Add this and run it again

drawn as a single continuous line without lifting the pen, same plant, more white space around it