Botanical Art Summer 2025
$297.00
Upon purchase you will receive access to:
Session 3: July 28th- August 15th, 2025
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 3-4 pm eastern time
Three classes a week for 3 weeks 9 days total
Description of Botanical Art (Summer 2025):
This class is suitable for students who want to study botanical plants, flowers, fungi and stone through drawing. We will cover art techniques such as: drawing with graphite pencils /colored pencils, basic watercolor illustration, mark making, value study, lighting, drawing plants from observation, picture composition, and reference living and historical artists.
Students will spend time taking their sketchbooks out in nature and drawing from life. They will be asked to collect leaves, flowers and other finds in nature to inspire final works of art.
In the final weeks, we will wrap up what we have learned and discuss ways of developing a more permanent art practice. The goal is that by the end of the 12 weeks, students will feel informed and inspired to keep making art.
Structure of Each Class:
Warmup:
Visual Art Exercise
Reviewing art from previous week:
We will review art from the previous week and/or share student homework assignments.
New learning:
We will explore the new topic for the day
Homework:
Students will be asked to complete a drawing exercise or more in depth drawing. They may also be given other assignments such as writing about their art or researching other artist for inspiration.
Syllabus by Week (Suggested)
In Class: Class overview, Discussion of materials, drawing setup Homework: Drawing Exercise
In Class: Mark making/ value study Homework: Drawing assignment
In Class: Graphite Pencils Homework: Drawing assignment
In Class: Colored Pencils Homework: Drawing assignment
In Class: Watercolor illustration Homework: Drawing assignment
In Class: Leaves Homework: Drawing assignment
In Class: Flowers Homework: Drawing assignment
In Class: Fungi Homework: Drawing assignment
In Class: Trees Homework: Drawing assignment
