Botanical Drawing and Painting
Colour for Botanicals Continued
Tuesday
August 13th, 20th and 27th
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM PT
Cost: $99
Learn how to choose colours more accurately for botanical art in this short series designed for beginner and intermediate students.
Suggestions for demonstrations on specific colour mixing challenges are welcome. Sometimes additional colours might need to be added to your palette, to help matching with more accuracy.
Course Highlights:
Study Traditional Botanical Drawings: Study traditional botanical drawings to inform your impressions of living plants and their diverse colours.
Practical Skills: Learn how to see colour more easily with practical exercises.
Continuous line drawing using pencil or pen
Colour Theory: Dive into the essentials of colour theory practice, using swatches to compare colours.
Watercolour Mixing: Explore processes that reveal how to mix watercolour paints faithfully to match your favourite plants.
Step-by-Step Exercises: Practice simple exercises to create accurate line drawings and methods to determine the colours
Suggested colours: Cool and warm blue - Ultramarine (warm) Cerulean, Prussian Blue (cool); Cool and warm yellow - Lemon, yellow medium or deep; Cool and wam reds - Winsor red or Cadmium red (warm) Permanent Rose or Alizarin Crimson (cool); Greens - Viridian and Sap Green; Browns - Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber; Paynes Grey
Student Testimonials
“The design of the class content leads through a detailed development of skills while keeping it interesting. Although I have taken classes before, I always hear something in a new way which has helped me to gain more confidence in my drawing”
“I enjoyed the explanations of gestural drawing, adding contour lines, using a ruler to measure out drawing space, adding directional lines, examining a specimen dimensionally, adding colour. ”
“Katharine has adjusted to the new normal of online teaching with incredible skill and speed. She makes great use of the visual advantages of the online medium to deliver her classes without compromising on the quality of instruction. Being in one of her lessons is like having a front-row seat or even looking over her shoulder as she sketches. It’s fantastic.”
“Loved it. I really like having it online. I am 80 and feel too vulnerable for in-person classes. Plus, I can relax more as I don’t feel obligated to show my work”