Plein Air
Botanical Drawing and Painting
Location: Queen Elizabeth Park & Bloedel Conservatory
Saturday July 6th 2024
9:00AM - 3:00PM
Price: $99
Slow down and enjoy the meditative practice of botanical drawing and painting for the day at Queen Elizabeth Gardens & Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver
Meet in the garden to draw a variety of flora outside this summer. The maximum class size is six people.
This Drawing and Painting Botanicals class is for beginner and intermediate level learners
Methods and techniques will include the following:
Accurate representation of plants using gesture and contour line drawing methods.
Explore the structure of plants through observational analysis making drawn notes of plant posture, angles and space.
Learn simple colour theory to advance the skill of mixing and matching colour to your studies.
Bring your own supplies (details on registration) and lunch
Demonstrations will be executed at various locations in the garden or conservatory. Pencil drawing to capture the essence of the plant, then adding watercolour to match the myriad of colours in simple washes.
Bring your own supplies, a small light chair that you can carry around. A travel set of watercolour paints and waterbrushes. Dress for the weather, if it rains, the class may need to be postponed until the following week.
Student Testimonials
“Fantastic! Katharine is an amazing instructor. I really enjoyed the class style + pacing, and the outdoor component.”
“I have no experience in drawing and found gesture drawing contour and shading is giving me a basic starting point.”
“I vastly improved my drawing skills of botanicals.”