Botanical Drawing and Painting
Naturalist Journal
Wednesdays
November 20th, 27th and December 4th 2024
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM PT
Explore observational drawing techniques to capture what you see in your local landscape, gardens, parks or prepare for recording botanicals on your summer travels. In this series use a watercolour sketchbook. Practice essential drawing/painting methods and techniques using pencils, brushes and pens to capture seed pods, foliage and trees in the environment.
Course Highlights:
Study Traditional Botanical Drawings: Use traditional botanical drawings to inform your impressions of living plants and their diverse colours.
Practical Composition Skills: Learn how to organize your visual and written observations on the page.
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 determine the tonal value of colours and build on your watercolour painting application skills.
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”