Botanical Drawing and Painting
Drawing Tree Shapes and Textures (Online)
Local Park Trees, Vancouver
Wednesdays
February 12th, 19th and 26th 2025
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM PT
Join local artist Katharine Dickinson for an immersive online series on capturing the beauty of trees through drawing. Over three engaging sessions, you’ll refine your observational skills, explore colour matching, and uncover the unique features that define different tree species.
Learn essential drawing techniques inspired by botanical art and tree photography, simplifying concepts like foreshortening and perspective. Practical exercises will focus on textures and details, including bark, twigs, leaves, and cones, using live tree examples.
Experiment with watercolour washes, colour mixing, and enhance your illustrations with delicate dry brush techniques to capture natural hues and intricate textures.
Recordings will be available to participants for a limited time. Pre-registration is required. Click here for the supply list and to learn more about Katharine.
Course Highlights:
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”