Botanical Art- The Art of the Pencil Graphics of Green dragon plant, long leaf pine cone, Bull thistle, Solomon's Seal plant, and Wild hyacinth. Creating magic! One step at a Time. Relish and rediscover the joy of drawing in pencil - for this is a class for advanced and not-so-advanced students. Refresh your pencil technique. Your hand/eye co-ordination and observational skills. And find an even greater appreciation for the fundamentals of an analytical drawing process designed to give your drawing a finer sense of scale, perspective and detall. Feel the magic of creating "value" as your botanical drawing slowly emerges and comes to life with shape, form, depth and dimension. All of this - plus an on-going review of drawing technique across the centuries.

Mobile Botanical Gardens: Botanical Art- The Art of the Pencil

September 13, 2024
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Date/Time
Date(s) - September 13, 2024
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

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Mobile Botanical Gardens

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Instructor: Derek Norman
Artist, Botanical Artist, Educator, Author & sometime Writer

For those who simply wish to take their botanical art and drawing skills to a higher level and those who continue to explore the world of botanical art drawing with colored pencil this class is specifically designed for you!

Students will progress through sound accurate observation and the fundamentals of proportional drawing technique to an understanding of working with color and colored pencil. A step-by-step process will allow the student to more fully understand the application of color and color blending, be it colored pencil or watercolor. As the class progresses each
student will engage in drawing plant specimens as they learn to apply color to a variety of hot press papers and understand the importance of structure, surface texture and color perspective.

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