Start Botanical Art 2023
Timetable
Find Us
If driving, take a right at Baynards Hill Primary School, then an immediate left onto the slip-road. There are usually parking bays available.
If using public transport catch the number 8 bus from Oxford City Center, or the N8 from Risinghurst.
Lesson 1: Easy-Peasy Plants, Grass & Cacti
Date: 27/06/23
10 mins - Warm-up
10 mins - All About Grasses (presentation)
15 mins - Drawing grass exercise
10 mins - All About Cacti (presentation)
15 mins - Drawing Cacti Exercise
45 mins - Soft Pastel Colourful Cacti inspired by Jenny Willigrod
Materials: HB Pencil, fine line pen, soft pastels
Lesson 2: Make like a Tree & Leaf
Date: 04/07/23
10 mins - Warm-up
10 mins - Leaf printing - wax
10 mins - monoprint
20 mins - Leaf printing - acrylic on black
1 hour - Negative Leaf Watercolour Painting
Materials: Pencil and Watercolours, gouache, wax
Lesson 3: Summer Fruits
Date: 11/07/23
10 mins – Warm-up
10 mins - Fabulous Fruits (presentation)
5 mins - Lemon on a Lightbox
20 mins - Creating Circular Cross-sections
1 hour - Painting a Strawberry Step-by-Step
Materials: Pencil and Watercolours
Lesson 4: Georgia O’Keefe - Macro Flowers
Date: 18/07/23
10 mins - Warm-up
10 mins - Who is Georgia O’Keefe? (Presentation)
15 mins - Macro Flower Photography
15 mins - Drawing Flowers from Photos (including composition)
1 hour - Painting in the style of Georgia O’Keefe
Materials: Soft Pastels, Coloured Pencils and Watercolours
Recommended Materials
Graphite pencils, coloured pencils and Watercolours. I recommend:
I have all these materials available to loan, but recommend having your own so you can practise at home.
Recommended reading:
The Watercolour A-Z of Trees & Foliage by Adelene Fletcher
Drawing Flowers by Margaret Stevens
Painting Flowers & Plants by Janet Whittle
