Botanical Drawing and Painting with Sandra Morris
Love plants? Have a favourite you want to sketch? This workshop is an introduction to plant illustrations and is ideal for anyone interested in drawing and painting the botanical world. The course is held onsite at Selwyn Community Education both day. Bring your own materials. More information below course dates.
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Sat 18 Nov
- $205.00 incl. GST
Sessions
Session 1
Sat 18 Nov 10:00 - Sat 18 Nov 16:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.Session 2
Sun 19 Nov 10:00 - Sun 19 Nov 16:00At Selwyn College, Auckland.
Description
After a brief look at the history and contemporary development of botanical illustration, some basic plant anatomy will be explored. Flower structures and leaf shapes will be examined with the 'naked eye' as well as under a microscope. Exercises on observational drawing will be set, encouraging you to experiment with a range of drawing tools, such as pencils, ink, pens and water colours. Sandra Morris studied botanical and wildlife illustration at Newcastle University, NSW, Australia and was visiting artist at the Auckland Botanic Gardens, Manurewa for six weeks in January 2013.
Expected learning outcomes
- discuss the development of botanical illustration
- dissect and identify flower parts
- sketch plants with confidence using a variety of media
On Saturday, will focus on the techniques of stick and ink and coloured pencil. On Sunday we'll spend time with watercolour paints and take some time around the school grounds drawing from real life.
Who should attend?
Botanists, students, anyone keen on gardening, artists looking for a new form of expression.
Materials to bring
A materials list will be sent upon enrolment and will include the following:
- Watercolour paints - preferably artists quality but Winsor & Newton or Cotman will be ok – available in individual tubes. Some indispensable colours are: Winsor Yellow, Winsor Lemon, Ultramarine, Permanent Rose, Alizarin Crimson and Indigo – if these are not in your selection of paints you may like to consider purchasing them separately. (You should have a warm and a cold colour of each of the primary colours).
- Colour pencils - Faber Castel Polychromos brand - a selection of greens - suggest May Green (170), Earth Green Yellowish (168), Permanent Green Olive (167), Pine Green (267) plus Burnt Carmine (193) and Dark Indigo (157).
- Paper -1 sheet of 300gsm watercolour paper HP (smooth) - Hahnemeulle Harmony 300gsm HP (smooth) is ideal and inexpensive. Can be purchased in individual sheets or pads.
- 1 packet of A4 Stella Multi Matt paper.
- Please also bring along cartridge (suggest 3-4 x A1 sheets) and spare paper for practice drawings.
- Pen - 1 fibre tip pen (the best is Staedtler Pigment Liner) 0.05mm- this is the finest you can get in this brand (and available at Gordon Harris).
- Bottle of black Indian ink.
- 1 dip pen nib (Hunt 512 or 513 - fine) and nib holder.
- Fine embossing tool or empty ballpoint pen.
- Brushes – preferably sable/natural fibre if possible, otherwise get synthetic. 1 x very fine (0000), 1 x size 3 or 4, 1 x size 6, and 1 x cheap brush for mixing colours.
- Liquid masking fluid (Pebeo brand is cheapest and best).
- Pencils: 1 x HB (essential) and any other pencils you may have
- Scalpel or small craft knife
- Palette - with as many wells as possible.
- Eraser
- Rags
- Magnifying glass
- Desk lamp (optional but handy)
- couple of jars (one larger for long-stemmed plants)
- Glass jar for water
- A5 or A4 sketchbook for outdoor sketching on the Sunday (optional)
- Gordon Harris, 4 Gilles Ave, Newmarket, ph 520 4466 offer Selwyn Community Education students a 10% discount so don't forget to mention that.
Bring a water bottle and a packed lunch each day.
Image from June 2016 Botanical Painting course:
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