Botanical Drawing for Beginners

Program led by: Kathie Miranda

March 19, 2022, 10 am – 1 pm – via Zoom

This workshop is designed for students with no drawing experience or for those who wish to refresh their skills.  Draw for the fun of it or as a preliminary step to later work in color.

Learn careful observational skills to translate what you see into simple lines and shapes as well as basic botanical drawing techniques to make a realistic drawing of a simple fruit.  See how to turn a cone and a sphere shape into a Bartlett pear.

Students will need a 9” x 12” pad of drawing paper (Strathmore 400 regular surface); an HB and 2B pencil (Faber-Castell 9000); a white plastic eraser (Staedtler Mars); and a fresh Bartlett pear.

NB: Items in (parentheses) are suggested brands available at Jerry’s Artarama, Norwalk; Thompson’s Art Supply, White Plains; some Michael’s; some Staples; and Dick Blick www.dickblick.com.

The structure of our Zoom class meetings is a live 3-hour classroom experience: live demonstrations followed by time to work on your project “together in class”. The last ~ 30 minutes of class is devoted to a review and Q&A session.

Kathie Miranda is a contemporary multi-media artist and educator. A graduate of Pace University, with further studies at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts and Paier College of Art, she coordinated the Art program at the New York Botanical Garden and is past-president of the New York chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators.  

Guest are responsible for purchasing their own material. A material list will be provided.

- Recommended Book (please borrow from library before purchasing): Botanical Illustration for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide, Meriel Thurstan and Rosie Martin, Batsford, 2015

Please contact the education department with questions or for information regarding Covid-19 safety during programs. 

Bartlett Arboretum Education Department Director E-mail: Mbelletzkie@bartlettarboretum.org 

Location: Class will be held on Zoom for the entire term. If you have never used Zoom before, provided below is a link to set it up on your computer and/or device: https://zoom.us/download

Cost: The workshop costs $60 Members can take advantage of a $10 discount at check-out!

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