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Botanical Drawing Classes NYC

Learn the art of capturing the intricate details of plants and flowers through botanical drawing classes in NYC, where participants can explore various techniques and tools to create stunning, life-like illustrations.

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Botanical Drawing 2: Online

Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom

Enhance your botanical drawing skills with advanced techniques in graphite, light and dark media, and carbon dust. Join this online course offered by the Chicago Botanic Garden and continue your artistic journey. Prerequisite: Botanical Drawing 1.

Sunday Mar 17th, 1–4pm Central Time

 (8 sessions)

$449

8 sessions

Botanical Drawing 1

Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom

Strong drawing is the cornerstone of botanical art. In this class, we will work in pencil, covering the fundamentals of proportions, line, tone, dimensionality, and expression. We will work from live specimens, flowers, seeds, and fruit.

Saturday Jan 20th, 9am–12pm Central Time

 (8 sessions)

$449

8 sessions

Winter Wonders in Colored Pencil: Online

Chicago Botanic Garden @ Online via Zoom

Look closely. The plant world in winter is full of inspiration. Draw the evergreens, pinecones, seedpods, berries, vines, bark, and bare branches of your favorite trees during Chicago’s coldest months. Use colored pencils on paper or film to express the beauty or unexpected color and patterns you see around you, all while enjoying the coziness of home in this online course. A supply list will be sent. Prerequisite: Botanical Drawing 1 or comparable...

Thursday Feb 8th, 6–9pm Central Time

 (6 sessions)

$449

6 sessions

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Contemporary Botanical Drawing

Trestle Workshops @ 62 18th St, Brooklyn, NY

You will learn traditional botanical illustration technique after which participants can practice such a technique and/or use their specimen to create a contemporary botanical inspired drawing. We will also touch on plants as subjects throughout art history and in the post-modern era.  Seasonal flowers are provided but feel free to bring your own. Please bring $15.00 Material Fee to the teacher

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Botanical Drawing (Beginner)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the world of botanical drawing in this introductory workshop. With a step-by-step approach to capturing form, proportion, value, and texture, you will build a foundation for drawing botanical subjects. Bring your own materials: Pencil HB (also known as #2) or 2B pencil Paper Laser paper, smooth sketch paper or Bristol Kneaded eraser Tissue or soft cloth Before you Purchase Materials: If your class is canceled due to low registration,...

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Botanical Drawing I: Methods and Materials

New York Botanical Garden @ 20 W 44th St, New York, NY

Accurate observation translates into sensitive, realistic drawings and is an essential skill for botanical artists. Using basic shapes, fruit, and leaves, learn contour drawing with an emphasis on proportion, and explore techniques such as foreshortening, perspective, and line weight. This class is a prerequisite for all BIL certificate classes. If you do not have much drawing experience, you may want to consider first trying our Botanical Drawing...

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$449

6 sessions

Botanical Drawing

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Discover the art of bringing botanical subjects to life on paper in this hands-on course. Learn the techniques of pencil rendering and capture the intricate designs, patterns, and colors of plants, flowers, and vegetables. Unleash your creativity and create stunning botanical drawings with the guidance of experienced instructors.

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$290

6 sessions

Introduction to Botanical Field Drawing- Section A

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

In this workshop, students will learn how to use drawing as a tool to study plant forms, with a focus on identifying characteristics. Our subject will be the Garden's beautiful annual and perennial collections. Students will begin a sketchbook collection of plants.  This class is suitable for artistic beginners and horticulture students alike. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? No. Please bring: Sketchbook ...

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$276

6 sessions

Botanical Illustration with Watercolor Pencil (Beg)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Beginner Workshop: Botanical Illustration with Watercolor Pencil Watercolor pencils are a convenient and beautiful tool to add color and detail to botanical drawing. Building on drawing fundamentals, you will learn a variety of watercolor pencil techniques that will enhance your botanical illustration. Materials needed: Small set of watercolor pencils, any brand Smooth multimedia sketch paper or hot press watercolor paper, should be at least...

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Draw Flowers + Terrariums Workshop

Brooklyn Craft Company @ 165 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Learn to draw adorable and charming botanicals! This mellow, beginner-level workshop will take you on a tour of illustration basics in one three-hour session. You'll learn the basics of drawing simple floral forms to compose your own patterns and terrarium drawings. You'll start by learning to draw the basic structure of various plants, then learn to add on the center, petals, and leaves to create your own original, beautiful botanical illustrations....

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Drawing the Bonsai Collection

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

This class offers a unique opportunity to work directly from specimens in school's renowned collection while practicing drawing techniques and strategies.  The scale of bonsai allows students to explore every aspect of a tree like its structure, leaves, and branches, in close detail. This class is open to artists and tree lovers at all levels of experience. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? No. Please bring: A 16...

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$189

5 sessions

Drawing Workshop: Waterbirds

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

The ponds and streams in Brooklyn Botanic Garden provide inviting refuge for resident and migrating waterbirds. Herons, egrets, and wood ducks have all been sighted in the Garden.  In addition to a session sketching outdoors, classes focus on the anatomy, proportions, gestures, and behavioral habits of waterbirds as well as techniques for drawing in graphite and colored pencil. Students will complete a detailed study in pencil, with the option...

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$227

7 sessions

Drawing in Pencil and Charcoal: Tree Forms Collection

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Taking our cue from Van Gogh’s masterful renderings of “superb trees full of majesty and serenity,” we closely observe and interpret some of the beautiful tree forms within Brooklyn Botanic Garden's extensive collection. Then, draw them in pencil and charcoal on a variety of textured papers.

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$242

4 sessions

Drawing Birds' Nests Using Pencils

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Join this class to learn techniques for capturing the depth, texture, and intricate structure of nests as well as the polished smoothness of eggs. Use graphite or colored pencils alone or with watercolor to render these natural wonders.  Students will complete a detailed study in pencil, and color will be added to all or parts of the composition. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? No. Here's the material list: ...

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$156

4 sessions

Nature Drawing (Beginners and Beyond)

Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY

With plants of many kinds as our subjects, this class explores contour, perspective, value, and texture to build drawing skills. Students will work with a variety of pencils, including color pencils, ink, and color and textured papers.  Please bring an 11 by 14-inch sketchbook or pad to the first class.

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$232

7 sessions

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