Zoom Workshop 128: Lichen & Moss on Winter Branches

Join us for a two-day workshop!

Sunday, November 16, 2025: 3pm – 7pm ET

Thursday, November 20, 2025: 4pm – 6pm ET

✏️ Instructors: Vern Fannin & Sam McWilliams
✅ Level: All levels
🌱 Botanical Subject(s): Branches* with lichen and moss

*Consider the size of your paper, and choose the length of your subjects accordingly.

Workshop Description

Lichens and mosses turn even the barest winter branch into a miniature ecosystem that invites close observation. Take your time, enjoy this meditative study of tiny botanical worlds, and learn how to create their various textures, patterns, and brilliant colors with a mix of colored pencil and watercolor. (Want a fun challenge? Try using kraft paper for this workshop!)

Mosses can be spongy, soft, bristly, feathery, fibrous… Lichens can be crusty, leafy, shrubby, powdery, scaly… Bring any* branches from your backyard, and we’ll walk you through the whole process so you’ll leave this workshop with new textural skills in your botanical illustration toolkit.

*Consider the size of your paper, and choose the length of your subjects accordingly

Why Join?

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