Description
Relax, Create, and Connect with Nature This Spring
📅 Date: Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday, May 2, 3, & 4 (10am-4pm EDT)
📍Location: Hollengold Farm in Accord, NY
✏️Instructors: Wendy, Vern, & Pam
✅Level: All Levels
🌼Botanical Subject(s): Flowers blooming at the farm (roses, peonies, tulips, wildflowers, etc.)
🎨 Materials: See our list of Recommended Art Supplies
Workshop Description
Join us this May at Hollengold Farm in Accord, NY, for a botanical drawing workshop that blends creativity, nature, and relaxation to help you hone your skills, observe flowers up close, and create delicate floral illustrations with confidence.
What We’ll Practice
🌸 Flower Dissection & Observation – Take flowers apart to study their intricate details and understand their structure.
🖌 Playful Petals – Capture the softness and delicacy of flowers with colored pencils and watercolor pencils.
🖼️ Drawing & Composition – Learn how to draw realistic flowers and arrange a unique botanical composition with your flower, petals, and leaves.
Why You’ll Love This Workshop
🌿 Immerse Yourself in Nature – Explore the farm’s stunning landscape and gather inspiration from the fresh spring blooms all around you.
💡 Guided Instruction & Time to Draw – Watch instructor demonstrations, try the techniques yourself, and benefit from one-on-one feedback in a supportive, small-group setting.
✨ Relaxing & Meditative – Drawing flowers is a mindful, calming practice that lets you connect deeply with nature.
🎨 Sustainable Creativity – Responsibly harvest flowers to study and bring selected blooms back to our open, solar-powered pavilion to draw.
A Day at Hollengold Farm
Step into a blooming artist’s retreat, where you’ll begin by exploring the farm’s vibrant spring landscape. As you wander, choose the flowers that speak to you—perhaps a delicate wildflower or a lush peony. Return to the pavilion for live demonstrations to learn botanical illustration techniques, and create your own detailed floral artwork using colored pencils and watercolor pencils.
Bring Your Own…
… food (lunch and snacks).
… water bottle. We will have water to refill your bottle.
… art supplies. Find all of the supplies we recommend here. Feel free to follow along with any supplies you have (your result may just end up looking a little different). We will have a few art supplies (and prints!) available for purchase during the workshop.
… (optional) swimsuit and towel, if you ‘d like to take a dip in our natural swimming pool.
… (optional) cushion or pillow, if you require softer seating, as we will be sitting on sturdy metal chairs with good back support for most of this workshop.
… (optional) lamp to light your subject.
Prerequisites are not required for this workshop, but if you want to gain confidence and build some foundational skills before attending, we recommend completing the Botanical Basics online program.
Need a place to stay? Check out our lodging info for the Accord area.
Classes are held at:
Hollengold Farm
222 Lower Whitfield Rd
Accord, NY 12404
Reserve Your Spot Today!
🌸 Space is limited—secure your place in this inspiring botanical art workshop before it fills up!
