Description
Join us for a two-day workshop!
Sunday, August 10, 2025: 3pm – 7pm ET
Thursday, August 14, 2025: 4pm – 6pm ET
✏️ Instructors: Vern Fannin & Sam McWilliams
✅ Level: All levels
🌱 Botanical Subject(s): Tomatoes
🎨 Materials: For this workshop we will be drawing on TAN KRAFT PAPER, so in addition to our usual list of recommended art supplies, please bring Tan Stonehenge Kraft Paper to class. We may also use a white Prismacolor colored pencil.
Workshop Description
Let’s celebrate tomato season! In this joyful workshop, we’ll explore how to draw juicy tomatoes on warm-toned kraft paper using our signature combination of colored pencil and watercolor to bring out their rich reds, vibrant greens, and glossy highlights.
Tomatoes are wonderfully round, boldly colored, and full of interesting botanical details—making them a fun and rewarding subject for botanical illustration. Cut cross-sections reveal beautiful starburst patterns and translucent pulp, perfect for practicing texture, contrast, and composition. Whether this will be your first botanical drawing or your five-hundredth, this class is a fresh take on a classic subject.
What We’ll Practice
🎨 Working with Kraft Paper
Discover how the midtone tan of kraft paper acts as a perfect base, helping colors pop while allowing both shadows and highlights to shine. You’ll learn how to adjust your approach when working on toned paper and how to make the most of its warm, earthy surface.
🍅 Capturing Tomato Texture and Form
Learn to draw both whole and cut tomatoes—studying their shiny skin, juicy interiors, and those delicate green sepals. We’ll break down the techniques for creating realistic surfaces and forms by layering colored pencil and watercolor.
💡 Creating Depth, Light & Highlights
The best part of working on kraft paper is getting to add in bright highlights! Practice continuous toning from the lightest white to the darkest shadows to enhance your portrayal of its three-dimensional form. Explore how light interacts with smooth and translucent surfaces to create that unmistakable glossy tomato look.
Why Join?
Our workshops are not just about learning but also about community and collaboration. Here’s what makes our Zoom Workshops special:
✨ Step-by-Step Live Demos – Follow along with clear, approachable guidance from friendly instructors.
🌱 Supportive Learning Environment – Engage with instructors and fellow participants, ask questions, and share your progress in a supportive and encouraging space.
🖼️ Constructive Feedback – Receive personalized feedback from experienced educators to help you improve and gain confidence in your artistic abilities.
Even if you can’t join the live sessions, you still get unlimited access to:
🎥 Recorded Sessions – Rewatch anytime to refine your technique. (Recordings are sent a few hours after the live session ends.)
📹 Pre-Recorded Videos – Access to pre-recorded videos to supplement your learning and practice at your own pace to help you feel prepared before the class sessions.
📧 Email Support – If you watch the recordings after the live workshop has ended, you can still receive personalized feedback! Just send photos of your progress to info+images@drawbotanical.com, and an instructor will reply with compliments and constructive critiques.
IMPORTANT: Add info@drawbotanical.com to your email contacts! All workshop details will arrive in your inbox, including links to the Zoom meetings, pre-recorded videos, and slideshow.
After purchasing this workshop, you will receive an email with Registration Details. If you don’t see this email in your inbox a few hours after purchasing, search your inbox for our email address and check your spam/junk/quarantine folders. If you still can’t find it, email info@drawbotanical.com, and we will assist you.
Recommended Supplies:
NOTE: For this workshop we will be drawing on TAN KRAFT PAPER, so in addition to our usual supplies, please bring Tan Stonehenge Kraft Paper to class. We may also use a white Prismacolor colored pencil.
Find all of the supplies that we recommend here. Feel free to follow along with any supplies you have (your result may just end up looking a little different). Our lessons are about a combination of fundamental 3D art concepts and colored pencil and watercolor technique, so you can skip the supplies-specific tips and still learn a lot about art basics including perspective, light source, composition, etc. One of the main points we teach is colored pencil and watercolor technique for slow, continuous toning, but as long as you are able to achieve the same blending result with your chosen materials, you can still benefit from our course lessons.
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations at least two weeks in advance will receive a 75% refund. If you cancel less than one week up to 48 hours before the event, you will receive a 50% refund (less 5% processing fee) if we can find someone to replace your spot. Less than 48 hours cancellation, we cannot issue a refund. You will still receive all recordings from the workshop, and you can watch them at your convenience.
We reserve the right to cancel a workshop at any time. If we cancel a workshop, you will receive a full refund.
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