Description

Botanical Sketchbook for All Seasons Full-Year Bundle

A Seasonal Series of Drawing Workshops on Zoom

FOUR CLASSES for $400 (or sold separately for $115 / session)

1. Winter Observations: Notice Nature & Start Sketching

Sunday, January 4, 2026: 1pm – 5pm ET (Find Winter Details Here)

2. Spring Essentials for your Botanical Journal

Sunday, April 12, 2026: 1pm – 5pm ET (Find Spring Details Here)

3. Summer Sketching: Grow your Botanical Drawing Skills

Sunday, July 12, 2026: 1pm – 5pm ET (Find Summer Details Here)

4. Autumn Abundance: Celebrate Fall in your Botanical Journal

Sunday, October 4, 2026: 1pm – 5pm ET (Find Autumn Details Here)

✏️ Instructors: Pam Thompson, Vern Fannin, &/ Sam McWilliams
✅ Level: All levels
🌱 Botanical Subject(s): Season-friendly plants you can easily forage near home

(See specific botanical subject lists in the individual descriptions of each workshop session.)

Workshop Description

Imagine your sketchbook as a personal time capsule and enjoy designing its pages with the spirit of your neighborhood’s budding spring greens, juicy summer berries, fiery autumn leaves, and quiet winter wonders as we grow through our life cycles. Turn an ordinary notebook into a living record of the natural world around you with this Botanical Sketchbooks for All Seasons Full-Year Bundle.

This four-part workshop series is your invitation to draw through the year, noticing more, stressing less, and letting your creativity shift with the seasons. No need for exotic plants or hours of studio time, just your sketchbook, colored pencils and/or watercolors, and the ever-changing world right outside your door.

Whether you’re new to nature journaling or a seasoned botanical artist craving more consistency, this bundle gives you a beautifully structured (yet wonderfully flexible) way to build a sketchbook practice that lasts. Start anywhere, follow one plant or dozens, and watch your pages bloom across all four seasons.

Across the Year, Learn How To:

•Capture seasonal details with simple, time-friendly sketching techniques
•Draw plants you can easily forage or find near home
•Observe and record recurring changes, from buds to blooms to berries to seedpods
•Build confidence in quick studies, color notes, and botanical form
•Stay inspired and curious all year long

Why Join?

Our workshops are not just about learning but also about community and collaboration. Here’s what makes our Zoom Workshops special:

👩‍🎨Friendly Instructors: Our experienced and approachable instructors are passionate about botanical art and are dedicated to helping you succeed. 

🎨Live Demonstrations: Watch and learn as we demonstrate each technique, making it easy for you to follow along and practice.

🖼️Constructive Feedback: Receive personalized feedback to help you improve and gain confidence in your artistic abilities.

🤝Interactive Environment: Engage with instructors and fellow participants, ask questions, and share your progress in a supportive and encouraging space.

🎥Session Recordings: Miss a session? Want to rewatch a lesson? No worries! After each session, you’ll get the recording delivered to your inbox, available for you to review anytime.

📹Pre-Recorded Videos: Access to pre-recorded videos to supplement your learning and practice at your own pace to help you feel prepared before we begin.

📧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:

What materials do I need for winter botanical sketching?

In addition to our “Bare Necessities” supplies, you will need: 

• Your favorite watercolor or mixed media sketchbook. We recommend a Stillman & Birn Mixed Media (Zeta Series) Sketchbook. Some manageable sizes are: 8.5 x 5.5 inch Landscape, or 7.5 x 7.5 inch.
• Waterproof ink pens like Sakura Pigma Micron Pen – Black 005 (0.2mm) And 05 (0.45mm) (Or other sizes, but one thick and one thin is best).
• Travel water brush like Pentel Aquash Water Brush – Small or your favorite watercolor brush.

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.

FAQs

Q: Do I need to start in winter?
A: NO! Start whenever inspiration strikes. Each session works on its own and as part of the full seasonal cycle.

Q: What if I miss a live class?
A: You’ll have access to the workshop recordings, so you can join live or watch on your own time, and ask questions via email.

Q: Are these workshops good for beginners?
A: YES, all sessions are friendly for brand-new sketchers and rewarding for experienced botanical artists alike.

Q: How much time will I need to commit?
A: As much or as little as you want. These sessions focus on quick, doable studies, not marathon drawings.

Q: What supplies are required?
A: Just your sketchbook, colored pencils, a few basic tools, and seasonal plants collected from your backyard, neighborhood, or local park.

Q: What kinds of plants will we draw?
A: Whatever’s growing near you: winter branches, spring blooms, summer berries, fall seedpods, fungi, leaves, herbs, garden favorites… anything that sparks curiosity. (See specific botanical subject lists in the individual descriptions of each workshop session.)

Q: Can I revisit the series each year?
A: YES, definitely! Your sketchbook practice will evolve as the seasons, the plants, and you change.

Q: Is there a discount for buying the bundle?
A: YES, purchasing all four sessions together gives you the best value. Individually each session is $115, but all four sessions together is only $400.

Learn more about each season’s session by clicking the images below:

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Cancellation Policy: Due to the virtual nature of this product, we cannot issue a refund. You will still receive all recordings from the workshop, and you can watch them at your convenience.

By purchasing this workshop, you agree to the following Media Release: I hereby give permission to Draw Botanical LLC to use photographs, videos, and/or audio recordings in which my picture or image appears for all purposes and in all media and formats now known or later created including, without limitation, all promotional materials. I hereby waive any right that I may have to inspect or approve the finished product or products or advertising or printed matter that may be used in connection with this video, audio or photographs or the use to which it may be applied.
I hereby irrevocably release and discharge Draw Botanical LLC and personnel from all claims, demands, and causes of action that I now have or in the future may have relating to the permitted use of my likeness.
I agree that Draw Botanical LLC will be the sole owner of all rights in the above-mentioned recordings. (Note: I maintain all rights to the work I create. Draw Botanical maintains all rights to the recorded content.) This release is governed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.