• Creating Compositions: Holiday Cards

  December 1, 2022 in Botanical Illustration, Online Courses, Seasonal

    Using the art skills learned throughout our course, The Practice of Botanical Drawing, create a finished composition suitable for printing on holiday or harvest greeting cards to send to your friends and family. To create a finished seasonal drawing, focus on complex compositions and seasonal color combinations.     A complex composition of a … Continued

  

• Fall in Love with Winter Magic

  November 1, 2022 in Botanical Illustration, Seasonal, Workshops

  As the days grow too dark and cold to hang around outdoors, we need to keep ourselves occupied and our spirits up. Just because we’re not able to comfortably enjoy much time outside doesn’t mean we can’t still spend our time connecting with nature. I want to share with you my favorite botanical subjects to … Continued

  

• Practice Sketching Seasons: Winter

  February 1, 2022 in Botanical Illustration, Online Courses

  The Practice of Botanical Drawing started as a year-long Challenge, prompting students to track a tree or woody shrub of their choice through all its stages for a year. The final product becomes a “Sketchbook of the Seasons,” with color and tonal drawings, herbarium components, and journal documentation from one or two trees and or … Continued

  

• Draw Winter! Botanical inspiration around the globe

  December 6, 2021 in Botanical Illustration, Seasonal

  Winter has begun! We love following nature all year long and noticing the differences in each season. If winter is cold where you are, it may be difficult to find live subjects. Now is a great time to draw things that will not wilt or decay, like branches, nuts, seeds, and pods. Looking for inspiration? … Continued