Botanical Drawing and Painting

Botanical Drawing and Painting

(SCQF level 5)

Evening, Design

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Overview

This course is for anyone with no prior drawing experience, who wants to learn how to draw flowers, fruit and vegetables with ease.

Through tutor demonstrations, you'll learn the different methods used to describe plants and flowers in a professional manner using pencil, ink and watercolour. You'll also discover composition, tonal studies and look at how to mix the perfect tonal range in watercolour to create your own botanical masterpiece.

By the end of the course you will have a body of completed work and the opportunity to window mount your final artworks.

What you study

You'll study:

  • Methods used to describe plants and flowers in a professional manner.
  • Using pencil, ink, and watercolour.
  • Composition.
  • Tonal studies.
  • Watercolour tonal range.