Drawing & Painting: Botanical Art-A Seasonal Sketchbook
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Drawing & Painting: Botanical Art /A Seasonal Sketchbook
Instructor: Barbara Holmer
Spring is a great time to start a new sketchbook to celebrate the upcoming Worldwide Day of Botanical Art. We will begin by constructing a small accordion sketchbook. Students will then select botanical subjects to draw or paint in their booklets using graphite, ink, colored pencil, and / or watercolor.*
Add to your booklet each week or create a new sketchbook for each subject.**
Botanical subjects and materials will be provided for the first sketchbook. Bring supplies for your chosen medium to the first class.
**After the first week, students have the option of making their own sketchbooks or using a sketchbook of their choice as suggested on the supply list.
*Prerequisite: Students should have some drawing background and previous experience using the medium of their choice!
Saturdays, April 26 – May 17
12:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 4 sessions
$180 Members, $220 Guests, $10 Materials Fee
Barbara Holmer
MATERIALS LIST:
GENERAL:-kneaded eraser-Tombow Mono eraser-artist’s tape (not 3M) or white painter’s tape-sighting stick or divider-foam core board (approximately 11”x14”) or small drawing board-.5mm mechanical pencil (HB and 2H lead)-small (1”) hake brush or other soft brush-Saral transfer paper or hand made transfer paper
PAPER:-9”x12” or smaller sketchbook* such as Stillman and Birn Alpha Seriesor Strathmore Series 500 Mixed Media Softcoveror Sennelier Accordion Urban SketchbookORStonehenge Drawing, Bristol Board Vellum surface, or other drawing paperPLUSFoam Core board 11”X14” or other drawing board
COLORED PENCIL SUPPLIES:Regular colored pencils…NOT water soluble pencils!choose from these brands *-Faber Castell POLYCHROMOS (this is the brand I use; it is available at DickBlick in individual colors )*-Prismacolor Premier (NOT Verithin)-Derwent Colorsoftalso need:-Lyra Splender blender (colorless)
SHARPENERS: choose from:-Staedtler hand held sharpener, 2 hole tub (Staples)-Derwent Manual sharpener (hand operated and quieter than electric)-(Mitsubishi) Uni KH-20 (hand operated)-any sharpener you have that gives a truly SHARP POINT
INK MARKERS-Fine and Extra Fine point black and/or grey markers such as Micron**please contact me through the BBAC office if you have any questions
WATERCOLOR SUPPLIES:water container (s) (Talenti Sorbet/Gelato is perfect!)lint free cloth or paper toweling (Viva plain texture)artists tape 1/2”mechanical pencil HB size .5 or .7 (found in office stores or art stores: Nothing fancy!)kneaded and/or white plastic eraser such as Staedtler-Mars
BRUSHES:-your favorite round brushes size 2 and 4 that have a good pointOR-Utrecht Series 228 Sablette size 2 and 4OR-Princeton Velvetouch round size 2 and 4OR-Da Vinci Cosmotop Spin size 2 and 4
PALETTE:white porcelain or plastic palette with at least 6 compartments
PAPER:9”X12” or smaller sketchbook such asStrathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Softcover, Aquabee Super Deluxe Mixed MediaORBlick Premier Hot Press 140 lb.Saunders Waterford Hot Press 140 lb. : traditional or high whitePLUSFoam Core board for support
PAINTWinsor Newton Artists Watercolors: optional:- Winsor Lemon - Burnt Sienna- Winsor Yellow Deep - Winsor Violet- Quinacridone Magenta - Cerulean Blueor Permanent Rose- Scarlet Lake- Winsor Blue (Green Shade)- French Ultramarine BlueDaniel Smith Watercolors: (Extra Fine Essentials Set - Blick)- Hansa Yellow Light- New Gamboge- Quinacridone Rose- Pyrrol Scarlet- Phthalo Blue Green Shade- French Ultramarine Blue
**please contact me through the BBAC office if you have any questions
Course Medium
Drawing and Painting
Location
Studio 4 at BBAC Campus
Instructor
Barbara Holmer