Botanical Watercolor for All Levels with Linda Ann Vorobik, Ph. D.

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Details:

Many skills are needed to create an accurate, and thus lovely (as plants are lovely) botanical illustration. In this two-day workshop we explore how to trick the mind into seeing a 3-dimensional fruit (or seed, or cone…) when the artwork lives in “flat land”. Values, brightness, cool versus warm colors can all be used to make a painted image appear three-dimensional. And, as all botanical art sessions are “long dates with plants”, participants can get to know their botanical subjects intimately. Bring what drawing and watercolor supplies you have, Linda will supplement.

Pricing:

Garden members: $130

General Public: $140

Price is per person, for two days of instruction.

About the Instructor:

Linda Ann Vorobik, Ph.D. | Botanist, editor, and illustrator of numerous botanical publications — cherishes all three West Coast states as home. She currently resides on Lopez Island, Washington, and is affiliated with Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and with herbaria at University of California, Berkeley, and University of Washington. Linda earned a doctorate from the University of Oregon and has over 30 years of experience working in the natural world, including teaching, research, and illustration. She currently conducts field research and teaches in the Siskiyou Mountains and at other sites. She’s also the principal illustrator for many botanical guides, such as “A Flora of Santa Cruz Island” and “The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California.”

http://www.vorobikbotanicalart.com/