Botanical Art Techniques
with Sophie Newnham
Learn the skills and secrets of botanical art from an established practitioner.
Sophie will lead you through easy to follow steps, introducing a new skill each week. You will discover how to observe, draw and paint directly from nature. By the final few weeks you will be equipped to draw and paint a finished composition to be proud of. Sophie looks forward to introducing you to the ever-inspiring skill of botanical art.
Materials provided for the first session
Open to all levels
Botanical Art modules can be booked individually:
Flowers and their vases
14, 21, 28 November & 5 December 10am-12:30pm
Drawing and painting flowers and their containers, glassware, vases, bottles. How to depict water and glass, reflections through paint application.
Gallery
Skills covered
Observation and the line
Tone, shading and volume
Negative space; measuring objects and perspective
Balance and composition
How to use a variety of mediums, from pencils to inks to paint
Mixing colour and the palette
Backgrounds and foregrounds
Drawing through to a finished painting
Finding your individual style.
Students will use a range of materials including:
Pencils; tortillons; fineliner pens; coloured pencils; watercolours and acrylics.
We will be working from a series of natural objects including flowers, foliage, vegetables, and fruit with a variety of backgrounds. Printouts and photos will also be used.
“I’m so delighted I took the plunge and I signed up to one of Sophie’s botanical art courses. I learnt so many new skills and couldn’t believe the progress I made over the weeks. At every new stage I was doubting whether I would get the hang of it but Sophie patiently showed us all step by step and somehow I found myself doing it. It’s been hugely satisfying and now I’m inspired to keep testing out what I’ve learnt”
“I’d really recommend giving Sophie’s botanical course a go. I can’t believe I can actually draw something that looks so life like and that’s after just a few weeks.”
“Sophie took us through all the key skills we needed for drawing and painting from nature and somehow I now have the confidence to just try drawing things around me. Before this I had no idea how to even start. Thank you!”
Undecided? These classes can be tried out with an initial taster. If you decide to continue to the end of term, the taster is deducted from the fee for the remaining sessions.
For a taster session, all materials are included. For regular students, we can advise you on obtaining materials at the taster.
