Watercolor Pencils for Botanical Painting with Claudia Stevens (Saratoga)

Join Botanical Illustrator Claudia Stevens and the Nature Journal Club for a 1.5-hour workshop.  Through step by step demonstrations, you will learn foundation techniques and skills to carry into their next level of your art.  Bringing art to science: observation, attention to detail and plant structure, measurement, recording data, and accuracy.  Learn how to layer watercolor pencils and incorporate them into a watercolor painting. All made easy and fun with composing, layering transparent hues, and dry brush are examples of techniques covered.

Bring:

• A plant specimen to draw
• Sketchbook
• Paintbrush and water (or waterbrush)
• Set of watercolor pencils (Derwent or Faber-Castel)
• A small set of watercolors Consider the Derwent Inktense Paint Pan Travel Set.

All ages and experience levels are welcome.  No registration necessary,

$20 suggested donation.

Note: Jack will not be at this workshop and it will be Claudia’s first time teaching at this site so please welcome her and help her with the setup, take down, and logistics.