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Botanical Illustration Study Pages: Drawing Nature Through Observation and Discovery

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Friday, Monday, Tuesday: February 20, 23, 24, 2026 | 10 am - 3:30 pm

A botanical study page is where curiosity becomes visual understanding—a working space to explore, test, and refine your observations of the natural world. In this three-day workshop, you’ll discover how drawing deepens your connection to nature through guided observation, inquiry, and play. Rather than simply copying what you see, you’ll learn to translate what captures your attention into expressive, accurate marks—revealing how structure, proportion, and relationship give form its meaning. Each exercise invites you to follow your curiosity, blending research, sketches, notes, and imagination into a visual story of discovery and connection. You’ll also explore how botanical artists—past and present—use study pages to deepen their connection to the natural world and express meaning through observation. Seeing how artists transform curiosity into understanding will inspire your own creative practice. This class supports how adults naturally learn—through stories, relationships, and making meaning. You’ll strengthen your grasp of line, value, and composition while exploring how preliminary studies evolve into more developed works of art. You’ll also explore your relationship with color through creating color studies in colored pencil or watercolor. Students working in watercolor must have first successfully completed Color Mixing. You’ll apply the techniques you already know to explore light, form, and their value–color relationships. By the final session, you’ll complete a personalized study page linking science, art, and wonder through curiosity and creative attention.

Prerequisite: Introduction to Botanical Drawing II

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