The Landis Arboretum in Esperance, NY hosts our four-session workshop in
the Library and Herbarium. Lectures and demonstrations are given each week covering both botanical and illustration topics.
It's so nice outside... |
...and we want to draw this... |
...but first we got this lecture... |
...and we have to look at stuff REAL close... |
...and learn all sorts of ways to measure plants for our drawing homework...
(This clever measuring technique is from Raul Rodriguez.) |
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Drawing and painting assignments (yes! we give homework!) give us an opportunity to explore and work our way through the unique structures and features
of our botanical subjects, using the classical methods of scientific illustration with pencil, pen, and watercolor.
Although the assignments are not required to be finished by the next session, the exercises are interesting to do, and we have the opportunity to share our discoveries
and talk about our experiences.