TheLos Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden offers courses in introductory botanical drawing, beginning and intermediate watercolor, colored pencil, and sketching throughout the year. All courses are taught by Olga Eysymontt. Check the listings below for upcoming Fall and Winter classes.
Basic Watercolor & Graphite Pencil
Application and Techniques for Botanical Illustration (Ongoing Series)
In this class, students will render all plant forms in graphite and then use their graphite drawing as a model to create the same form with transparent watercolor. This ongoing series will cover the basic application and techniques of watercolor painting and drawing in graphite. Cost: $180 members / $195 nonmembers.
- September 8, 15, 22, 29; Tuesdays; 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
- October 6, 13, 20, 27; Tuesdays; 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
- November 3, 10, 17; Tuesdays; 9:30 am – 2:30 pm
- December 1, 8, 15; Tuesdays; 9:30 am – 2:30 pm
Watercolor for Botanical Illustration
An Ongoing Monthly Series for Advanced Students
Cost: $180 members / $195 nonmembers.
- September 9, 16, 23, 30; Wednesdays; 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
- October 7, 14, 21, 28; Wednesdays; 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
- November 4, 11, 18; Wednesdays; 9:30 am – 2:30 pm
- December 2, 9, 16; Wednesdays; 9:30 am – 2:30 pm
To register, please call 626.821.4624 or email jill.berry@arboretum.org
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