The Department of Horticulture at Cornell University is expanding their schedule of online courses to include an advanced techniques course in botanical illustration. Cornell’s objective is to offer a certificate program comprised of Botanical Illustration I: Basic Drawing Techniques, Botanical Illustration II: Working with Watercolor and the third course in advanced techniques.
Botanical Illustration I & II will be taught again in January 2012. If you are interested in taking these classes and would like to be notified when registration opens in December 2011, please notify the distance learning program or watch for announcements on this site.
Cornell University Department of Horticulture
http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/
Two six-week botanical illustration classes are taught online through this department. A course syllabus for each class is available online. Click on the links below for complete details.
- Botanical Illustration I: Basic Drawing Techniques
Coming January 2012. Students will work in pencil and pen-and-ink. Topics include: observing nature, drawing, composition, perspective, shading. Cost: $500. Limit: 15 students. View the syllabus for this course. Register - Botanical Illustration II: Working with Watercolor
Coming January 2012. In this introductory course about color, students are encouraged to continue their discovery of plants. Emphasis will be on simpler subjects such as a single-stem flower, fruit, and vegetables. Limit: 15 students. View syllabus & register
View Cornell University’s horticulture distance learning courses
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