New at Class Near You > Georgia:
Atlanta Botanical Garden
www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org
An urban garden composed of 30 acres of outdoor gardens, an award-winning Children’s Garden, a conservatory home to collections of tropical and desert plants and many community programs and events, including a Botanical Drawing Program.
- Drawing Trees – Tuesdays, August 23 – September 20, 2011;
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. OR 6-9 p.m. Learn to draw trees using pencil, pen, marker and charcoal. Focusing on trees native to Georgia, students will learn to draw the morphological features of trees from leaves to bark to roots, as well as the overall shapes of trees. Instructor: Carol Sutherland. Cost: $170 nonmembers, $160 members. Registration deadline: August 21, 2011. To register online and to download the supply list for this class, click here. - Fine Line Pen for Botanical Illustration – Tuesdays,
September 27 – October 25, 2011; 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. OR 6-9 p.m. Learn to create botanical illustrations in pen and ink. Ink illustrations of plants are common to scientific journals and textbooks. Develop your skills in this medium through various cross hatching and stippling exercises. Learn how to apply your skills to different botanical subjects. Instructor: Carol Sutherland. Cost: $170 nonmembers, $160 members. Registration deadline: September 25, 2011. To register online and to download the supply list for this class, click here.
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See the Magnifier & Dissecting Kit Combo at ArtPlantae Books ($10).
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