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There’s Lots to Learn About Plants & Botanical Art at North Carolina Botanical Garden

July 18, 2012 by Tania Marien

Here is only a hint of the botany and botanical art classes one can take at the North Carolina Botanical Garden.

See what’s new at Classes Near You > North Carolina:


North Carolina Botanical Garden

www.ncbg.unc.edu
Through the Garden’s courses in botany and botanical art, anyone interested in plants and how to draw and paint them will receive a well-rounded education enhancing their scientific understanding of plants, their knowledge of visual arts theory, and how to approach drawing and painting plant portraits. Upcoming botany and botanical art classes include:

  • Botany
    Saturday, August 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012; 9:15 AM – 1:15 PM.
  • Drawing for People Who Think They Can’t Draw
    Saturday, August 18, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Intro to Botanical Illustration
    Saturdays, August 25, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Beginning Drawing
    Mondays, August 27 and September 10, 17, 24, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Beginning Watercolor
    Tuesdays, September 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Plant Ecology
    Wednesdays, September 5, 12, 19, 26, 2012; 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
  • Fall Leaves in Colored Pencil
    Saturday, September 8, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Field Sketching
    Mondays, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Introduction to Mushrooms
    Wednesday, October 3 and Saturday, October 6, 2012.
  • Lichens
    Saturday, October 13, 2012; 9 AM – 3 PM.
  • Dendrology
    Wednesdays, October 31 and Nov. 7, 14, 28, 2012; 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM.
  • Flowering Plant Families
    Sundays, November 4, 11, 18 and December 2, 2012; 1:30 – 4:30 PM

View course schedule at North Carolina Botanical Garden

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