University of Oxford Botanic Garden
www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk
The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is a collection of 13 distinct gardens and seven display greenhouses featuring over 5,000 species of plants. The garden offers educational programs for the public and for teachers. Together with the Harcourt Arboretum, the University of Oxford Botanic Garden forms the Museums and Collections department at Oxford University.
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Drawing plants with Kate Houghton
A day exploring plants from the Botanic Garden collection
Saturday, August 17, 2013
10 AM – 4 PM
Tuition will be given through demonstration and simple exercises designed to build up speed and confidence in capturing some of the essential features of these incredible structures. Kate Houghton MA started out as a sculptor and it is perhaps this which drives her interest in the structure of plants. She is committed to the role drawing can play in gaining a deeper understanding of the natural world.
An exhibition of Kate’s paintings are on view at the Oxford Botanic Garden through August 30, 2013.
Cost: £60 (includes a sandwich lunch)
Registering online allows force secure payment and immediate confirmation of your place(s). No tickets are sent out. Your email confirmation acts as a ticket.
Flower and Plant Portraits in Watercolour with Liz Sherras-Clark
September 28-29, 2013
10 AM – 4 PM
This will be an intensive and enjoyable weekend when students learn to develop flower painting skills and will have the chance to complete two of their own paintings under the expert guidance of Liz Sherras-Clark. Trained at the Ruskin School of Fine Art, Liz has been inspired by John Ruskin:
“…great art should communicate an understanding and appreciation of nature – only by means of direct observation can an artist through form and colour represent nature in art”.
Cost: £120
Registering online allows force secure payment and immediate confirmation of your place(s). No tickets are sent out. Your email confirmation acts as a ticket.
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