Botanical Drawing and Illustration for Beginners

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Please bring with you to the first session:

• A3 sketchbook - the paper should be as white and smooth as possible. The ideal sketchbook would be Daler Rowney Ebony sketchbook.
• Graphite pencils, such as Faber Castell 9000 or Staedtler Lumograph, grades 4H, 2H, F or HB, B, 2B.

Your tutor will provide watercolour paper at the start of the course, to get you going.

You will need to provide paper as the course progresses, and your tutor can advise you on the most suitable paper to get during the first session.

After the first session, you will also need:

• Watercolour paints – individual pans of Artists’ Quality Winsor & Newton paint (not Cotman). There is no need to buy a set of paints, please buy individual colours of:

o    Blues - Winsor Blue Green Shade, Winsor Blue Red Shade

o    Yellows: Transparante Yellow, Indian Yellow

o    Reds: Quinacridone Red, Permanent Rose

o    Purple: Winsor Violet Dioxazine

• • Sable or synthetic pointed round paint brushes (these are good for laying down washes and detailed work). We’d suggest getting one of each of these sizes: Size 6, Size 4, Size 2, Size 0.
  • A Paint palette – either a daisy ceramic palette or a white household china side plate.
  • Travel lamp with daylight bulb.

If you would like to do some pre-course research, you can look at:

• Botanical Art Techniques by The American Society of Botanical Artists
• Botanical Illustration by Valerie Oxley
• Botanical Illustration From Life by Isik Güner
• Website: https://www.botanicalartandartists.com/