Botanical Drawing

About

Julia Trickey is an award winning botanical artist and tutor who has exhibited internationally. She is particularly drawn to specimens that are less than perfect, especially leaves. On this course she shows you how to produce accurate plant portraits using graphite, tonal drawing and pen with watercolour washes. We will concentrate on accurate observational drawing skills from basic line drawings of leaf structures; tonal drawings of fruit and vegetables to explore depicting 3d organic shapes and using white and black pencils on grey paper - to encourage examination of the two extremes of the tonal range ie black and white.