Botanical Drawing with Jenny Lee

This course is suitable for beginners.

Overall Goals:
– Develop foundational botanical drawing skills, emphasizing accurate observation and depiction of plant forms.
– Encourage creativity and build confidence in students artistic abilities.
– Create a supportive environment tailored to individual skill levels and artistic interests.

List of materials:
Drawing materials:
Pencils: graphite from 3B to 4H, or charcoal hard/medium/soft, or other pencils you already have
Knife or sharpener: for sharpening
Erasers: plastic and kneaded eraser
Paper: Sketch paper or printing paper, preferably a sketch book to keep a record of your art journey
Tracing paper (or baking paper instead)
Watercolour materials:
Watercolour paper (or pad, or block), smooth, 300gsm (140Ib) or more
Watercolour paints, students’ or artists’ quality, in tube or pans, 12 colours set would be fine. If you buy colours individually, you will need at least 3 tubes or pans – yellow, blue and red
A palette or a dinning plate – white colour
A bottle or any container for washing brushes
An old rag or tea towels to dap dry brushes
Brushes: good quality brushes would make your learning process more enjoyable. Variety of brush shapes and sizes to achieve different level of detail. For this class, we will use round brush size 0, 4 and 6.
Other materials (optional):
Ruler
Tape
Table easel
Divider
Where to buy the materials?
Shops:
Gordon Harris, Studio Art Supplies, the French Art Shop, or can be found at the Warehouse Stationary,
Kmart (Kmart offers free delivery with over $65 purchases).
Online:
Amazon, Temu (free delivery with $35 purchases), Hobby Land etc.