Program / Event Details

Artist-Naturalist Molly O. Hoopes will teach a lesson on traditional watercolor techniques, including color-mixing, color theory, wash, graded wash, drybrush, and wet in wet.  Students will practice the techniques and work on a scientifically accurate drawing of a flower or other natural object.

You choose the subject matter, or it can be based on season and availability: flowers, animal skulls, leaves, insects, rocks, or shells.                                                                                                                                          Flowers: Students will learn about pollination and flower anatomy, draw and paint a flower and label the parts.                                                                                                                                                                                Skulls: Students will learn how to tell a carnivore from an herbivore and predator from prey by studying the teeth and the eye socket locations.                                                                                                            Rocks: Students will learn the three main types of rocks and will draw, paint, and identify one.                  Shells: Students will learn how Climate Change is affecting sea level and will draw and paint a shell.

Students will be provided with information on the history of botanical art, careers in the science illustration field, and opportunities for further study (college, graduate level, and certificate programs) in scientific illustration.

All supplies provided.

Recommended for art, science, and Biology students.

Can also be booked as teacher training.