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.  All materials provided.  Choose from flowers, animal skulls, taxidermy specimens, leaves, nuts and seeds.

Flowers: Pollination and flower anatomy

Skulls: How to tell carnivore from herbivore, predator from prey by studying teeth and eye sockets

Taxidermy: Taxonomy and the differences between mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds

Leaves: Why leaves change colors in the fall, which chemicals in leaves are also in foods they eat

Nuts & Seeds: How plants spread their seeds

Career Exploration: 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.

Recommended for art, science, and Biology students.