I’m excited to announce that another sketching class is finished and ready for you. It’s called: Wildflowers in Watercolor and Ink: Introduction to Botanical Sketching and it’s available directly from me or through Skillshare.
The class has a lot of the energy I was after this summer, with long field trips, concentrating on new sketching techniques and exploring wildflower life around the area. I hope it will help those of you who want to start your own botanical sketchbook. There are plenty of tips and demos, and you can also follow me along on a field trip for sketching.
At the bottom of the post there’s a short outtake video from the class!
About this class
This class will show you how you can capture the beauty of wildflowers in your sketchbook. We will take a look at basic sketching techniques and how to use them for drawing all kinds of flowers quickly and easily. We will explore a variety of fun mixed media techniques, including watercolor, ink and colored pencils. We’ll try out interesting ways to portray flowers in your sketchbook, learn about mixing specific colors and how to add convincing shadows and finishing touches to your flower sketches to make them stand out.
Why take this class
Flowers are a beautiful and easy subject that can be found all around you, and botanical sketching is a wonderful way to learn more about them. Sketching wildflowers is a wonderful activity that never gets boring.
What you’ll learn
- basic techniques for sketching flowers to create quick and realistic sketches
- watercolor layering techniques
- exploring a fun mixed media approach: combining watercolor, colored pencil and inks
- different ways to portray wildflowers in your sketchbook
- mixing accurate colors
- how to add shadows, details and textures to flower sketches to make them stand out
- how to keep your sketches loose but precise
I will share practical tips from my own botanical field sketching trips and show you what has worked best for me in the field and in the studio. You will create lots of wildflower sketches – from a basic pencil sketch to very detailed, colored flower portraits. You can choose if you prefer to do your sketches at home, or if you want to try out field sketching – which I can absolutely recommend!
Who this class is for
This is a class well suited for beginners who want to build up their drawing skills, as well as for more experienced artists who want to explore drawing flowers specifically.
What you’ll need
You will need a basic sketching kit with drawing and painting tools – a small selection of pencils, pens, inks, a small watercolor palette and of course a sketchbook will work great.
Let’s get started! I hope you will join me for this class to explore the world of botanical sketching and learn how to draw wildflowers!
Sign up now for Wildflowers in Watercolor and Ink: Introduction to Botanical Sketching:
The class is available on Gumroad (with pay-what-you-want pricing) or through Skillshare (get free weeks when you join).
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Are the lessons video or pdf. I’m interested in the new wildflowers course. How many videos or hours of teaching is there please
Hi Lee, they are video lessons, the whole course is about 2 hours 50 minutes. I often add new material to my courses as well when I find something interesting. 🙂
Dear Julia, You’ve just made my autumnal day a bit brighter with your new class offering. I’ve really been looking forward to this! There seem to be many more wildflowers in bloom now than during our hot summer drought. In fact the only blossom in our garden in August was an “everlasting pea” perhaps planted by the wind. Thank you in advance for creating this new course. Best wishes, Laura
Dear Laura, thank you so much, you’re putting a smile on my face! How lovely that you can still find flowers in bloom right now – around here most are gone. But I have a ton of photos from the summer. 🙂
Hello Julia,
Your class sounds terrific! Could you please comment on how long the class is and if there will be feedback and sharing of work. Also will it be available in the new year?
Thank you,
Christy
Hello Christy, the class has about 2 hours 50 minutes of video. Right now I’m offering it as a self-paced class only that’s permanently available, but hopefully there will be a round with feedback in the new year (I’ve planned this into spring/early summer already!). I hope that helps!
Am trying to sign up for the new botanical sketching course directly going to you. It will not allow me to add the course to the art and pay for it, however. Thank you for your assistance.
Hi Debbie, since the course is pay what you want, you need to enter an amount into the box on the right before you pay. I hope this fixes the problem, if not, let me know! Thank you for your support, it is much appreciated!
Hello Julia,
I am interested in purchasing your wildflowers in watercolour course, but am currently doing another course. Once I buy yours, do I have the content ‘for life’ or a limited time?
Many thank
Cathryn
Hi Cathryn, thanks for asking. You’ll have access for an unlimited time to the course videos (if I take them down one day I’ll notify everyone beforehand!) and you can also download them to your device. 🙂