Whether it’s acorn leaves and nuts or a milkweed pod and leaves, explore the wondrous and sometimes crazy shapes of seed pods through observational drawing. Add color with colored pencils and learn how to achieve an accurate shape and the importance of shading. This Tower Hill Botanic Garden course on October 31 is focused on learning and applying botanical illustration skills. It is an all levels workshop but it is encouraged to have some basic illustration experience.

Materials List (Not included with registration):

1. Mixed media paper pad, 9″ x 12″, such as Canson XL or Strathmore or Canson Mi-Tentes Drawing Paper Pad, assorted colors
2. Colored pencils, assorted colors, brands such as Prismacolor, Caran d’Ache, Derwent, Faber-Castell Polychromos
3. No. 2 pencil and an eraser

Instructor Carol Schwartz graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute, attending her senior year at Rhode Island School of Design. She earned her MFA in Illustration from the University of Hartford, Connecticut in 2014. Her education equipped her to be diverse and adaptable, with work appearing in 60 picture books and countless magazines, newspapers and advertisements.

$30 Member Adult; $40 Adult (Registration includes admission to the Garden) Register HERE