Learn the basic watercolor techniques used by botanical artists while painting Japanese chrysanthemums from a provided photograph. A photograph will be provided for reference. Flat wash, layering and dry brush techniques will be covered. This New York Botanic Garden online course on September 10 from 11 – 4:30 will offer live demonstrations, videos, and individual feedback in an enjoyable and supportive atmosphere.
You will need all required materials listed in the link below. The instructor will send you a line drawing of a rose that you will also need to print before class. Click HERE for materials list. Adele Rossetti is the instructor. Adele, recently awarded the 2017 Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant, studies and paints the flora of the Mata Atlantica in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Adele was previously named a Fulbright Scholar in 2016, has been honored by the Hunt Institute, and earned the American Society of Botanical Artists’ Excellence Award and the Royal Horticultural Society’s Grenfells Science Medal. She has taught art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where she received a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and a Master of Science in History of Art, Design, and Architecture. Adele has taught in Pratt Institute’s Venice Program, as well as at Vassar College, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Adele illustrated the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Discovery Garden interpretation consoles and is a fellow of the BBG Florilegium Society. Additionally, Adele is a lecturer, published scientific illustrator, private art tutor, and exhibiting artist.
NYBG members $95, nonmembers $105. Register at www.nybg.org.
