Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Autumn Jewels
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Event Details
Pre-Requisites: Botanical drawing, beginning and intermediate watercolor, color theory, and colored pencil I
GES: BI, 10, elective*
*This class provides 10 hours of elective credit toward the Botanical Illustration Certificate Program.
Supplies:
Watercolor, your normal artist-grade brand, primary colors and sepia. Simple palette. Ceramic or “Corelle” plate for mixing.
Colored pencils, artist-grade, Faber-Castell Polychromoa preferred. Other acceptable brands: Derwent Lightfast and Caran d’Ache. If watercolor pencils are used, recommend Faber-Castell Albrecht Duhrer which contain the same pigments as Polychromos.
Paper: good sketchpad paper >90 lbs., good watercolor paper >140 lbs, Hotpress (smooth) preferred. Tracing paper.
A variety of heirloom apples will be provided by the instructor.
This course takes place over 1 Thursday & 1 Friday from 10 am – 3:30 pm:
- October 30
- October 31
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
A life-long art enthusiast, Gail Goodrich Harwood has focused on botanical art for the last 15 years. After completing a one-day class at LGBG in 2009 with Lara Call Gastinger, she was “hooked.” Gail completed her LGBG Certificate in Botanical Illustration, followed by a year-long colored pencil course with Wendy Hollender. She has since studied further with Wendy and her team and with Ann Swan in the U.K. She has also studied watercolor and pen and ink with other world-class botanical artists. Gail has served as President of the Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region, as board member and officer of the American Society of Botanical Artists and was a founding member of the Central Virginia Botanical Artists, an ASBA Circle. She has exhibited art widely across the mid-Atlantic in both juried and individual shows. Her line drawing was selected for the National Cathedral’s coloring book. Gail also serves as editor of the quarterly publication of the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs and is a floral designer for the VMFA’s Fine Arts and Flowers event.
Banner image credits: Gail Goodrich Harwood