Event Details

Prerequisites: Botanical Drawing required. Color Mixing and Intro to Watercolor preferred. Colored Pencil I or some experience with colored pencils preferred. Equivalent experience must be approved by the instructor prior to registration.

GES: BI, 10, elective*

*This class provides 10 hours of elective credit toward the Botanical Illustration Certificate Program.

Supplies: Students should bring professional-grade colored pencils, preferably Faber-Castell polychromos. Optional: bring watercolor of choice and good quality sable or synthetic brushes. Quality paper and shared supplies such as magnifying glasses and blenders will be provided.

This course takes place over 1 Monday and 1 Wednesday from 10 am – 3:30 pm:

• March 16
• March 18

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