Event Details

GES: BI, 20, elective*

*This class provides 20 hours of elective credit for the Botanical Illustration Certificate Program.  Required pre-requisites are Introduction to Drawing for Botanical Illustration and Intermediate Drawing for Botanical Illustration.

This course takes place over 3 Saturdays:

• August 13
• August 20
• August 27

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About the Instructors

Claudette Baker comes from a long lineage of artists and has lived her life as a student and teacher of various artistic practices. She taught art to children, served as a guest artist at the Governor’s School for the Arts in Norfolk, and is a graduate of the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s botanical illustration program. Claudette’s favorite medium is pencil, both color and graphite. She is a free spirit who accepts all with open arms. As a teacher, she encourages students to learn the basics as the first step in their journey to find their own style and voice. You can follow her on Instagram @claudette_baker.

Hazel Buys has a certificate in Botanical Illustration from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, and is lead instructor in the certificate program at the Garden. Her work is included in collections in Europe and in the United States.