Painting Seed Pods
in Watercolor

With the splash of fall colors waning in woods and meadows, rather subdued seed pods catch the eyes of botanical artists. The seeds and pods are a perfect subject to study form, value and fine brush techniques in a monochromatic color scheme.  In this workshop, students will use milkweed seed pods, which offer various learning elements: how to deal with the fine white hair/thread of the downy tufts,  how to balance the complicated structural form of the seeds in an orderly composition, how to use a value system to maximize the three-dimensionality of the exploding seeds, and how to create fuzzy textures.  This is an online class via Zoom.

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Prerequisites: Introduction to Drawing for Botanical Illustration, Intermediate Drawing for Botanical Illustration and Introduction to Watercolor for Botanical Illustration.