Nature and Art
BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION MONOGRAPH
Botanical illustration workshop where watercolor, more than a technique, is an attitude.
DATES
Saturday, October 19
Saturday, December 14th
Saturday, February 15
Saturday, April 12
Saturday, June 14th
From 10:00 to 13:00 h.
LOCATION
Science Building
University of Navarra
TEACHER
Laura González Toledo
REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION FORM
Ordinary registration fee: 75 €.
Student registration fee: 60€
To register for separate sessions:
museociencias@unav.es
Workshop objectives
The objective of the workshop is to develop artistic skills and techniques to represent plants and flowers, as well as to show the beauty of the plant focusing on interpretation.
Participants will learn to carefully observe the anatomy of botanical anatomy of botanical speciescapturing essential details such as textures, shapes and colors with precision. This workshop aims to unite scientific observation and artistic creation through botanical illustration in watercolor.
The workshop is taught by Professor Laura González Toledo, with the collaboration of the Botany section of the Environmental Biology Department.
Content
Introduction to the technique
- Volume exercises with watercolor from simple objects.
- Textures: opaque, shiny (waxy), stems and thorns, rough and dry (still life).
Botanical illustration
- Explain the difference between botanical art (informative) and scientific illustration (more precise).
Botanical composition
- Work on real plants and/or flowers, making copies or compositions by dissecting or decomposing a plant.
- It is possible to work on images of printed flowers.
Landscape
- Drawing and painting landscapes both from life and from photographs.
Materials
- Watercolors. Those that each one has. If you are going to buy them, we recommend Cotman watercolors in tablets (12 tablets).
- Fine grain paper.
- Brushes.
- Graphite pencil.
- Small blender.
- Eraser.