Description

BOTANICAL ART WATERCOLOR – BEGINNER LEVEL with LYNN SHEPHERD

Date: Mondays, November 3, November 17 and December 1 (3 weeks)
Time: 9:30 am -12:00 pm
Cost: $85 Members / $105 Non-members

Do you love plants and flowers? Always wanted to learn or enhance your skills painting plants, flowers, vegetables? Join us as we explore drawing the plant, wet into wet and dry brush watercolor application, mixing accurate colors to match the plant. Botanical art teaches observational skills to see parts of the plant previously unnoticed.

Materials:
Arches Hot Press watercolor paper 9×12
Sketchbook
Tracing paper
Pencils HB, 2B, 4H
Palette –  or similar style
White porcelain plate appetizer size – Dollar store, thrift shop etc.
Brushes: size 4 or 5 round short handle. recommend Royal Soft grip SG75R-5. Or Grumbacher
Golden edge
Paint Brush 1
Paint Brush 2
Paint: please use artist grade i.e. Winsor Newton not student grade i.e. Cotman
Permanent Rose or Quinacradone Red
Winsor Red
Scarlet Lake
Indanthrone Blue
Winsor Yellow
Winsor Lemon
New Gamboge
Winsor Blue Red Shade
Bring what you have and we will explore your palette

About Lynn Shepherd:

After a long career in corporate financial services I was finally able to pursue art. Having dabbled in art my whole life I was anxious to become immersed. I was introduced to watercolor at CCAC in classes with Susan Stranz. From there I discovered the botanical art program at Wellesley College which is now run by MA Horticultural Society. It combined my love of gardening, nature and art. I received my Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration in 2024. I work primarily in watercolor but also in colored pencil and silverpoint. I am a juried member of CCAC, a member of NE Watercolor Society, MA Horticultural Society and New England Society of Botanical Artists of which I am the Treasurer. My work is held in both private and corporate collections.