Description

BOTANICAL WATERCOLOR SUMMER FLOWERS with LYNN SHEPHERD

Date: Mondays, August 3 – September 7, 2026, 6 Weeks
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Cost: $175 Members / $205 Non-members

Do you love plants and flowers? Have you wanted to learn how to draw and paint flowers or
veggies in your garden or farm stand? Join us as we explore drawing, values, wet into wet and
dry brush watercolor techniques, mixing accurate colors to match the plant, learn to mix
realistic greens. Botanical art teaches observational skills to see parts of the plant previously
unnoticed. All levels welcome!

Materials List:

Arches Hot Press watercolor paper 9×12
Sketchbook
Tracing paper
Pencils HB, 2B, 4H
Palette – https://www.amazon.com/Mijello-Airtight-Watercolor-18-Well-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

https://artistpaintbrush.com/SG75R-5-ROYAL-SOFT-GRIP-SYNTHETIC-SABLE-ROUND-ARTIST-
PAINT-BRUSH_p_3511.html

https://www.dickblick.com/products/grumbacher-goldenedge-synthetic-sable-brushes
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.

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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.