Tucson Botanical Gardens: Botanical Art in Ink – Penstemon

This class is a great introduction to drawing and micro-pen techniques. Our muse? Penstemon!

We will explore the icon of the desert florals and then focus on creating a final illustration. The tools and techniques shared in this workshop are beneficial to drawing & studying botanical subjects on your own while learning design and composition.

Main Concepts: Basic drawing and inking techniques, contour drawings, composition, and design.

Please provide your own art materials. Recommended art materials (Substitute as needed):

A few reference photos will be sent out before class begins

• 2H or 4H graphite pencil and/or color pencil with eraser, eraser (Streader), kneaded eraser
• Assorted Size Pens (Copic Multi-liners or Micron) 0.1, 0.3, & 0.5
• Illustration Paper (Illustration board, Bristol board, mixed media paper, and/or sketchbook) Final Illustration will be created in a 7”x5” format.
• 8.5” x 11” plain printer paper or sketchbook for warmups