Tucson Botanical Gardens: Inky Trees

Play with Pilot V5 ink pens while illustrating unique trees of southeast Arizona! We’ll explore novel techniques, including drawing on cut brown paper bags and adding highlights with Sakura white gelly roll pens. Our subjects will include mesquite, desert willow, and palo verde trees.

Please provide your own art materials. Recommended art supplies:

• Sakura white gelly roll pen
• Pilot Precise V5 water soluble pen
• Size 10-12 round brush, soft-haired, taklon or other watercolor brush
• 140 lb. smooth hot press watercolor paper, or a smoother cold press such as Strathmore, cut 2-3 pieces that are 6×8 inches
• Rag or paper towels
• Cup for water
• Pencil and eraser of your choice
• 2 brown paper bags such as grocery or lunch bags, cut 2-3 pieces out that are 6×8 inches