Just as a gardener trains vines, illustrate forms of nature by building this enchanting upright script alphabet of minuscules & majuscules.
About this Event

🌿BOTANICA SCRIPT: Minuscules & Majuscules

⌛️20% EarlyBird Discount through Jan 15, 2025.

BOTANICA SCRIPT is a new calligraphic drawn letter alphabet that grew out of BOTANICA Monograms inspired by the William Morris “Lily & Pomegranate” print of 1886.

Grow charming, puffy monoline vines that sprout turning leaves and flowers to form this upright script hand. Discover the secret to drawing living, sentient strokes that mimic the forms of nature, using a color palette of warm greens, powdery ochres, and cool blues to soothe the soul. Your nervous system will thank you for it!

If you’ve already taken BOTANICA MONOGRAMS, you’ll love feeling into the connected vines as script words and phrases. This class is also suitable for those new to BOTANICA.

🌿Harness the power of watercolor pencils, a kneaded eraser, and a graphite sketch to build an entire alphabet.

🌿Focus your attention on GROWING a letter’s structure and growth patterns of flourishing vines.

🌿Just as a gardener trains a plant, so you will do with this hand.

🌿Build an entire alphabet (minuscules and majuscules) by repeating the essential structure of just 3 letterforms that form the DNA of any calligraphic hand or type face, (including a voluptuous ampersand).

🌿Learn how turning leaves and accent florals provide balance to letterforms, and how to interchange elements in your own unique way.

🌿Make a BOTANICA BUNTING to call in the power of manifestation and the joy of celebrating a specific season, event, or person.

Here's the class schedule:

Week 1 • Wed. Feb 19, 2025 6pm-8:30pm Eastern

Week 2 • Wed. Feb 26, 2025 6pm-8.30pm Eastern

Week 3 • Wed. Mar 05, 2025 6pm-8.30pm Eastern

Week 4 • Wed. Mar 12, 2025 6pm-8.30pm Eastern

Week 5 • Wed. Mar 19, 2025 6pm-8.30pm Eastern

Week 6 • Wed. Mar 26, 2025 6pm-8.30pm Eastern

Week 7 • Wed. Apr 02, 2025 6pm-8.30pm Eastern

Week 8 • Wed. Apr 09, 2025 6pm-8.30pm Eastern

Week 9 • Wed. Apr 16, 2025 6pm-8.30pm Eastern

Week 10 • Wed. Apr 23, 2025 6pm-8.30pm Eastern

Week 11 • Wed. Apr 30, 2025 6pm-8.30pm Eastern

SUPPLY LIST

If you can't find these items at your local art supply store, they can be purchased online at amazon.com, John Neal Books (johnnealbooks.com) or Paper and Ink Arts (paperinkarts.com).

PAPER----------------------------

• Any Hot Press (smooth) watercolor paper will perform very well. Below are brands Iove used and liked. Youíll want to have at least twenty 8.5 x 11 sheets. If you already have a smooth watercolor paper you please don't feel obligated to purchase more if you don't need it.

• Crane's Lettra by Crane & Co. Fine Cotton 100% Rag. 32 lb. Writing in Pearl White or Bright White. This comes in a 250 sheet ream and is WONDERFUL to draw and paint on, also luxurious to fold into envelopes. I buy this from The Paper Mill Store. com or Amazon. An internet search will bring you to some stores that sell sheets in smaller quantities.

• Transparent marker paper for tracing the basic leaves and stems (if you do not have a light pad for tracing.)

WATERCOLOR PENCILS-------------------------

Watercolor Pencils: I use 2 brands for Botanica:

• Caran D'Ache Museum Aquarelle Soft Watercolor Pencils

#661 - Light Cobalt Blue

#161 - Light Blue

#181 - Light Malachite Green

#182 - Cobalt Green

#249 - Dark Olive

#041 - Apricot

#571 - Anthraquinoid Pink

#034 - Yellow Ochre

#025 - Green Ochre

#055 - Cinnamon

• Albrecht Dürer Faber-Castell Watercolor Pencils

# 173 - Olive Green Yellowish

Also included in the exemplar are swatches of other brands of watercolor pencils I've used in the past. These swatches from other brands may help you choose colors that are similar to the Caran D'Ache, if you'd rather use what you have and not purchase new supplies.

Alternative Brands included in the swatch sheet are:

• Derwent Graphitint Watercolor Pencils: These are soft and creamy neutrals.

• Faber-Castell Albrect Durer Watercolor Pencils: Harder and waxy pencil that makes crisp, sharp detailed strokes.

• Derwent Inktense Watercolor Pencils: INTENSE, soft, and V I B R A N T.

BRUSH----------------------------

• Pentel Aquash Water Brush - FINE. This is the cheapest and bestest most fabulous brush I have. I don't fill it with water, just love that it's sharp and snappy, keeps a point, and can be protected by the cap (which can also be seated).

MISCELLANEOUS---------------

• Mechanical pencil to line paper

• Ruler

• Soft pencil that is dark enough to sketch without creasing paper and can be erased easily. My faves are Blackwing 602 and Blackwing Natural

• White eraser

• Kneaded eraser (I buy 2 and smush them together.)

• Tombow Mono Sand and Rubber Eraser 510A

• Light Pad for tracing

• Water container

• Paper towels or towel

• Pencil Sharpener. (My fave is an electric table top by AFMAT.)

FOR THE FINAL BUNTING PROJECT------------

We'll duplicate the letters and spell out a word, then trim them and paste onto another colored sheet with holes in the top so these letters can be strung together with twine or ribbon and hung anywhere in your home.

• Decorative Card stock of your choice as a backing for the flags of your bunting

• Hole Punch or xacto blade

• Ribbon or twine

• Scissors

• Adhesive of your choice like paste, glue stick, spray adhesive.

• A ladder to hang your Botanica Bunting up high!