Botanical Watercolor for Beginners

with Rosalie Haizlett

Saturday, May 24  |  10 am - 12 pm

In this relaxing workshop, nature illustrator Rosalie Haizlett will guide students through her complete ink-and-watercolor illustration process, from pencil sketch to final painting. Weather permitting, we'll start the class with a 15-minute walk to find some interesting plants to document, taking photos and making observations of what we see along the way. Then, we'll return to the classroom to use a combination of living subjects collected prior to the workshop and reference photos to bring our lovely plant muses to life on the page. Ages 12+, limited to 15 students. 2 hour class, all materials provided.

Rosalie Haizlett is an illustrator who creates captivating paintings that celebrate the hidden wonders of the natural world. Haizlett has been an artist-in-residence at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with the National Audubon Society at Hog Island, and at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. In 2022, she was awarded the Eckelberry Fellowship for distinguished wildlife illustrators. Rosalie also teaches workshops in person and online, and so far she has taught more than 60,000 students how to paint the natural world as a Top Teacher on Skillshare. The author and illustrator of Watercolor in Nature and Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains, she lives on the edge of Monongahela National Forest in Elkins, West Virginia.

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