Class Details

Learn the basics of botanical illustration! In this hand-on class you’ll work with fresh plant specimens from the Fernwood Gardens and develop skills to start your own botanical journal. Students will be instructed in watercolor and colored pencil techniques and leave with their own collection of observational illustrations. All materials will be provided, with the option of bringing your own additional art supplies and/or favorite plant specimens from home. 

About the Instructor

Michelle Buziak is a science illustrator, focused on creating art that strengthens her local community’s connection to the natural world. From fluffy birds to fossilized fishes, she draws inspiration from the incredible evolutionary diversity of plant and animal life. She hopes to cultivate in others a sense of wonder and an urge to protect what surrounds us, with an emphasis on the plants and animals we have the highest risk of losing. She also has great interest and takes great personal inspiration in preserving and growing heritage varieties of edible plants that allow us to find harmony through small community self-sufficiency. Vist: www.michellebuziak.com to learn more!

Audience: Teens-Adults

Skill level: Beginner/Intermediate

Location: Fauna Wing of the Sims Education Center

Cost: $50/person ($40 Fernwood members) - Please register by May 27.