Botanical Art in Pen & Ink: Sketching Desert Wildflowers

This class is a great introduction to pen & ink techniques using botany as our main subject. The specific theme for this class: desert wildflowers. The tools and techniques shared in this workshop will be beneficial to creating beautiful florals on the go while we brush up on our drawing skills. This is a fun warmup class that can potentially help get you out and about to document wildflowers in person!

Main Concepts:

• Line weights/widths
• Variety of Pen Strokes
• Line contour/Line Control/Hand & Eye Coordination

Materials Needed:

• 2H or 2B pencil, eraser (Streader), kneaded eraser & ruler
• Pens (Copic Multi-liners or Micron) #.1, .3, & .5
• Colored Pencils (Any brand is fine. Prisma will be used)
• Optional: Watercolors
• Sketch book. Sizes between 3”x5” – 5”x7” Blank pages. (Moleskin, Global art, etc)
• Photo of Desert Penstemon Blooms (A few photos will be sent out with the Zoom link email before class)

Instructor

Adela Antoinette

Adela Antoinette (She/Her) is a published illustrator, designer and makeup artist. As a southwest born desert dweller, Antoinette’s work primarily centers on Sonoran Desert flora but fluctuates within botany through visiting different regions across the states. She specializes in various traditional mediums including her favorite, watercolor in which she has taught in workshops and classes at the Denali Education Center and The Drawing Studio. Her work has been displayed in various galleries in Arizona, Alaska, and California. Antoinette studied illustration and design at the University of Arizona, receiving her degree in Visual Communication. She is a Tucson, Arizona artist currently living in New York City.