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A hand finishing a coloured-pencil study of a whole plant, roots included

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Composing the Botanical Plate

Season
Any time
Months
All year
Medium
Pencil and watercolour
Level
Advanced
Lessons
19 recorded
Running time
11 h 30 min
Access
24 months
Subject
A species of your choice, followed across a year

Kit

On the table

What the lessons use. You may own some of it already; the first lesson goes through it again.

Outcomes

By the last lesson you can

  1. Plan a sheet in thumbnails before drawing
  2. Show bud, flower, fruit and seed of one plant
  3. Use scale, labels and white space like a plate
  4. Photograph and present finished work for an exhibition entry

Calendar

Where it sits in the year

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

Any time: the subjects can be found or bought in every month, so start whenever suits you.

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