MOD EducationCourse sheet
The Dissection Sheet: A Flower Taken Apart
- Season
- Spring
- Months
- February – May
- Medium
- Pencil and watercolour
- Level
- Improver
- Lessons
- 15 recorded
- Running time
- 8 h 40 min
- Access
- 24 months
- Subject
- Buttercup, primrose, sweet pea and an apple blossom
Kit
On the table
What the lessons use. You may own some of it already; the first lesson goes through it again.
- Craft knife and cutting mat
- Hand lens ×10
- HB and 2B pencils
- Watercolour basics from Thirty Greens
Outcomes
By the last lesson you can
- Section a flower with a craft knife and keep it fresh
- Draw stamens, ovary and petals at a stated magnification
- Lay out parts on a sheet in a sensible order
- Label in a hand that does not fight the drawing
Calendar
Where it sits in the year
- Jan
- Feb — early in a mild year
- Mar — in season
- Apr — in season
- May — in season
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Spring, February – May. Bulbs and first flowers, drawn before they go over. The recordings stay open for 24 months, so you can wait for the plants.
Next
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Also in this route
- Route: The Complete Florilegium12 courses · £3,263 (separately £10,149)