Course Description: Drawing: Introduction to Botanical Drawing and Painting

Do you admire the beauty of flowers and plants in botanical art and in nature? In this engaging, welcoming and hands-on workshop, you'll learn to capture the delicate shapes, details and colors of flowers and other botanical subjects on paper in a series of simple steps! Taught by Jeanne Debons, local artist and member of the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA), this course includes an introduction to supplies, botanical drawing and watercolor painting techniques, and you will have plenty of time to try out the techniques in class. All materials provided by instructor. No experience necessary, all skill levels welcome!

Course Details: (seats remaining)

Schedule:

Every day, starting on 10/10/26 and ending on 10/12/26

Times:

10:00am-03:00pm PDT

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Price:

Class Price : $309.00

Additional Course Information

The course is held at the instructor's studio located approximately 30 minutes east of the COCC Bend campus. The address will be sent to you via email a couple days prior to the course. There will be a 30 minute lunch break. Please bring a sack lunch.

Instructors

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Jeanne Debons

Biography:

Always interested in plants, science, and art, Jeanne Debonsfound her calling with botanical painting. Jeanne moved back to the high desertof Central Oregon in 2006 and has continued to paint and teach botanicalillustration workshops since. Her work has been shown in several localexhibitions and has been published. She teaches a technique derived from themulti-step method introduced to her by Anne Marie Evens, which allows beginnersto follow step-by-step and realize results.

Jeanne earned her PhD from the Department of Botany andPlant Pathology at Oregon State University in 1986, and subsequently hasstudied botanical painting on her own and at the EnglishGardening School, receiving a diploma as a Botanical Illustrator in2005.

Cancellation Policy

Students must cancel by contacting our office via phone: (541) 383-7270 or email: ceinfo@cocc.edu. Cancellations received 5 days prior to the start of the class will receive a full refund. Full refunds are also issued for classes cancelled by COCC. Refunds will be issued back to your card or in the form of a check and mailed within two weeks of the cancellation date if paid by check or cash. Failure to participate in a course or program does not result in a refund. Exceptions to the general refund policy are noted in the course descriptions on our website and in the printed schedule. If you have any questions, please call us at (541) 383-7270.