Botanical Art & Illustration Certificate Electives

Students seeking a Certificate may focus their electives on watercolor, colored pencil, drawing—or they may choose a natural science concentration. Elective courses build on foundation skills and allow the student to tailor their direction of study. Students who are pursuing a Certificate must complete at least 54 elective course hours.

Elective course offerings vary with every catalog season. Browse this page to discover what's currently scheduled.


February

Receive a step-by-step approach to painting trees using pen and ink and watercolor. Using reference photographs, you'll learn to create ink drawings of trees, layer glazes in watercolor, and apply techniques such as dry brushing and masking to create bark more...
263BIL336O 02/11 We 6:00pm-9:00pm Petrochko
ONLINE

Bring your watercolor skills to the next level of proficiency. Learn how to employ atmospheric perspective to achieve a greater sense of dimension when painting botanicals. A focus on color variations, groups of value range, and degrees of detail development, more...
263BIL348O 02/17 Tu 10:00am-1:00pm James
ONLINE
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