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.
Featuring
a
myriad
of
colors
ranging
from
green
to
red,
blue,
pink
and
purple,
tomatoes—a
kitchen
staple—are
fascinating
subjects
for
botanical
illustration.
Learn
how
to
observe
the
subtle
underlying
tones
as
you
prepare
to
draw
an
heirloom
tomato
using
colored
more...
Gain
an
understanding
of
how
light
interacts
with
multiple
botanical
subjects
in
a
single
composition.
Light
on
form
is
critical
to
creating
dimension
in
a
botanical
illustration;
when
a
composition
contains
several
botanical
specimens,
additional
attention
to
the
placement
of
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Replicate
the
colors,
luminosity,
form,
and
texture
of
autumn
squash
using
watercolor.
You'll
begin
by
learning
the
importance
of
selecting
interesting
specimens
from
the
Cucurbita
family
to
illustrate.
From
there,
you'll
practice
creating
fluid
line
drawings,
transferring
them
to
hot
more...
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