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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.
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Autumn Squashes in WatercolorReplicate 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... | |||||
| 261BIL369O | 09/30 | Tu | 6:00pm-9:00pm | Petrochko | ONLINE | |
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Sunflowers and Composites on VellumLate summer brings an abundance of composites—flower types that are composed of multiple disc and ray flowers —reminiscent of sunny days. In this class, you'll use ellipses and spirals to lay out your drawings before transferring them to vellum. After more... | |||||
| 262BIL312 | 10/04 | Sa | 10:00am-4:00pm | Woodin | NYBG | |
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Drawing Natural Objects in Charcoal PencilCombine your love of nature walks with the pursuit of building your botanical art skillset. With found pieces of nature as your subject—such as leaves and seedpods—you'll concentrate on building simple compositions as you develop a broad tonal range, adding more... | |||||
| 262BIL373O | 10/15 | We | 11:00am-2:00pm | Rossetti | ONLINE | |
