Illustrating Perennial Plants

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Learn the importance of a plant's life cycle in difficult survival conditions as you illustrate species with rhizomes, bulbs, corms, tubers and tap roots-which are perennating, aestivating organs that allow plants to regrow from year to year. You'll also illustrate examples of the plant families' flowers, fruits, and leaves where available. Prerequisite: Plant Morphology for Botanical Artists

Materials Information:
This course requires the additional purchase of materials. Please refer to the Materials List linked below for more information.

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Schedule:	Every week on Thursday, starting on 05/14/26 and ending on 05/21/26
Times:	10:00am-02:00pm EDT
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Meeting Date Start Time End Time Thursday, May 14, 2026 10:00am 02:00pm Thursday, May 21, 2026 10:00am 02:00pm Meeting Date Start Time End Time Thursday, May 14, 2026 10:00am 02:00pm Thursday, May 21, 2026 10:00am 02:00pm
Instructor:	Liz Leech Liz Leech Liz Leech Liz Leech trained as a botanist at Exeter University, taught field botany at Flatford Mill Field Centre, and then emigrated to do ecological research at the University of Melbourne. On her return to England, she spent 20+ happy years as a grammar school teacher. She then went to work at East Malling Research Station in Kent, in the Plant Breeding department and then at Shell Research doing tissue culture of Eucalyptus trees. Lacking any previous art training, Liz had always painted flowers but remained dissatisfied with the results. However, in 2000, a chance encounter with an article on Anne-Marie Evans' teaching had her enrolling in the English Gardening School's Botanical Art Course, at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London where she gained a prestigous diploma. Since then, she has tutoring artists on how to observe plants before they paint them with botanical accuracy; working in her studio, and writing two books aimed at artists or anyone wanting to learn how to really look at plants. Her paintings are inspired by her lifelong love of plants and by the 19th Century botanical paintings which are based on detailed and botanically accurate observations of a plant and its distinctive structures.
Location:	Online-Live,
Session Number:	264BIL372O
Price:	Price Non-Member : $265.00 Member : $239.00
Materials List:	Click here for materials list (BIL372O) (PDF Document)
Prerequisite(s):	Plant Morphology for Botanical Artists

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