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Sarah Saltus Siddig – Botanical Drawing Techniques to Capture Detail (Online); Thursdays, April 13-May 4, 2023

This class was held in the past and is no longer available for registration. Please view our Online Course Catalog for current class listings.

Date: Thursdays, April 13-May 4, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time (1:00-3:30 PM Eastern Time/6:00-8:30 PM London Time)
Level: All
Medium: Graphite pencil

Everyone can learn how to draw, professionals and beginners alike. Working with graphite and items found in nature, these exercises explore how to find the lights and darks, how to tone to create three-dimensional pieces and then how to make them “spin off the page”! Using the techniques employed by botanical artists, render your subjects with realistic detail and like-like depth.

Materials: Graphite pencils, preferably Staedtler, paper, erasers and an electric pencil sharpener

Sarah Saltus Siddig received her certificates in Botanical Art and Natural Science Illustration at The New York Botanical Garden where she then taught Drawing, Colored Pencil, and Watercolor for eight years. Her teaching credits also include Connecticut College Arboretum, several Garden Clubs of America, Wooster School Community Art Center, the Harvey School in Katonah, NY, and EYE, in Greenwich, CT.

Her work has appeared at the Tang Museum in Saratoga Springs, the Mariposa Museum in Peterborough, NH, GALLERY YELLOW in Cross River, NY, the ESC at the Yale Peabody Museum, juried exhibits at the Highstead Arboretum, the Frelinghysen Arboretum, the Mark Twain Library, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, the Wilton Library, the City Lights Gallery in Bridgeport, CT, “Art in the Country” for the Easton Arts Council, Front Street Gallery in Patterson, NY, Connecticut Audubon in Pomfret, CT, the international juried show, “the 5 B’s”, at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, PA, the Natural Science show at the Spectrum Art Gallery in Centrebrook, CT, the annual juried art show at the Slater Art Museum, the Boston Flower Show, and the “Rivers, Textile and Dye Plants” NESBA show at the Brush Art Gallery in Lowell, MA.

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