Adult Education: Beginning a Botanical Sketchbook
Saturday, October 1 from 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Join botanical artist and illustrator Margaret Saylor in a fun introduction to starting and maintaining your personal botanical sketchbook. Margaret will guide participants in what botanical illustration is, how to make observations, and share her techniques. The class also includes time to sketch outdoors, please dress accordingly. A recommended art material list will be provided to class participants.

Margaret is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists, as well as the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators, and has exhibited with both groups. Since 2013, she has been the Editor/Designer of The Botanical Artist, the quarterly journal of the American Society of Botanical Art. Working primarily in watercolor on vellum and egg tempera, Margaret specializes in mushrooms, fungi and woodland plants. She is co-founder of the Contemporary Naturalism Guild of Art.

Members: $25; Non-Members: $30
Advance registration is required here. Registration closes on September 28.