Venue: Durban Botanic Gardens – Discovery Room
Time: 09h00 - 15h00 each day
Cost: R320 for BAASA members and R450 for non-members
RSVP: Anyone wishing to attend please contact Lynne Griffin on 0836305351.
Materials to bring:
- drawing paper (rough working, not good quality)
- pencils (HB, 2B, 3B, 4B)
- ruler
- eraser
- pencil sharpener
- drawing compass and/or dividers
- protractor (i.e. hemisphere with 180 degrees of angles)
- hand lens or magnifying glass
- florist's oasis to support plant material
- any floral plant material for which participants would like help with interpreting the structure.
Topics to be covered:
- drawing a flower cylinder from different angles (e.g. Agapanthus or lily flower)
- how to draw a complex globe head of flowers - starting with a few flowered head
- drawing buds- understanding how petals are folded in a bud
- foreshortening
- depending on availability, Angela can help with understanding weird situations like Euphorbia inflorescence, numbers of stamens and petals, how to draw Madagascan periwinkle (Catharanthus) flower with 5 petals, Lamiaceae (mint family) flowers, understanding Iris and Gladiolus flowers, flowers in the pea family (3 subfamilies covered).
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