Supply List for Botanical Drawing: Observing & Drawing Nature Learn to draw the glorious plants in MAG’s Centennial Sculpture Garden. Your instructor will help you see, draw, edit and polish drawings in pencil, watercolor and pastel while learning to draw en plein air.

We recommend you bring any of the following materials you already have to the first session of your class.

If you do not have materials for the first class, please do not fret, we will have some of these to experiment with so that you can buy only what you will use.

Materials commonly used for Botanical Drawing:

• Drawing Paper (available in classroom) • 2B Drawing Pencils (available in classroom) • Erasers (available in classroom) • Kneaded Erasers (available in classroom) • Prismacolor Primer Colored Pencils, Soft Core, 24-count • Portable Pencil Sharpener • Optional Embossing Tool • Optional Magnifying Glass

Supplies you may need:

• Optional Watercolor Pencils (for use with Fabriano Artistico Watercolor Paper) • Optional Container for water • Optional Reeves Acrylic Paint Set of 18 • Or Optional Reeves Watercolor Set of 18 (for use with Fabriano Artistico Watercolor Paper) • Optional Synthetic Rounds Brushes Sizes #2, #6, #10 • Optional Palette to mix colors • Optional Faber-Castell 24 Soft Pastel Set (for use with Strathmore Charcoal Paper Pad)

Papers:

• Optional Hot Pressed Fabriano Artistico Watercolor Paper Pad, 9” x 12” (suitable for wet media) • Optional Strathmore Charcoal Paper Pad (no smaller than 9” x 12”) (suitable for Pastels)

Other:

• Optional Krylon Crystal Clear Acrylic Coating (spray fixative) • Or Optional aerosol unscented Hairspray • Optional Camera for taking reference photographs

Source: Hollender, Wendy. “Getting Started with Botanical Drawing.” YouTube, Drawings & Instruction Wendy Hollender, Videography Will Toland, Design & Editing Donna Calcavecchio, Music Abby Coldfarb, November 25th, 2015, https://youtu.be/OJbz2wxkd88.