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Drawing Botanicals in Silverpoint
with Kathie Miranda

Silverpoint, a drawing medium used by the old masters, is enjoying a revival by artists today. Styluses containing a sharpened sterling silver wire produce delicate pale lines that tarnish over time to golden browns. Drawings have a lovely glow due to thin layers of silver reflecting light. Learn traditional ways to apply silverpoint to a simple ground prepared in class and to add color to silverpoint drawings to enhance the design. Students are encouraged to bring a few seasonal natural objects such as plants, cacti, mushrooms, fruits, gourds, curled dried leaves, or seed pods.

This class is cancelled.

Dates:
Friday, October 25, 2019 - Sunday, October 27, 2019
Time:
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Event Details

Kathie MirandaThis class takes place on the following dates:

  • October 25
  • October 26
  • October 27

This is an advanced botanical illustration course.

*GES: BI, 15, elective.

*This class offers 15 hours elective credit toward the Garden Education Series: Botanical Illustration Certificate.

Kathie Miranda is an award-winning artist and educator dedicated to painting the natural world, with a special interest in painting and preserving native woodland plants. She is the former coordinator of the New York Botanical Garden’s botanical art and illustration program and past-president of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Greater New York Chapter.