Wild Botanical Watercolor at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

2022 Workshop Overview

Discover a connection to plants through a process of deep observation. As we learn to create botanical watercolors, an intimate awareness of our specimens grows. Create a composition in the Linnean botanical illustration style, comprised of different parts of one plant species. Start by practicing foundation watercolor techniques through guided exercises and learn how to build up a painting using transparent layers. Drawing inspiration from the history of botanical illustration, we will collect our own specimens and paint them as if we are seeing them for the first time. Open to all levels with individual feedback and guidance. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult.

About the Instructor(s)

Mira O’Brien is an artist and educator based in Berlin, Germany. She received her MFA from Yale and her BA from UCLA. She has been teaching drawing, painting and botanical illustration for over ten years with various international institutions as well as at the independent school she founded, Berlin Drawing Room.