Corcoran College of Art and Design

+ Botanical Art and Illustration

Drawing Vegetables

No sections available this semester

BG1211 (0.5 credits)
Students develop strong drawing and compositional skills with vegetable subjects.

Drawing Lilies & Asters

No sections available this semester

BG1212 (0.5 credits)
Working from the Green Genes: Mapping the Plant World Terrace show, learn to create art that describes identifying characteristics of the lily and aster families.

Drawing Orchids

No sections available this semester

BG1213 (0.5 credits)
Develop strong drawing and compositional skills through the use of line and values in capturing the unique forms of botanical subjects.

Painting Autumn Plants in Their Environment

No sections available this semester

BG1362 (1.0 credits)
Artists will have the opportunity to paint autumn plants found outdoors in historic Bartholdi Park and the National Garden or the many plants and varied settings found in the Conservatory.

Special Topics in Botanical Art: Drawing the Savage Garden

BG1600 (1.0 credits)
Inspired by the United States Botanic Garden’s exciting summer 2012 exhibit of carnivorous plants, students will study and draw exotic species such as sundews, venus flytraps and pitcher plants.

Plants and the Fibonacci Sequence

No sections available this semester

BG2100 (0.5 credits)
Develop your artistic eye and drawing skill by exploring plants’ mathematical and geometric patterns.

Botany for Illustrators

No sections available this semester

BG2201 (1.0 credits)
Utilizing the living plant collection at the U.S. Botanic Garden, students will learn plant morphology and basic botany.

Painting Amaryllis and Spring Bulbs in Watercolor

No sections available this semester

BG2212 (1.0 credits)
The U.S. Botanic Gardens’ exquisite collection of amaryllis and spring bulbs is the focus of this watercolor painting workshop.

Medieval Illumination and Egg Tempera on Vellum

No sections available this semester

BG2220 (1.0 credits)
This workshop is an historical overview of the egg tempera and 24k gold leaf technique utilized by manuscript artists from the 4th to the 14th century

Drawing Plants in Water-soluble Colored Pencil

No sections available this semester

BG2231 (0.5 credits)
This weekend workshop provides an in-depth study of creating botanicals with colored pencils.