Sketching Class - The Bot Gardens for Beginners

It's week two for me in my first ever art class, bookmaking and sketching with Wendy Shortland, which I am enjoying very much.  To describe something my first instinct is to start writing, though whether it's words or ink, looking takes the cake. Here I may have bitten off to much,with this scene from the courtyard of the Moore Room. Still it's the luxury of a cacaphony of plants, that green thought manifest, the sense of riot and abundance, which makes it such a pleasure to attempt to translate the garden to paper. Next week I hope to turn a few  new leaves!  Carol J.

Bookmaking & Sketching Workshop

 

The Gardens will be offering six Saturday morning workshops with artist and bookbinder Wendy Shortland.  You will make your own sketchbook in the first session, then progress through the basics of sketching and creative page layout  –  while capturing the Garden with your own eyes and hands.

When: Saturdays 12 March – 16 April, 9:30 am – 12 pm

Price: $220 for all six sessions, Friends of The Gardens $198

Bookings essential: 9231 8134

This sketch was created by Alissa Duke and is an example of the kind of sketches you could do at the workshop.