Christmas Botanicals: A 24-Day nature journaling class to keep you connected to nature during the Christmas season
We'll look at common Christmas botanicals (conifers, berries, magnolia, pinecones) and paint many of them into our sketchbook. We'll take a variety of nature walks, keeping our eyes out for various botanical elements. We'll even stop for tea and perhaps bake some botanically inspired cookies!
- Day 1: Intro & Conifer Characteristics (11 min)
- Day 2: Conifer Nature Walk (11 min)
- Day 3: History of Greens (7 min)
- Day 4: Painting White Pine (12 min)
- Day 5: Painting Spruce (11 min)
- Day 6: Christmas Tree (3 min)
- Day 7: Conifer Cone Nature Walk (11 min)
- Day 8: Painting Conifer Cones (21 min)
- Day 9: Painting Ribbons (18 min)
- Day 10: Painting Mistletoe (17 min)
- Day 11: Painting Magnolia (20 min)
- Day 12: Nature-themed Carols (5 min)
- Day 13: Berry Nature Walk (8 min)
- Day 14: Painting Berries (7 min)
- Day 15: Holly Color Study (2 min)
- Day 16: Painting Holly (19 min)
- Day 17: Birds (3 min)
- Day 18: Cooking with Pine (6 min)
- Day 19: Scavenging Nature Walk (7 min)
- Day 20: Scavenged Arrangement (14 min)
- Day 21: Medieval Christmas History (15 min)
- Day 22: Repeating Botanical Patterns (11 min)
- Day 23: Bake & Paint Cookies (5 min)
- Day 24: Final Reflections (3 min)
- Extra: Turning Your Art into Cards and Tags
Supplies needed: watercolor paper or sketchbook, medium water brush, watercolor paints (I use burnt sienna, ultramarine, quinacridone red rose, joe's yellow, sap green, and cerulean), permanent pen, gel pen, white gel pen, pencil
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