Drawing for beginners: The World of Plants

The plant kingdom as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many drawing techniques.

Drawing invites us to take a closer look at things— to retrace our steps, look, and look again. This time, we will look to the plant kingdom as a source of inspiration, mastering different techniques—charcoal, watercolors, markers, etc.—and trying a number of painting surfaces. This course is conceived of as a series of progressive workshops to unfold from October to May.

Saturday, November 2: Done/Undone

Let’s focus on negative space, moving from figure to background and then back to figure. Playing with this concept, we will learn about geometry and ratio.

Saturday, November 9: Plant Inventory

How many types of plants can you identify and draw around you? Let’s play botanists and do some fieldwork in the environs of the Museum!

Saturday, November 16: Drawing a Forest

Do plants and trees “talk” to each other in the woods? What you can and cannot see in this type of ecosystem: roots, nests, burrows, mycelium… Draw a charcoal mural and learn how to work with blots, contrast, and brightness.

Saturday, November 23: Let Trees Do the Drawing

Let’s work with non-human beings by attaching markers to the ends of a tree’s branches and looking at their patterns in the wind. How high can you go? How much do the branches sway? Who is the author of the drawing in the end?

Conducted by: Raúl Dominguez

Saturdays, 5:15 pm–6:45 pm
Ages: 6–10
Language: Spanish