Lecturer: Dr Tabatha Forbes
Sat 31 Oct- Sat 7 Nov (2 full days)
10am – 3pm
Level: Beginners onwards
Age – 18+
This extension class is suitable for new (more experienced) and returning students from any of Tabatha’s past workshops, or those just curious about how to draw more complex botanical forms including fruit, berries and seeds collected from South Australia. While some seeds and berries will be rendered beautifully in light watercolour, seed pods translate brilliantly as ink and pencil drawings.
Over the duration of the workshop we will explore techniques to develop the nature journal and how to find the style and techniques that work best for you through every season and subject. Class demonstrations and gentle one-on-one guidance with different drawing and watercolour techniques, will introduce students to what Tabatha hopes will inspire a life-long practice.
Returning and beginner students are welcome!
“Drawing from nature is the perfect antidote to our noisy and stressful lives. A chance to dip into another world, closer at hand and less cluttered and complicated. Your worries, momentarily at least, melt away on the page.”
– Dr Tabatha Forbes
All materials for the workshop will be supplied. New students will be gifted a sketchbook to continue your nature journaling practice. Note: Return Nature Journaling students of Tabatha’s can apply a discount code naturej10 at the checkout – please don’t forget to bring your journal back to class.
Dr Tabatha Forbes has a Doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. As a multidisciplinary practising artist, she has devoted her arts career to working as an artist, arts administrator, writer, and tutor. Her studies and practice focus on connecting creativity with her love of nature. She has lived and worked in New Zealand and the South Pacific. In Taranaki, New Zealand she owned a gallery and studio and has been teaching Beginners Botanical Art and Nature Journaling workshops for over twenty years. She moved to Adelaide in 2024with a focus on adding Australia’s vibrant flora, fauna, and botanical history to her studies.
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Images: courtesy of Dr Tabatha Forbes
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