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Join Anna Ribo for a morning of drawing plants for garden design. In a small group, we will practice observation skills, identify basic shapes, look at how to best capture the characteristics of different plants and plant groups and how to add depth to your sketches. The course is more about giving you the confidence to practice than having to produce a masterpiece and there is no pressure to perform. There will be time for questions. The course is suitable for beginners to intermediate students. The wonderful planting of Sussex Prairies should provide lots of interesting places to sketch late season plants and structure. If the weather doesn’t behave we’ll sketch inside. Sketching is a great way of quickly capturing a garden atmosphere. Being able to do a quick sketch to illustrate an idea is very useful when with clients. And observing plants and their characters through sketching can help you when choosing plants and assessing a planting scheme Sketching regularly, even if only for a short time, will quickly improve your skills and give you a keener eye when choosing plants. You will be encouraged to loosen up your line, train your observational skills and enjoy the process of sketching rather than producing a masterpiece at each session. The aim is to give you the confidence to practise. There will be practical, quick exercises that you can repeat at home to improve your skills. Please bring a hard-back sketchbook. Anna will bring pencils and fine liners that you can use. Coffee/tea and a sweet treat will be provided.

Book your place here https://www.annaribo.com/service-page/sketching-plants-for-garden-design?referral=service_list_widget

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