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Botanical Art with Catherine Watters: Winter Botanicals

Workshop | December 7 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. |  Botanical Garden

Sponsor: Botanical Garden

Explore beautiful winter botanical subjects and make them come to life! Born and raised in Paris, where her love of art began, Catherine Watters is an enthusiastic instructor who enjoys sharing her passion of botanical art. She will guide you through the steps of drawing and building layers of color to capture their form, rich colors and texture. Your painting may be the perfect subject for your holiday cards!

Catherine Watters
Botanical Art Supply List
(Available at Dick Bick Art Materials)

Graphite Pencil - grade H (Staedtler Mars Lumograph))

2 Erasers - Pentel ‘Clic’
Kneaded Rubber

2 Palettes (paint pans) – White plastic, round w/10 compartments

2 Paint Brushes - Winsor Newton, Series 7, Kalinski Sable # 1 & #3
(less expensive - Sceptre Gold II by Winsor & Newton # 2 & #4)

Divider - A measuring tool, similar to a compass but with 2 points (no adjusting wheel!)

Whisk - Desk broom to sweep eraser crumbs

Magnifying glass

Gooseneck table lamp

Watercolor Paper - 9” x 12” 140 lb. block of hot-pressed Arches

Watercolors - Winsor Newton (artist quality)

- Permanent Rose
- Permanent Magenta
- Winsor Violet
- New Gamboge
- Burnt Umber
- Payne’s Grey
- Leaf Green (by Holbein)
- Sap Green (by M. Graham)


*** If you wish to work with colored pencils, you will need the following paper and colored pencils:

Drawing Pad - Strathmore Bristol Vellum 300 series
11” x 14” – 20 sheets
Colored Pencils - Sanford Prismacolor


- Cream (PC 914)
- Canary Yellow (PC 916)
- Orange (PC 918)
- Crimson Lake (PC 925)
- Limepeel (PC 1005
- Apple Green (PC 912)
- Olive Green (PC 911)
- Sienna Brown (PC 945)
- Dark Brown (PC 946)
- Violet (PC 932)
- Colorless Blender (PC 1077)

Registration required: $80, $75 members

Registration info: Register online, or by calling 510-643-2755, or by emailing gardenprograms@berkeley.edu.

Refreshments: Please bring a lunch! Coffee & tea provided.

Event Contact: gardenprograms@berkeley.edu, 510-643-2755