Botanical Art

Make your own artwork!

Materials

• A plant
• Paper, art board, or canvas
• Art supplies of your choice (example: colored pencils, watercolor, markers, etc.)

Steps
1. Choose a plant that you think will be interesting to draw
2. Look closely at your plant
3. Make choices:

• Which colors will you use?
• From what angle will you draw your plant?
• How will you create the textures you see?
• Which media (art supplies) will you use?

4. Create your artwork!

Questions

• In what ways does your artwork look like the plant? In what ways does it look different?
• What do you hope viewers notice about your artwork? Try creating a label to share your thoughts!
• Which is your favorite piece of botanical art in the video? Why?