Botanical Illustration Workshop with Lisa Anzellini

Discover the art of botanical illustration and learn to create stunning watercolor masterpieces in this hands-on, four-session workshop.

Led by professional botanical artist Lisa Anzellini, with over 8 years of experience creating captivating illustrations for scientific and personal projects. You'll learn to craft precise initial drawings using real plants as reference and transform them into beautiful watercolor artworks.

The workshop consists of four sessions, each lasting 2.5 hours, designed to give you a comprehensive learning experience.

Limited spots available: Secure your place today! No prior experience needed — just bring your creativity and enthusiasm.

Dates:
Thursdays, starting March 27
18h30 to 21h.

Location:
Impact Hub Geneva.
Rue Fendt 1 · 1201, Geneva.

Price:*
​Impact Hub Members:
200 CHF
Non-Impact Hub Members:
220 CHF


* Price covers all four sessions and does not include materials.

Programme

Throughout the 4 workshop sessions, each student will build a botanical plate. Starting with basic exercises to explain the main concepts, as well as understanding the techniques of graphite and watercolor, each student will then work to achieve a nice painting at the end of the workshop.

Session 1: Introduction to Botanical illustration
In this session, you’ll learn basic graphite techniques to draw plants. We’ll practice scale drawing and perspective to create both flat and 3D sketches of leaves and flowers. You'll also learn how to see and shade shadows to add depth to your drawings.


Session 2: Botany and Watercolour in botanical illustration
In this session, you’ll practice watercolour techniques for painting plants. You’ll learn color mixing, explore color theory, and refine your skills in scale drawing and sketching. We’ll focus on capturing the details of leaves with depth and accuracy.


Session 3: Creating your botanical watercolour painting
In this session, you’ll finalize your sketches, trace your drawings, and explore different watercolour techniques, including wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and dry brush. We’ll focus on applying these methods to bring flowers to life with depth and texture.


Session 4: Details in watercolour
In this session, you’ll learn how to paint fine details using the drybrush technique. We’ll explore how to depict different surfaces, such as matte vs. glossy textures, shadows, and the unique qualities of hairy plants. This will help bring more realism and depth to your botanical paintings

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