Tuesday, August 5 & Wednesday, August 6, 2025
10 am–3 pm
$155 for Members/$185 for Non-Members
This two-day workshop will introduce color pencil techniques in the production of a butterfly. In the first section, each student will be supplied with a specimen and will explore working with preserved butterflies. The second half of the workshop will be devoted to individual projects produced on mylar. Color pencil techniques will include creating texture and iridescence. Botanical Drawing I is the prerequesite for this class.
Materials List
- Colored Pencils:
- 1. Prisma Color or Faber Castel (A starter set is fine but bring pencils from the Introduction to Color Pencil, as well. The more colors the better.)
- 2. Blender pencil
- 3. White colored pencil
- Kneaded eraser
- White plastic eraser (A small electric eraser, if you have one.)
- 4H, 2H and H or HB pencils***
- Tracing paper
- Drawing paper pad***
- Ruler***
- Artist tape
- Smooth surface drawing board
- Pencil Sharpener (An electric sharpener will be provided, but bring one if you have one.)
Materials Provided
- a butterfly specimen
- mylar film
- mounting materials
Advance registration is required.
Meet Your Instructor
Talbot County artist Lee D’Zmura is an award winning botanical artist whose experience as a landscape architect enriches her art. The transition from design to botanical arts was a natural extension of her knowledge and love of plants. Her art is an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of individual specimens with botanical accuracy. The fine detail in her work is in part the result of years of technical drawing.
Lee received her certificate in Botanical Art from the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration and has also studied with master botanical artists both in the USA and abroad. She is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists, the Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region, the Working Artists Forum, and the St. Michaels Art League.
