Drop in anytime for a virtual session of our popular series and experience The Met collection through creative drawing challenges. This week, celebrate the changing of the seasons with a botanical drawing exercise that focuses on composition and building shapes through simplified forms. Check out the source image below, grab a pen or pencil, a sheet of paper, and some flowers or houseplants, and get started whenever you're ready.
Featured Artwork:
Suzuki Kiitsu (Japanese, 1796–1858). Irises and Moth, ca. 1850. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 39 7/8 × 12 15/16 in. (101.3 × 32.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015 (2015.300.95)
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How to Make a Botanical Drawing
Celebrate the changing of the seasons with a botanical drawing exercise that focuses on composition and building shapes through simplified forms.
29 min. watch
Art Mentioned
Suzuki Kiitsu
ca. 1850
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