As part of the Botanical Art Worldwide 2025 activities BASA is holding botanical art workshops in the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra ACT.
Tanya Hoolihan will be holding a 2 day watercolour workshop in the Celia Rosser Studio at the Australian National Botanic Gardens on 30-31 March 2025 from 9:30 am to 4:00pm each day.
This workshop focuses on the creating a full coloured Botanical plate of a Grevillea or Persoonia species that is inspired by art and informed by science. Students will learn how to produce detailed drawings of their species with the aid of microscopes, what details to include in the final plate composition and how to arrange elements to visually convey all aspects of their plant.
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Materials provided will include:
Graphite pencils, drawing paper, erasers,
Basic brush set (Taklon) which students can take home
W & N paint to use throughout the workshop,
Palette to take home with any extra paint needed to complete the work
Arches watercolour paper A4 for experiments and final work
Digital microscopes will also be available for use.
Workshops are open to both members and non-members of BASA.
About Tanya
Tanya Hoolihan holds a PhD in Natural History Illustration from the University of Newcastle where she received the Facility and Excellency Award for her Research. For several years Tanya was a lecturer in Botanical Illustration at Newcastle University where she gained valuable insight into teaching the subject. She has exhibited in various group and private exhibitions throughout regional Australia including several exhibitions held by the Botanic Art Society of Australia and has conducted workshops for various galleries and institutes. Her work is found in national and international collections, several books and publications as well as the Florilegium collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Tanya now works as a free-lance illustrator and teachers and has collaborated with clients such as the Newcastle City Council, Central Coast Council and CSIRO on various natural history projects.
