Museum offers botanical illustration class

October 12, 2005

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer a botanical watercolor illustration adult class from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 22 and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 23.

Natural science illustrator Susan Trammell will lead the two-day workshop for people of all skill levels. Participants will learn to translate botany to brush stroke and to master plant observation techniques in the University of Florida Natural Area Teaching Laboratory behind the Florida Museum.

The cost, including supplies, is $90 for Florida Museum members and $110 for nonmembers. Preregistration is required. Participants must bring a lunch on Saturday. For more information, call (352) 846-2000, ext. 277 or visit http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/education/adult_classes.htm.