Upper Valley Nature Journaling Group: Festive Holly

Join us for the inaugural meeting of the Upper Valley Nature Journaling Group! This monthly program offers step-by-step instruction in botanical illustration and nature journaling, taught by Robin Rice-Voight and Rachel West. It meets on the third Thursday of the month. Media include watercolor and colored pencils. Materials will be supplied until attendees can acquire their own. Registration required (below). December: Bring a sprig of holly and learn how to create the shine on the leaves and berries, using watercolor and colored pencils. Materials needed: hot press watercolor paper, watercolor set, brush, small jar of water, small set of colored pencils, pencil sharpeners, eraser for colored pencils. Robin Rice Voigt is a graduate of New York Botanical Garden’s Botanical Art and Illustration program. She teaches Nature Journaling for Osher and is a co-founder of the Upper Valley Nature Journaling Group. Robin’s preferred media are graphite and colored pencil and she also works in watercolor and silverpoint. In addition to teaching for Osher, Robin also teaches colored pencil classes at AVA. Robin has lived in the Upper Valley for more than thirty years and delights in discovering new conservation areas to share with her students.