Peninsula Arts Society – Term 3 2026
Botanical Drawing with Coloured Pencils – For Beginners and Beyond
Term 2 students worked on a red onion, exploring its rich colours and varied textures. The results were outstanding, with students beautifully capturing this challenging subject.
Term 3 promises to be equally enjoyable as students turn their attention to the fascinating forms and colours of early season gumnuts. Working with magentas, reds and greens, they will explore their unique shapes, textures and subtle colour variations.
Designed for both beginners and continuing students, this course explores the fundamentals of coloured pencil techniques in a friendly, supportive environment. Learn how to create form, tone and depth while developing the skills to capture the beauty of botanical subjects with confidence.
Where: Peninsula Arts Society, 159 Overport Road, Frankston South
Class dates: 19 July; 2, 16, 30 August; 13 September
Class times: 10am-3.30pm (includes 30 mins lunch)
Please click on the following link or download button below for class outline and materials list.
Price for PAS Members Only
Queenscliff – Term 3 2026
Botanical Drawing with Coloured Pencil and Graphite
Term 2 is drawing to a close, and students have been working on gumnuts—not the familiar dried brown forms, but the fresh green and red gumnuts of autumn. Their coloured pencil studies are looking beautifully accomplished, capturing the subtle colour variations and intricate details of these fascinating subjects. The graphite works are equally impressive, highlighting the elegant forms and textures of the gumnuts through careful observation and tonal drawing.
Term 3 promises to be just as engaging, with a focus on orchids, particularly the moth orchid (Phalaenopsis), renowned for its spectacular colours, markings, and graceful forms. Classes will continue at the QHub Auditorium in the Information Centre, 49–55 Hesse Street, Queenscliff.
The class on offer will again be Botanical Drawing, with students able to choose either coloured pencil or graphite as their preferred medium, all within a friendly, supportive, and encouraging learning environment.
Class dates: 16, 30 July; 13, 27 August; 10 September
Class times: 10am-3.30pm with 30 mins for lunch
Please click on the following link or download button below for class outline and materials list.
To enrol in the Queenscliff classes, click on the following BUY button.
Term 3 2026
Friends of the Royal Melbourne Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Botanical Drawing with Coloured Pencil
Tuesdays weekly 6pm-8.30pm at Domain House, South Yarra
Starting date of term: Tuesday 14 July 2026
Finishing date of term: Tuesday 1 September 2026
This class will be presented weekly over 8 weeks and is at beginners’ to ongoing beginners’ level.
This is an introductory coloured pencil course where you will gain increased confidence in drawing from observation and a basic understanding of coloured pencil techniques such as layering and colour mixing. Several exercises in coloured pencil and at least one fully rendered coloured pencil drawing will be completed.
For further enquiries please contact the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne on 9650 6398 or visit their website https://www.rbgfriendsmelbourne.org/friends-art-program/botanic-art-classes/ for class outline and materials list.