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Botanical Drawing & Watercolor at Sonoma Garden Park
Capture vibrant botanicals while building observational drawing and watercolor skills in a beautiful garden setting.
About the Class
Discover the meditative practice of plein air sketching while drawing inspiration from the wide variety of flowers and foliage growing in the Sonoma Garden Park. In this four week course, participants will learn and practice foundational drawing and watercolor technique through demonstration, close observation, and careful rendering of their subjects.
Botanicals are an endlessly inspiring subject matter for drawing and painting. Their colors and beauty are immediately enticing, but as you sit and draw them, their unique underlying structures reveal themselves, and you uncover a world of detail in the plants you’ve looked at countless times.
In the first half of each class, we will spend time creating a detailed drawing of our subjects, and then shift our focus to adding color to and enhancing the texture of our compositions with watercolor. Students will learn about proportion, color mixing, value, and composition, while spending time in a lush, abundant garden.
Feel free to bring a portable easel if you have one and a lightweight folding chair. Otherwise seating is at picnic tables and park benches, or on the ground. All other materials are provided. All experience levels are welcome!
Sonoma Garden Park is located at 19996 7th Street East.
About your Instructor
Hannah Day
Hannah Day is a Sonoma County artist who works primarily in the paper arts. She received her MFA from UH Manoa in printmaking, and her etchings are internationally shown and collected. Her personal practice also includes paper cutting, graphite, watercolor, and mixed media.
https://www.hannahdrawstrees.com/
Membership has its benefits
All Silver Memberships and above receive 10% off the registration cost for any class purchase over $40.
Materials fees are not discounted.
Become a member today and find community, connection, and creativity.
Class FAQ
We ask that you notify us at least 10 days in advance of a class if you need to cancel your registration. You may cancel by phone or email and we will gladly offer you a refund or credit toward a future class. If you cancel with less than 10 days’ notice, we will not be able to provide refunds, due to our contractual obligations and material purchases for each class.
Sometimes, the Sonoma Community Center has to cancel a class due to low enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as a natural disaster or health emergency. If this happens and we do not offer a reschedule date, you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee (minus the payment processing and services fee), or credit towards a future class. If we are able to offer a reschedule date but you are unable to make the new date, we will gladly offer credit towards a future class.
All credits must be used within 1 year.
You can view our full class policies and guidelines here.
The Sonoma Community Center is committed to creating an accessible learning environment. If you require any special considerations(medical, physical, learning) please share them with Sean Baskin, Program Associate, by emailing him at [email protected] so that he can forward them to the relevant Program Director and Instructor.
Late additions to any program, class, or workshop that has already begun will be allowed on a per-case basis depending upon the Program Director & instructors approval. Late additions will have to pay the full registration cost of the class, along with any materials fees, and will not be prorated for the time missed. You may reach out to the program directors directly, or the Program Associate Sean Baskin at [email protected] to request a late addition.
We are always looking for new instructors. You can fill out the form directly here.
Botanical Drawing & Watercolor at Sonoma Garden Park
Capture vibrant botanicals while building observational drawing and watercolor skills in a beautiful garden setting.
Schedule
Fridays, June 12 – July 3, 2026
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
This Session
Friday, June 12, 2026 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location
Experience Level
All-Levels, Beginning, Intermediate and AdvancedAge(s)
18-overRegistration
Registration Cost:
$220
Materials Fee:
$30
Total Registration Cost:
$250
