Drawing the Japanese Garden Workshop | Nicole Crosswell

Drawing the Japanese Garden Workshop | Nicole Crosswell

Join artist and scientific illustrator, Nicole Crosswell for Drawing the Japanese Garden at the iconic Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt.Coot-tha.

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  • Date

    Friday, December 20 · 9:30am - 12:30pm AEST

  • Participants

    For All

  • Medium

    Drawing

  • Region / Venue

    Japanese Garden Mount Coot-Tha Road Toowong, QLD 4066

  • Bookings

    Bookings Link 

  • Tutor & Organisation

    Nicole Crosswell

This three hour experience will be held in the dappled shade and quiet of the famous Japanese Gardens. The small group will start with a 30 minute observation stroll around the beautifully designed garden that has the theme of 'tsuki-yama-chisen’ or 'mountain-pond-stream'. Followed by a 2.5hr seated session drawing with graphite, ink and watercolour from both cut specimens and the quiet landscape.

Grab yourself a little peace before Christmas.

All art materials provided. Bring your hat, water bottle and please ensure you arrive 5 minutes early for a smooth start time.

Hope to see you there!

About the Tutor

Nicole Crosswell is a practicing visual artist, arts facilitator, and the scientific illustrator for The Queensland Herbarium at Mt. Coot-tha Botanical Gardens. Her arts practice embodies the phrase ‘to draw’; from contemporary manipulation of physical thread and line through to traditional methods of drawing and mark making.

In both her professional and personal life is Nicole’s passion for the natural world and its dynamic evolution. Whether within the walls of the Herbarium, nature trailing with students through the Bunya Mountains or working in her studio garden, Nicole’s ethos is always to take the time, to observe closely and listen carefully to the surrounding environment.

 Nicole Crosswell’s arts practice is informed by Baba Dioum’s statement, “In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” Her body of work encapsulates her love and understanding of the natural world and its intersection with the human condition.

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