Botanical Illustration Course

What will I learn?

Open up your artistic talent with our Botanical Illustration Training Programme, made for artists and people who know about art and want to get better at mixing art and science. Dig deep into the rules of scientific illustration, make your sketching skills sharper, and learn better ways of adding detail and shading. You'll learn how to draw plants exactly how they are, use colour well, and get your artwork ready to show to people. This training programme gives you good, short lessons to make your skills better and make your collection of artwork even more impressive.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online and lifetime access to courses
Certificate aligned with educational standards
PDF summaries for easy printing
Online support available at all times
Select and arrange the chapters you want to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Become a master of scientific illustration: Mix art with correct botanical details.

Improve your detailing skills: Show off the special parts of plants with clear accuracy.

Use colour theory well: Use colours that look real when drawing plants.

Build up your sketching skills: Draw the textures and sizes of things properly.

Do proper botanical research: Collect and use correct information about plants.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.