Learn from a seasoned professional

Fall is a time of warm and vibrant colors and unusual patterns on leaves. The visual arts workshop “Botanical Drawing – Fall Foliage” on offer from Manzanita’s Hoffman Center for the Arts this Saturday, Sept. 11, will focus on capturing the changing colors and patterns of the season.

Participants in the virtual class will work with color pencils and focus on blending colors and depicting veins on leaves.

Although drawing in realistic form will be the focus, individual styles will be encouraged and celebrated.

Instructor Dorota Haber-Lehigh is an artist, educator and naturalist with a passion for plants of the Pacific Northwest. She loves foraging for berries, mushroom hunting, field sketching and collecting specimens.

Born in Poland, Haber-Lehigh obtained a diploma in botanical illustration from the Society of Botanical Artists in London and has degrees in art and international studies and a master’s degree in teaching. She is a member of Oregon Botanical Artists, Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists and the American Society of Botanical Artists.

Interested in the healing power of plants and nature, Haber-Lehigh enjoys drawing medicinal plants and has authored two ethnobotanical coloring books: “ABC of Native Plants of the Coastal PNW” and “Native Berries of the Coastal PNW.”

The class will be hosted on Zoom from 1 to 4 pm. The fee to participate is $45. For more information, go to hoffmanarts.org or email dorotabotanical@gmail.com.