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Inktober Workshops & Nature Adventures

Autumn Ink @ Morris Arboretum

Saturday, October 19 10am – 12:30 pm
Morris Arboretum and Garden
100 E Northwestern Avenue
Morris Arboretum Members:
$55 | Non-members: $60

Explore the Morris and identify sources of color that can be used to make botanical inks from petals, leaves, drupes, and roots of the autumn season! After a plant walk, we will get to work making our own ink for drawing and fine writing, made from natural materials foraged in fall. Bottle sensory experiences and connection with nature together, then experiment with shifting the color of our own handcrafted ink to create a plant-based color palette for drawing, printmaking, and fine writing with dip pens and brushes.

You will leave with a small bottle of black walnut ink as well as a bottle of your own ink, your drawings or ink samples created in class, and a reference zine. Meet at the Welcome Center before heading out to explore the Wetland.

Register on the Morris Arboretum website under
"Creative Expressions" for Color from Nature: Botanical Ink Workshop

Watch the show! Let's find awe in nature on field trips to Philly green spaces, explore plants and natural materials, and do nature-based art experiments with artist friends. Watch and create your own nature-based art & creative supplies on Indigo in Green, Saturdays at 9 AM on Philly CAM and find bonus content on YouTube.

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