In this immersive class, you’ll experience every step of classical botanical illustration: preparing and mounting watercolor paper, studying your plant through dissection and magnification, creating accurate sketches, transferring your drawing with confidence, and bringing it to life with luminous washes and delicate dry-brush details.

Exclusively available to Vienna tour participants, this class offers an intimate learning experience with limited enrollment (maximum 12, minimum 7) and is open to students of all levels. Students are responsible for arranging their own hotel reservations at Grand Hotel Wien or elsewhere, as well as transport to and from class, if necessary.

Registration
After registering for the tour and after the tour has been confirmed (November 2025), the tour company (ISDI) will provide students with a link to sign up for the workshop. Tuition fee to be collected by ASBA. There are 12 spaces available, and they will be issued on a first-come first-served basis. ASBA reserves the right to cancel the workshop if it does not meet a minimum registration by February 16, 2026.

Post-Tour Workshop Refund & Cancellation Policy
Cancellation on or before February 16, 2026: workshop fee refunded
Cancellation made between February 17 and April 9, 2026: 50% of workshop fee refunded
Cancellation made thereafter: no refund.
Health emergency or death in the immediate family: Refund will be the same as above except cancellation on or after May 1, 2026, 50% of fee will be refunded to the registrant

Accommodation
A set of rooms has been secured at the Grand Hotel Wien. The cost for 3 extra nights is as follows:
$ 1,350 single occupancy ($ 450/night) and 
$ 1,500 double occupancy ($ 500/night, split between two people is $ 250/night/person) 

After registration and once the trip is confirmed in November 2025, the travel agent (ISDI) will provide workshop registrants with the hotel contact information to extend their stay for a further 3 nights. All costs will be settled by the students. Participants are at liberty to find alternative accommodation but are responsible for arranging such hotel reservations, costs, and transport to and from class.

Download Materials List

Materials list:
Paper and mounting board provided by instructor (Fabriano Artistico hot pressed 300g)
Favorite watercolors, as we do not know the choice of plants yet
Sketch pad 
Paint brushes 
Eraser, sharpener
Ruler and proportional divider if available 
Pencils: HB, 2B, and 7H or 9H
Magnifying glass