Description
RECORDED January 14 & 18, 2024
Instructors: Wendy Hollender & Pam Thompson
Level: All levels
Botanical Subjects: Flattened leaves and flowers (herbarium pages) seeds, nuts, branches, seedpods
Simple Subjects: no more than 1 inch thick, ex. keys, cards, letters, stamps, crumpled paper, letter opener, receipts, paper printed stuff, music sheets, ribbons, stones, jewels
Workshop Description
Fool the eye into seeing real-life three-dimensional objects jump out of their flat paintings with Trompe L’oeil techniques. You’ll learn several “tricks” for composition, color, style, and presentation. With your botanical drawing skills and art supplies, Wendy will teach you how to incorporate these fun techniques on kraft paper and tell a story by choosing related or symbolic elements to draw. Lesson inspired by Gerald P. Hodge, 1999, with whom Wendy studied back in the last century.
NOTE: In addition to our usual supplies, you will need tan Kraft Paper (click here to purchase).
Instructors provide live demonstrations of relevant techniques on the first day of the workshop. The second day of this workshop will begin with constructive critiques of your work, followed by more live demonstrations.
We encourage collaboration and community, and we strive to create a safe environment for everyone to draw together. Don’t be shy! Ask any and all questions you may have; the answers could benefit all participants.
Our workshops include a set of pre-recorded videos for you to watch as you prepare for class, as well as recordings of each workshop session. ALL of the registration and video material for this workshop is delivered to you via email. Please be sure to add info@drawbotanical.com to your email contacts so that you do not miss important correspondence from us!
Recommended Supplies
NOTE: In addition to our usual supplies, you will need tan Kraft Paper (click here to purchase).
Find all of the supplies that we recommend here. Feel free to follow along with any supplies you have (your result may just end up looking a little different). Our lessons are about a combination of fundamental 3D art concepts and colored pencil and watercolor technique, so you can skip the supplies-specific tips and still learn a lot about art basics including perspective, light source, composition, etc. One of the main points we teach is colored pencil and watercolor technique for slow, continuous toning, but as long as you are able to achieve the same blending result with your chosen materials, you can still benefit from our course lessons.
By purchasing this workshop, you agree to the following Media Release:
I hereby give permission to Draw Botanical LLC to use photographs, videos, and/or audio recordings in which my picture or image appears for all purposes and in all media and formats now known or later created including, without limitation, all promotional materials. I hereby waive any right that I may have to inspect or approve the finished product or products or advertising or printed matter that may be used in connection with this video, audio or photographs or the use to which it may be applied.
I hereby irrevocably release and discharge Draw Botanical LLC and personnel from all claims, demands, and causes of action that I now have or in the future may have relating to the permitted use of my likeness.
I agree that Draw Botanical LLC will be the sole owner of all rights in the above-mentioned recordings. (Note: I maintain all rights to the work I create. Draw Botanical maintains all rights to the recorded content.) This release is governed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
