Oct Half Term - Botanical Still Life: Fruits and Seed Pods in a quiet homely setting 3D Campus

Oct Half Term – Botanical Still Life: Fruits and Seed Pods in a quiet homely setting 3D Campus

This Two-day workshop is for students of all levels (excluding absolute beginners: i.e. those that have never drawn anything before or have very little to no training in the accuracy required for botanical illustration / botanical paintings).

What The Course is About:

The tutor will tailor the complexity of the subject to a range of skill levels. i.e. Beginners (some experience) will be encouraged to do something fairly simple (Lacking complexity) such as limit number of botanical subjects in a paired down composition. Intermediate students (well versed in both graphite drawing and Water Colour painting specific to botanical illustration) will be tasked with something more complex with more elements as part of the composition. Advanced level students (those of you with extensive experience) will be working on a range of botanical subjects as part of their still life composition. Keeping in mind we have just two days to do this! Monday Morning 28 Oct , 10h00 to 12h30; After an induction, this course will start with a quick look at compositional consideration for setting up your still life using a range of subjects including flowers, seed pods, fruit and of vegetables. We will then move directly into each student setting up a composition and start drawing the individually chosen layout. Monday afternoon of 28 Oct, 13h30 to 16h00; you will be encouraged and assisted to continue your drawing and start painting / graphite shading / mixed media application. This will involve doing a combination of line drawings and rendered drawings of the whole of the subject matter which may include any one or more from this list: bulbs/corms/rhizomes, plants – including leaves and stems, flowers and/or seed pods. On Tues 29 Oct, you will continue to draw and render the subject we set out with at the start of this workshop and I will be on hand to suggest, guide, give tips, help and also demonstrate specific techniques and or skills towards the completion of this project. We will aim to complete each a drawing of the subject matter by close of business at 4pm (16h00) on Tues 29 Oct.

Materials Required:

What to bring to the first session: NOTE: Bring what you have and we can discuss your options on the first day. After that, you can buy what you need from the ONSITE PSAD Art Shop and/or we have two other local Art stores, Jackson’s Art at Putney Bridge & Cass Art. * Denotes requirement for the 1st day of the workshop Sketch book, Sketch Pad or Note Book for taking notes and making rough sketches, clean soft brush OR large clean feather to brush off impurities during work, * Putty Rubber/Eraser, a magnifying glass if you have one, Mapac plastic carrying portfolio or similar for your work. This is non-essential, but a great and clean way to transport your work to and from class. Medium of your choice: (Choose one appropriate for you.) * Water colour paints - for those doing water colour paintings. Bring what you have, do not buy just for this class. We can work within the range of colours you do have as long as you have one good Yellow, one good red and one good blue. * Pen and ink: For those planning to work in Pen and Ink and/or Mixed media: Bring what you have for the first day – do not buy unless you have to! i.e. Staedtler Pigment Liner OR Sakura Pigma Micron Fine liner Pens. You will find .01, .03 and a .05 pen nib size are used most but not exclusively. * Graphite pencils: Bring what you have, do not buy just for this workshop! If you are going to buy, then aim for H4, H2 and an F or a HB as a bare minimum. If you decide to do graphite work, you will also need a sharpener suitable for your own pencils. Make sure the blade is sharp! Paper for the medium of your choice: (Choose the appropriate one for your medium of choice.) * Paper for Graphite and/or Pen and Ink work: For those working with graphite and or Pen and ink: At least 1 Sheet of A3 Bristol board 250 gsm to 280gsm (PSAD shop sell these). OR * Paper for water colour work: For those planning to doing water colour paintings: 300gsm Hot Pressed (HP) smooth surface, white or near white water colour paper i.e. Fabriano 5 (PSAD shop sell these) or Arches or Bockingford or Daler-Rowney The Langton Prestige paper or Waterford or Cass Art HP paper. OR * Paper for mixed media work: For those planning to work in mixed media: 300gsm Mixed media paper. i.e. Heritage White (PSAD shop sell these) or Strathmore Mixed Media paper or any other equivalent, bleed proof, smooth surface paper specifically made for multimedia work. Choose a smooth to velum surface to offer some key (surface texture) for coloured pencils to take to the surface with ease if you plan to also use coloured pencils.

Previous Experience:

All Levels but experience of drawing is essential.

End of course:

N/A