Botanical Illustration 2 Day Workshop

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Join multiple RHS Gold Award winner Bridget in this 2 day workshop.  This course is suitable for participants who have some experience in botanical work already. We will be working from live specimens to help with looking at plant structure and growth habit.  In this seasonal exploration we will be discovering the range of pigments and their individual qualities for use in accurate painting of the many hues in the autumn fruits and foliage around us at this time of year.

Tutor  Bridget Gillespie

We will be working in watercolour. Please bring your own selection, but the following list contains non-fading pigments useful in plant depiction which often needs colours not found in standard sets. ‘Artist’s Colours’ are usually better quality and try to avoid ready-made greens as we will learn to mix our own.
 
BLUES:          Ultramarine, Cobalt, Cerulean, Indigo (Winsor and Newton Artist’s Colour)
YELLOWS:    Hansa Yellow Light, Hansa Yellow Medium (Daniel Smith), or Winsor yellow, Lemon yellow (Not Nickel Titanate) Cadmium Yellow
REDS:            Scarlet lake, Quinacridone red
PINKS:           Permanent rose, Quinacridone magenta
BROWNS:     Burnt sienna, Raw sienna, Yellow ochre
PAPER:          Up to A2 good quality (ie 140lb) Hot pressed/Not surface watercolour paper, plus sketching and tracing
BOARD:         A2 maximum
BRUSHES:     A selection of sizes from 3 to 7 with good points, sable if possible and round body
PENCILS:       A selection 2H to 2B
SUNDRY:      Sharpener, eraser, water pot, kitchen towel, magnifying glass, tape, wide soft brush