Upcoming workshops
Carrie Di Constanzo, Apple in egg tempera
"Cherry in Dry Brush" - workshop with Carrie Di Costanzo
June 26, 2021, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm (with a lunch break)
On-line (via Zoom)
We timed our one-day June workshop with the award-winning botanical artist, Carrie Di Costanzo, to run during our Northwest cherry season. Carrie’s Zoom workshop will focus on using dry brush watercolor to replicate the colors, form, and texture of cherries. Before the workshop, students will be sent a pre-recorded video on the dry brush technique to help them prepare. Throughout the workshop, students will text photos of their work in progress to the instructor, so she can offer advice and answer their questions. Carrie’s workshop demonstrations will include color mixing, working light to dark, layering colors, adding fine detail, and dry brush. Some painting experience will be helpful.
Carrie is an award-winning artist whose lovely paintings can be found in the Botanical Collections at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA, at The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh, PA, and numerous private collections. You can learn about Carrie at her website at carriedicostanzo.com.
June 26, 2021, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm (with a lunch break)
On-line (via Zoom)
We timed our one-day June workshop with the award-winning botanical artist, Carrie Di Costanzo, to run during our Northwest cherry season. Carrie’s Zoom workshop will focus on using dry brush watercolor to replicate the colors, form, and texture of cherries. Before the workshop, students will be sent a pre-recorded video on the dry brush technique to help them prepare. Throughout the workshop, students will text photos of their work in progress to the instructor, so she can offer advice and answer their questions. Carrie’s workshop demonstrations will include color mixing, working light to dark, layering colors, adding fine detail, and dry brush. Some painting experience will be helpful.
Carrie is an award-winning artist whose lovely paintings can be found in the Botanical Collections at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA, at The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh, PA, and numerous private collections. You can learn about Carrie at her website at carriedicostanzo.com.
"Watercolor on Kelmscott Vellum" -- Workshop with Jean Emmons
UW Center for Urban Horticulture
POSTPONED - March 7-8 & March 14-15, 2020
Jean's March workshops have been postponed. We plan to re-schedule these workshops; participants will be notified of updated dates.
This is an exciting opportunity to explore the methods that Jean uses to create her exquisite paintings on Kelmscott Vellum. Jean has taught this same topic at the ASBA Annual Conferences in 2019, 2017, and 2016.
Kelmscott vellum is a favorite painting surface for Jean and many other experienced botanical artists. This type of calf skin vellum is prepared with a special organic coating by William Cowley & Sons in the UK. It is considered the smoothest and hardest of vellums, with a special character that allows for crisp detail and bright, luminous color.
Jean says that Kelmscott vellum requires a drier, more careful touch than other vellums. Yet, in some ways it is more versatile. For this workshop, we will spend the day building paint, lifting, repairing, scratching and repainting while refining our drybrush skills. Then we will begin a small subject.
Jean Emmons came to botanical art through a love of gardening and a career in book and magazine illustration. Formally trained in color and abstraction, Jean feels that plants afford the perfect subject matter for studying light on form. She enjoys underpainting with little panels of clear and unexpected colors, like stained glass – then weaving it all together with layers of dry brush. The result is a subtle spectrum of colors that shimmer within the plant surfaces she depicts. Jean can make a single gooseberry look resplendent.
This accomplished artist has accumulated a series of accolades. These include her second gold medal and “Best Painting of Show” from the Royal Horticultural Society in London (2011). In this country, she has won the prestigious ASBA “Diane Bouchier Founder’s Award for Excellence in Botanical Art” (2005) and the “Jurors Award” (Filoli 2018). She has also received the “Best in Show” award two times at ASBA International Conferences (2007 and 2018). Jean’s paintings can be found in major botanical art collections in the United States and the UK.
Registration for this workshop will open to members in early January 2020.
UW Center for Urban Horticulture
POSTPONED - March 7-8 & March 14-15, 2020
Jean's March workshops have been postponed. We plan to re-schedule these workshops; participants will be notified of updated dates.
This is an exciting opportunity to explore the methods that Jean uses to create her exquisite paintings on Kelmscott Vellum. Jean has taught this same topic at the ASBA Annual Conferences in 2019, 2017, and 2016.
Kelmscott vellum is a favorite painting surface for Jean and many other experienced botanical artists. This type of calf skin vellum is prepared with a special organic coating by William Cowley & Sons in the UK. It is considered the smoothest and hardest of vellums, with a special character that allows for crisp detail and bright, luminous color.
Jean says that Kelmscott vellum requires a drier, more careful touch than other vellums. Yet, in some ways it is more versatile. For this workshop, we will spend the day building paint, lifting, repairing, scratching and repainting while refining our drybrush skills. Then we will begin a small subject.
Jean Emmons came to botanical art through a love of gardening and a career in book and magazine illustration. Formally trained in color and abstraction, Jean feels that plants afford the perfect subject matter for studying light on form. She enjoys underpainting with little panels of clear and unexpected colors, like stained glass – then weaving it all together with layers of dry brush. The result is a subtle spectrum of colors that shimmer within the plant surfaces she depicts. Jean can make a single gooseberry look resplendent.
This accomplished artist has accumulated a series of accolades. These include her second gold medal and “Best Painting of Show” from the Royal Horticultural Society in London (2011). In this country, she has won the prestigious ASBA “Diane Bouchier Founder’s Award for Excellence in Botanical Art” (2005) and the “Jurors Award” (Filoli 2018). She has also received the “Best in Show” award two times at ASBA International Conferences (2007 and 2018). Jean’s paintings can be found in major botanical art collections in the United States and the UK.
Registration for this workshop will open to members in early January 2020.
Workshop with Shevaun Doherty and Dianne Sutherland
UW Center for Urban Horticulture
POSTPONED - October 24 & 25, 2020
This workshop was postponed; it has tentatively been planned for the fall of 2021. New dates will be announced when they are confirmed.
We are excited to announce that PNBA has made arrangements to bring Dianne Sutherland (England) and Shevaun Doherty (Ireland) to Seattle to team-teach a workshop for our members. These two good friends are outstanding as artists and teachers and have taught a number of workshops together.
PNBA has recently hosted successful workshops with these artists individually. Shevaun taught a gourd painting workshop in 2018 and Dianne taught a workshop with a focus on leaves last spring. Both workshops were very well received by our members. More details about the workshop will be provided in the coming months.
UW Center for Urban Horticulture
POSTPONED - October 24 & 25, 2020
This workshop was postponed; it has tentatively been planned for the fall of 2021. New dates will be announced when they are confirmed.
We are excited to announce that PNBA has made arrangements to bring Dianne Sutherland (England) and Shevaun Doherty (Ireland) to Seattle to team-teach a workshop for our members. These two good friends are outstanding as artists and teachers and have taught a number of workshops together.
PNBA has recently hosted successful workshops with these artists individually. Shevaun taught a gourd painting workshop in 2018 and Dianne taught a workshop with a focus on leaves last spring. Both workshops were very well received by our members. More details about the workshop will be provided in the coming months.
If you have questions about classes or how to register for a class please e-mail: Workshops@pnba-artists.com
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