BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION – HERBS AND SPICES USING COLOURED PENCILS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, CockermouthWeek of Courses
BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION – HERBS AND SPICES USING COLOURED PENCILS
Herbs are the forgotten ‘poor relations’ of the botanical painting world. They may not be as ‘showy’ as the more flamboyant flowers, but they are nevertheless beautiful – and very interesting. On this course we take the opportunity to study a few herbs in detail and record them in coloured pencils and graphite. We will
SUMMER LANDSCAPES IN MIXED MEDIA – AN EXPLORATORY APPROACH
This course will introduce a variety of creative ways to approach landscape in the summer months. We will examine different aspects of the summer landscape through observation, memory, and process. The course will cover expressive techniques and ways of working that will lead you to find that initial idea and explore it using colour theory,
ILLUSTRATING SHELLS, FOSSILS AND INSECTS USING COLOURED PENCIL
After this three-day course, you may think again about some of the smaller things that often escape our notice in the natural world. Shells offer up the most amazing colours and patterns and fossils allow us to see millions of years in a fragment whilst insects have the most intricate shapes and iridescent colours that