Beginning Drawing
Dates: Sundays, Feb 6, 13, 20, 27
Time: 1:15 – 4:45 pm
Student Level: Adult beginner
Class Size Limit: 15 students
This course is designed to get your drawing skills up to speed before you tackle the complex subjects of traditional botanical illustration. In a friendly, nonjudgmental atmosphere, students cover the basics of contour, negative space, perspective, and tone. The perfect class for anyone who hasn’t tried drawing in years, or for those who want to refresh their drawing skills. No prerequisites. Fee: $125 ($110 NCBG members)
Contact: North Carolina Botanical Garden, (919) 962-0522, www.ncbg@unc.edu, or write North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3375 Totten Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3375.
Contact gardens for materials list.
How to Paint a Feather
Date: Sunday, March 13
Time: 1:15 – 4:45 pm
Instructor: Patricia Savage, Professional Artist
This class explores how to lay down washes and paint the fine details of a feather using the dry-brush watercolor technique. Counts as ½ credit for the Botanical Illustration Certificate but is open to anyone interested. Fee: $35($30 NCBG members)
Contact: North Carolina Botanical Garden, (919) 962-0522, www.ncbg@unc.edu, or write North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3375 Totten Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3375.
Contact gardens for materials list.
Color Theory
Dates: Sundays, May 15, 22, June 5 & Saturday, June 11
Time: 1:15 – 4:45 pm
Instructor: Patricia Savage, Professional Artist
Color theory is the study of how colors relate to one another. This class covers techniques for finding a particular hue, the push and pull of warm and cool pigments, the zing of a saturated color and the importance of beautiful muted color, how values create depth, and the beauty of complementary colors. Prerequisites: Composition, Intermediate Watercolor. Fee $125 ($110 NCBG members)
Contact: North Carolina Botanical Garden, (919) 962-0522, www.ncbg@unc.edu, or write North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3375 Totten Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3375.
Contact gardens for materials list.
Patricia Savage has been invited to participate in the
18th Annual Invitational Miniature Show
Germanton Art Gallery and Winery
December 3 – January 1, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, December 3, 6 – 8 pm
Happy Faces, Pastel 8” x 10”
For more information call (336) 969-6121, www.germantongallery.com
Patricia Savage, (919) 859-2789
www.psavageartist.com, p_savage@bellsouth.net
Painting the Landscape in Pastel
This uncompleted demonstration piece for a workshop in “Painting the Landscape in Pastel” for the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL was done on gatorboard with an underpainting of burnt umber mixed with Golden’s Fine Pumice Gel and applied with a 3″ paintbrush.
These four paintings were done by several of the students in the 2010 workshop. It was a cloudy, rainy day so we painted inside looking out onto the beautiful grounds of the arboretum.
Late Afternoon