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with Mira O’Brien (Berlin Drawing Room Founding Director)Learn watercolor techniques while we visit the beautiful and bizarre fungi kingdom during this online workshop. As the fruiting bodies (mushrooms) of the fungi emerge in the fall taking surprising and varied forms, Mira will collect and photograph new specimens every week for the class. We will create botanical style watercolor paintings using photographic references and you will also be encouraged to collect your own specimens if you wish.
What to expect:
Learn intro and advanced watercolor techniques that can be applied to mushrooms as well as other subject matter.
Learn how to mix the complex organic colors associated with mushrooms, while also learning some color theory.
Learn about botanical illustration composition.
See examples from the history of botanical and fungi illustration. Learn about some key artists.
Learn basic mushroom anatomy and fascinating stories about mushrooms and fungi.
What NOT to expect:
This is not a mycology course. Mira O’Brien is a professional artist with a passional for plants and fungi but not a professional mycologist.
This is not a foraging course and the curriculum does not include topics such as edibility although some uses for mushrooms may be discussed in an art historical context.
No positive ID’s will be given on mushrooms you collect yourself and share via photo. We can only point you in the right direction, such as or compare these two species or refer to this book…
The drawings and painting made in this workshop are more like the field notes kept in the sketch books of Naturalists than the highly polished illustrations found in a botany textbook. These recordings are just as much about the subjective process of observation as they are about the recording of scientific data. Techniques will include line drawing with watercolor tea wash, building up layers with watercolor washes, adding detail with special watercolor effects and paying close attention to oft-overlooked subjects!
November 2 – November 23, 2021
4 x Tuesdays livestreaming from 6 – 8 pm
Cost: 130€
(includes 19% VAT)
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Berlin Drawing RoomWrangelstrasse 31, 10997 Kreuzberg, Germany, Berlin, Germany
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