Botanical Illustration - White on White, Snowdrops in SpringCourse Full
Tutor: Jackie Isard SBACourse Code: 0825-04
Summary
Doesn't it lighten the heart when we see snowdrops in swathes across gardens and in the countryside? Join me and learn how to capture these exquisite little plants as a composition or as individual little paintings. I will teach you how to give snowdrop flowers depth, as well as retain their delicacy with watercolour. From bud to opening, these flowers are a delight to paint!
Description
Our two days together will include:
During our two days together, you will draw up a composition of snowdrops and make colour matched swatches. You may create a composition or concentrate on a few individual flowers and leaves. Once the drawing is transferred to your preferred hot pressed watercolour paper, you will begin your painting with my attentive help.
• I will help you make a beautiful composition of snowdrops
• I will teach you how to give snowdrop flowers depth as well as retain their delicacy
• I will help you make key decisions about colour mixes and teach you how to make the pale shadow tones for snowdrop flowers
• There will be a demonstration of painting techniques
• The opportunity to paint another spring flower if you finish early
Please bring with you
• Hot Pressed quality watercolour paper (roughly A4 or A3)
• Good quality full-bodied pointed tip brushes
• H Pencil or mechanical pencil with H lead (no soft HB or B leads please)
• Soft rubber, not a putty rubber
• Sharpener
• A sheet of cartridge paper for making your composition
• A piece of tracing paper 60gsm – I can supply if you don’t have any
• Flat ceramic palette or a large white plate
• Some kitchen roll and an old light-coloured face flannel
• 2 x water jars
Winsor & Newton Professional pigment suggestions:
- Winsor Blue Red Shade
- Winsor Blue Green Shade
- Ultramarine Green Shade
- Indanthrene Blue
- Permanent Rose
- Transparent Yellow
- New Gamboge
- Winsor Violet
If you use a different brand, then bring those along. I will advise which ones to use. Please make sure you bring transparent or semi-transparent pigments, no opaques or cadmiums please.
The following items can be purchased from your tutor
- Billy Showell Fine Liner £5
- W&N pigments – a squidge in a half pan £1
- H pencil £1
Level
This course is not really suitable for absolute beginners.
Course Location
Missenden Abbey
Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire HP16 0BD
Tutor
Jackie Isard SBA
Jackie Isard is an award-winning botanical artist having won a Gold medal at RHS in 2022 on her first attempt. She is passionate about painting and teaching. Based in Bristol, her delicate watercolours are much admired for their intricacy and detail. She teaches a regular Saturday group in Bristol and runs workshops with Society groups in the South West, Wales, Gloucestershire and other venues across the UK. She was a graphic designer by trade but has now chosen a new path in life. She is a self-taught artist, passionate about plants and the beauty of nature and enjoys watercolour as her favoured medium. 'Nature is so beautiful and it gives me such pleasure capturing it on paper.'
In 2022 Jackie completed her RHS exhibition entry entitled ‘Wet Meadow Wildflowers ~ their pollinators and as food plants’ and won Gold medal. Jackie is passionate about wildflowers, pollinators and nature preservation which is why she chose this theme for her RHS exhibition. Two of these paintings are now held in the RHS Lindlay Library and The Shirley Sherwood Collection, two others in a private collection. More recently, her painting called 'Vessels of Life' is being exhibited at The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, USA. Jackie posts regularly on her Facebook and Instagram pages (links below) showing images of her work and process.
email address: jackieisard@googlemail.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/jackie.isard
Instagram: @jackieisard
Web: https://www.jibotanicals.co.uk/
Saturday to Sunday
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Timetable
| Saturday | |
| 9.15am | Students arrive |
| 9.30am-1pm | Teaching session |
| 1-2pm | Lunch for all |
| 2-5pm | Teaching session |
| 6.45 for 7pm | Dinner for residents |
| Sunday | |
| 7.30-9.30am | Breakfast for residents |
| 9.30am-1pm | Teaching session |
| 1-2pm | Lunch for all |
| 2-4pm | Last teaching session |
My first course at Missenden Abbey, and I am hugely impressed! Everything was of high quality; the tuition, studio space, accommodation, delicious food and pleasant public spaces, all in a beautiful setting. Thank you!
Jackie Isard was really lovely and patient. Excellent tutor! Learnt so much during these two days! Thank you.