Botanical Drawing with Lisa Ostapinski

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This class is for complete beginners to experienced drawers. We will engage in several observational drawing exercises of plants and flowers focusing on contour drawing. We will finish with a final drawing that can include color and metal gold leaf techniques. All materials are included but if you want to bring a special plant or flowers to draw that is highly encouraged. Materials provided: drawing paper, pencils, erasers, flowers/plants, pens, acrylic paint, gilding size, color pencils. BIO: Lisa Ostapinski is a painter and art educator based in Oakland, CA. She works with unusual materials and processes including metal leaf gilding, encaustic painting (beeswax), sgraffito and oil paint marbling. Her work juxtaposes archaic media with modern forms producing a fresh, contemporary take on these art historical techniques. Lisa’s imagery pulls from a diverse array of sources including textile and jewelry design, architecture, modern painting, the natural world, scientific illustration, religious painting and spiritual symbolism. She chooses lustrous, visually rich materials such as gold leaf and beeswax for their natural beauty as well as their historical use in European religious painting to evoke the divine. Lisa’s work is an exploration of the potential for abstract forms and luminous materials to communicate ideas about the spiritual realm. website www.lisaostapinski.com Instagram @honeycombdaughter