Scientific illustrator, Marjorie Leggitt has announced the next adventure in her Postcards from… series and the date of this summer’s Back to Basics class. The following updates can be viewed at Classes Near You > Colorado.
Marjorie Leggitt
Leggitt Design & Illustration
View Marjorie’s Gallery at Science-Art.com
Marjorie is a scientific illustrator who creates illustrations for clients in the fields of botany, zoology, medicine, and education. Her artwork also appears on the seed packets Botanical Interests seed company. You can learn more about the work Marjorie and other illustrators do for Botanical Interests in an interview with Andrew Keys at RadioGarden, a series produced by Horticulture Magazine.
POSTCARDS FROM…..
Crested Butte, Colorado
A Watercolorist’s Best Kept Secrets
September 14 – 17, 2011
Elk Mountain Lodge
In this four-day workshop, students will learn how to paint the autumn landscape of Crested Butte, CO from instructors Marjorie Leggitt and Leon Loughridge. Students will receive four full days of step-by-step instruction. The first morning provides a discussion of the fundamentals for making good compositions. Teacher demos, and student exercises include discovering compositions through “thumb-nailing” to capture the lines, patterns, shapes, and values within the landscape. After lunch the focus of the workshop turns to painting. Starting with a composition selected and demoed by the instructor, students soon discover the advantage of a limited color palette. Instruction details the step-by-step process from simple value washes, to 2-color “snapshots”, to layered mini “vignettes”, to larger paintings.
Each day builds upon the previous day’s lessons while offering new painting locations – from an in-town historic site, to expansive river valleys, to higher elevations awash with autumn gold, orange, and crimson.
One-on-one critiques provide personal attention and help painters move to the next level. Daily group instruction, demos, critiques, and evening presentations provide multiple opportunities to observe and learn from the group.
Price: $950.00 (plus a single room supplement option)
Additional information about Crested Butte, student accommodations, and registration are available below.
Download details for Postcards From…..Crested Butte, CO
BACK TO BASICS: Drawing with Confidence
Volunteers Outdoors Colorado, Washington Park, 600 S. Marion Parkway, Denver, CO 80209
August 1– 4, 2011
9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
A four-day workshop about line, shading, perspective, and composition to bolster your drawing skills and boost your confidence.
Instructors Marjorie Leggitt and Susan Rubin will guide you through specific steps to better drawing. Understand how to “see” like an artist and turn on your artistic intuition to draw line correctly the first time. Revisit the principles of light, form, and depth to flesh out compositions both big and small. Practice linear and aerial perspective to accurately portray physical and atmospheric depth. Develop composition strategies to create dynamic artwork. We’ll look at subjects large and small, indoors and out.
Instruction, exercises, practice, and individual guidance will assure that in just four days you’ll solidify those shaky skills and draw anything better and faster every time.
Limit: 10 students
Price: $395.00
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