Date: Tuesday 20th August 2024, 18:00 - 20.30
Venue: The Gallery at Green & Stone
Tickets: £45
Drawing and Painting Nature Specimens: Butterflies and Beetles
This class will be an opportunity to paint butterflies and beetles, working from real specimens from the collection of Rebecca and Sandy. Using pencil, inks and watercolours, participants will learn how to measure their insect with dividers, drawing the airborne insects with scrutiny. Attendants will then learn to imbue the characteristic rich colour and iridescence into their subject with watercolour. A range of beautiful tropical and British butterflies, moths and beetles will be available to work from.
All levels are welcome.
All art materials provided by Green & Stone.
About Rebecca Jewell and Sandy Ross Sykes
Rebecca Jewell and Sandy Ross Sykes are both alumni of the Natural History Illustration course at the Royal College of Art. They are also Fellows of the Linnean Society and members of the Art Workers’ Guild. Sandy is a botanical artist and Rebecca makes feather monoprints and printed-feather collages. They are co-founders of Drawn from Nature, running watercolour and drawing classes based around an exotic ‘nature table’ of natural history curios. They teach at Kew Gardens and the British Museum and the Linnean Society. Between them, their work is held in several National Collections including the British Museum, the Natural History Museum and the Hunt Institute in America.
