December 5, 2020 | Online Workshop Hosted on Zoom
Instructor: Bill Singleton
Fee for students: $55 + Eventbrite fees
Refund requests will be accepted (less fees) until December 3, 2020. No refunds will be made after this date, though tickets may be transferred. Each ticket is for one adult per household; children may attend for free but please do not share with anyone outside your household.
Join professional illustrator Bill Singleton in his popular introduction to natural history illustration using gouache, water-soluble paint that is opaque.
For hundreds of years gouache has been the main tool that natural science illustrators choose for botanical subjects because of its versatility and “editability.” Bill will demonstrate gouache using both white or toned paper, compare transparent watercolor and gouache, and teach rendering techniques unique to this interesting and classic illustration medium.
Harness your inner botanical illustrator as we venture virtually out into the hills and arroyos of Tumamoc to learn how to paint with gouache.
Format
On the Zoom web platform, Bill will begin the class at 9 am and teach through a combination so demonstrations and lectures.
Suggested Supplies
- Basic gouache set — Michaels' has a "24 Color Gouache Paint Value Pack by Artist's Loft" for $11 or Amazon has many similar offerings. Any starter gouache set will do.
- Assortment of brushes — Michael's offers a "Super Value 25 Piece Brush Set by Artist's Loft" or any similar set at Amazon will do.
- Pen or pencil
- Notebook with mixed media paper, white and / or tan / grey
Schedule (in AZ time)
Saturday
9 am to 11 am — live instruction / demos on Zoom
11 to 1 pm — students leave and go out and work on an assignment. [Lunch during this time as well]
1 to 3:00 pm — return to Zoom instruction and discussion, with a Q&A as well.
Results
By the end of class, you will have new skills in using a classic media—gouache opaque watercolor—that you can use in your field notebooks and nature journals.
Instructor Bio
Bill Singleton has been painting for over 45 years in oils and acrylics, as well as digital painting with Photoshop for over 25 years. He earned a BFA in Studio Art at the University of Arizona. His favorites subjects are landscapes, cityscapes, still life, botanicals, fantasy, historic and scientific. He has painted everything from 50-foot historic murals to 4-inch landscapes.
He work has been shown widely in galleries, and he has spent many years working on private commissions and in commercial illustration, for MacMillan, McGraw-Hill, SRA, and many others. In 1998 he started work on the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan for Pima County—work that would stretch over the next 10 years with hundreds of illustrations, report covers, maps, charts, and a website.