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Your contribution to this class will allow you to stream a Zoom recording of this class. Suggested contributions of £5, £10, £15 and £20 allow me to continue these classes.
There are many different types of flora depicted in miniature painting. In this class you be introduced to some of the various trees before focusing on your own leafy evergreen.
During this session you will learn how to draw your own tree before understanding how to construct and paint various different leaf forms.
Choose to paint a 'study' of a tree or add this element to your existing Persian Miniature Painting.
Course Details:
Trees with Leaves: Looking at Flora in miniature painting
Questions?
Please email: info@yasminhayat.com.
REQUIRED equipment & materials
For Beginners:
- Cowrie Shell burnisher: linked one here,
- Handover brushes series 33 (or any other good quality, Kolinsky sable watercolour brush) in sizes 00, 1, 2 and 6/8.
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00 Brush linked here
Size 1 Brush linked here
Size 2 Brush linked here
Size 8 Brush linked here - A ceramic palette with large wells (linked here) or an old ceramic porcelain/china dinner plate.
- 2B, HB and H pencil (0.3 if using mechanical)
- Tracing paper (A4 or 27 × 11.69 inches) linked here
- Ruling pen (optional) linked here
- Masking tape, linked here.
- Compass or geometry kit. For UK, please click here, For US, please click here
- Ruler, linked here
- Eraser / mono-eraser, linked here
- 300gsm hot pressed water colour paper, in A4 or A3, Linked here.
- A4 (8.27 x 11.69 inches) or larger drawing board or hardback book. (A drafting table can be used.)
- Templates (received in email closer to the course date)
- Kitchen towel or old dish cloth
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Gouache in the following recommended colours:
– Indigo (Beginners indigo, click here. For recommended - click here)
– Ultramarine. (Beginners Ultramarine, click here. For recommended - click here)
– Cadmium or Lemon yellow (Beginners Lemon yellow, click here. For recommended - click here)
– Yellow Ochre, click here
– Alizarin Crimson, click here.
– Vermillion or Cadmium Red. (Beginners Vermillion, click here. For recommended - click here)
– Titanium or Zinc white. (For titanium click here. For zinc - click here)
– Black (lamp black or ivory black) click here.
– Burnt umber or Red ochre or Sepia, click here
– Oxide of Chromium* (click here)
- Watercolour set* (Generic, Ideally tubes. Linked here)
* Not essential
For more experienced students:
- For paper burnishing, I'd recommend this burnisher or for larger paper, this burnisher.
- For gold work, or burnishing small details, I'd recommend this burnisher
- Readymade, or hand-made gold
- For a small pan, click here
- For medium, click here
- For large, click here
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Who is this course for?
All levels of experience and ability welcome.
Is there any preparation?
All participants will receive an email prior to the workshop if preparation is required.
What should I wear?
Wear comfortable clothing that you do not mind getting slightly messy. Avoid wearing: Baggy clothing (especially sleeves) and Loose jewellery.
What about natural pigments?
Due to the long preparation, difficult accessibility and toxicity of some natural pigments, we will be using easily attainable, ready-made alternatives for this workshop. Traditional miniatures are compelled using paints derived from minerals, earths and insects. You will be able to achieve a similar result and finish using the recommended colours in the materials list.