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Pat Blair & Victoria Pittman |
Odyssey Conference Class Listing
A2: FLOWERS AND FLOURISHES
Pat Blair Recommended Books
B1915. Ornamental Calligraphy by George J. Becker.
B2503. At Home with Artistic Penwork Book Five, Bird and Design Flourishing, Stephen A. Ziller.
B3344. At Home with Artistic Penwork Book Three, Card Writing by Stephen Ziller.
B3345. Real Pen Work: Self-instruction Manual in Penmanship 1881. Knowles & Maxim. (reprint).
B368. Ames Compendium of Practical and Ornamental Penmanship.
B3173. Florid Victorian Ornament by Karl Klimsch.
Victoria Pittman Recommended Resources
B3335. 300 Art Nouveau Designs and Motifs in Full Color edited by Carol Belanger Grafton.
B3336. Art Nouveau (Dover Pictura) with CD-ROM.
B2973. Flower Painter's Pocket Palette by Elisabeth Harden.
B3060. The Simple Art of Chinese Brush Painting by Qu Lei Lei.
B3334. 100 Flowers by Yang O-shi. 240pp.
New England Trees and Wildflowers by James Kavanagh. Field Guide. (not stocked)
Dictionary of Plant names by Allan Coombs
"The pronunciation, derivation and meaning of botanical names" (I love this little book combining my love of plants and language, a must have book) Out-of-print.
Chinese Flower Painting by Rebecca Yue. Out-of-print.
Flowers of Charles Rennie Mackintosh by Pamela Robertson. Out-of-print.
(there is also a small calendar of CRM flowers out there)
Artist's Photo Reference Flowers by Gary Greene. Out-of-print.
While not directly related to this class, Victoria recommends these books to her students:
B2978. Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren.
Trust the Process by Shaun Mcniff.
FLORALS:
Papers: Graph pad 11x17 (P21); inexpensive smooth layout pad (P10, P11) or drawing pad (not newsprint); (optional) a variety of watercolor paper hot or cold press for use with watercolors (PS42, PS47); 1 sheet of Arches Black Cover stock (PS90); 5 sheets Stonehenge (PS95). We will need the 5 sheets of Stonehenge. Others are optional but bring whatever nice watercolor paper that you like best.
Pens/Pencils/Brushes: ½ inch Automatic pen (N27); ¼ inch Automatic pen (N27) optional; pencil; cheap mixing brushes (BR37); wedged clay shaper (1/2 inch). I'll bring these to share; cheap foam brush 1 inch.
Ink/ Paint: Higgins Eternal black (I08); watercolors (WNxxx) (transparent…several colors); several tubes of acrylic (keep in mind we are doing flowers.)
Misc: Spray bottle/larger size; acrylic gloss medium (I90) liquid not gel; mixing palette (S679, S723); water containers (S731); 1 larger for acrylics like a yogurt container; paper towels; bring short quotation about nature and flower references (magazines, photos, field guides etc…or the real thing!); news¬paper for drying; household sponge.
POINTED PEN:
Pens: Oblique penholder (H48, H50, H51, H52, H60, H61); pointed pen nibs such as Nikko G (N113) or Leonardt Principal (N120) (both of these need a holder that will accommodate their larger size); Hunt 22 (N93) or 56 (N86), or Gillott 303 (N72) or 404 (N74).
Ink: Moon Palace (I70) or McCaffrey's Penman's Ink (I37); black and favorite colors of gouache (WNGxxx).
Paper: When combining penwork with watercolor, hot press watercol¬or paper (PS42, PS47) is recommended, several sheets. Stonehenge also works (PS95). Marker layout pad for practice, such as Canson Pro Marker (P32-9) or Boris (P10), no larger than 10 x 14".
Materials fee: $7
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