Risa Gettler

Six Live & Recorded 2-Hour Draw, Paint & Share sessions. Each participant receives six weekly selections of capital letters (majuscules) from Risa’s collection of 9th c. Spanish Visigothic manuscripts. Choose one or several majuscules...

The Wyvern is a mythical two-legged dragon. Popular in medieval manuscripts,coats-of-arms, crests and flags as heraldic symbols, to illustrate power and perseverance. Dive into the world of Wyverns - (Dragon-like mythical creatures) with...

Create a beautifully detailed majuscule "M" in this Live online paint-along with Risa Gettler! The pattern for this project is provided so participants can jump into tracing or printing the pattern on to good paper, then painting the pattern using...

12th century Europe illuminated manuscripts are teeming with chimerical monsters, (also known as “drolleries” (whimsical things). This vibrantly colorful and decorative art style combines humans, animals and foliage that seem to appear...

Create a "knotty" Valentine with like-minded creative artists. We'll work in gouache and colored pencils to make illustrations inspired from manuscript, MS 12148, a 9th century Zoomorphic of kissing and cuddling knotted fish, unabashedly exhibiting...

ZOOMORPHICS are a medieval design fad of drawing animals (ZOO) that "morph" into letters. In this 6-week course you will learn how to accurately reproduce, create patterns, and paint an alphabet of Zoomorphics from a variety of medieval manuscripts...

Solomon's knot (aka 'Solomon's seal) is a traditional decorative motif used since ancient times and found in many cultures; mosaic floors in Italy, stone mosaics in ancient synagogues, mosques in Cairo, African beadwork in crowns and masks, Central...