Description
Over the course of this all-day class, Lettie Jane Rennekamp will guide you through a few fundamental approaches to painting plants and gradually work towards stylizing plants in your own distinct voice.
We will dive deep into the color green, adjusting our palettes between chartreuse and sage to find the green that speaks to the specific plant you want to capture. We will create a “plant library” of leaf shapes and forms you can draw on for months to come. We will draw from life and our imagination.
Students will bring their own materials: acrylic paint, oil paint, watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, chalk pastel, or ink are all welcome. Demonstrations will be represented in several mediums, because many of these approaches to painting plants are adaptable. This class is great for beginners looking to spend a Saturday making art, or more seasoned students hoping to deepen their approach to capturing plant life.
We will have a lunch break from 1:00-2:00 pm, bring your own lunch or venture into the neighborhood to one of the nearby restaurants.
About the instructor:
Lettie Jane Rennekamp is an illustrator and artist based in Portland, Oregon by way of Kentucky. Her illustrations are bold and tender at the same time, depicting motherhood, varying versions of gender expression, community, and nature all together. She is the creator of Many Queens, a gender-inclusive tarot deck. See more of her work at www.lettiejane.com
About the classroom space:
Ulna studio is a creative space located on the 2nd floor of the Portland Storage Building at 215 SE Morrison st. There is elevator access or the option to use the stairs.
We offer a 50% discount to Black, Indigenous, and Trans folks, use the coupon code MAGENTA at check out.