Description

For the Fungi of It with Ellen Duarte

Dates: Wednesdays, September 17 – October 22 (6 weeks)
Time: 9:30am-12:00pm
Cost: $160 Members / $190 Non-Members

Description: Discover the world of fungi and all of the interesting shapes, colors and textures that make them unique. Learn how to locate and identify some local species. See how it grows and multiplies. Grow some mushrooms and make mushroom spore prints. Draw and paint fungi in pencil and watercolor materials. And maybe you’ll want to use the mushrooms you grow in your next meal!

Instructor Bio: Ellen Duarte has been creating art almost every year since taking up botanical illustration more than a decade ago, when she began her studies at Wellesley College Botanic Garden. She earned her Certificate of Botanical Illustration in 2015. Ellen grew up in Maine and raised her family on Cape Cod. She currently resides in Centerville and is still frequently visiting Maine.

Materials:

For the first class of each session, please bring drawing materials

If you are unsure, you are welcome to wait until after the first class. I always have extra materials to get you started.

List:

Pencil- any brand drawing pencil, HB,B,2B, or any drawing pencil you have

Paper- White drawing pad, spiral bound, minimum 9×12

Eraser- any white plastic block eraser, putty eraser, and or retractable eraser

Sharpener- any handheld or electric sharpener that makes a sharp point.

Paper, paints, and tools will be reviewed and recommended at the first class. However, a minimum list would include:

2 Kolinski sable pointed round, number 4 or 6

Pad of hot pressed watercolor paper, minimum 9×12

Palette water container paper towels

Professional or artist quality watercolor paints:

Bring what you have. If you have none, and wish to purchase some, Winsor and Newton has a set of 12 professional quality watercolor paints (5 mil. tubes) which I have found on Amazon for as little as $49. This set has a good range of colors to start with. If you prefer to buy individually, the following is a suggested list in order of usefulness. 5 mil. tubes will last a long time, so buy small, if you can. All are Winsor and Newton, but are available in other brands:

Permanent Rose

Winsor Lemon

French Ultramarine

Permanent Sap Green

Payne’s Gray

Scarlet Lake

New Gamboge

Winsor Blue Green Shade

Burnt Sienna

Yellow ochre

Lemon Yellow Nickel Titonate

Other recommended brands are Daniel Smith, Schminke, M.Graham, and several others, as long as they are artist or professional quality.

Some art supply websites are BLICK ART MATERIALS, Jackson Arts, Wind River Arts(brushes) and more. Locally, you can find paints and other decent materials at Michael’s as well as at Woodruff’s at Mashpee Commons and Tree’s Place in Orleans.