Fiori Botanici:
Watercolor Flower Painting with Calligraphy
A Plein-Air Workshop
Dates: May 15 - 21, 2011
Instructor/Leader: Lisa Engelbrecht
Cost - $2875
Trip Description
Lisa writes of her first trip teaching with us, "One of the things
I remember most about Orvieto, Italy were the flowers everywhere! It seemed every villa was adorned with balconies of cascading flowers and vines and lined with color. For my second trip I thought, 'What an wonderful opportunity to explore the nature and beauty of plein-air flower painting.'"
Plein-air is a french expression that means “in the open air” and that’s where this workshop will venture - out into the city.
You will begin by learning the basics of Lisa's no fail “Really Easy” watercolor flower techniques in the lovely classroom at our B&B. You will use fresh flowers from the local farmers market to study! Soon you will venture out to the quiet streets and meadows of Orvieto, a classic hilltop town in central Italy. Communal class painting and individual solitary sojourns will spark individual and class critiques.
Midweek Lisa will introduce a simple style of pointed pen lettering you will love - even if you’ve never done calligraphy before. Lisa promises you will succeed at this wonderful art form.
Once you are lettering, you can label your paintings, write flower quotations, and journal your innermost thoughts and feelings.
Lisa is truly excited to share with you this style of painting. You will learn about and paint the semitropical flowers of Orvieto like bougainvillea and wild orchids. You will receive a book of exemplars and samples for further study while you create a floral journal to remember this once-in-a- lifetime trip.
Itinerary
May 15 - Arrive Orvieto, introductions, tour of our B&B, group dinner
May 16 - Morning Studio:
• Introduction to the Idea of flowers
• Basic Watercolor Techniques,
• Leaf basics,
• Beginnings studies in the garden
Afternoon Exploration:
• Introduction to Italian culture, olive oil and wine tasting
in an Etruscan setting
• Walking tour of Orvieto - scouting inspiration
May 17 - Morning Studio:
• Petals and flower structure
• Calyx and leaf groupings
• Plein-air study in nearby meadow
Afternoon Exploration:
• Cooking class - learn to make pasta and other dishes,
and enjoy the fruits of your labors!
May 18 - Morning Studio:
• Lettering introduction
• More flowers
• Plein-air study: individual painting, in-town locations
provided!
• Individual or group critique
Afternoon Exploration:
• Etruscan cave tour
May 19 - Morning Studio:
• Painting in the local market
• Work on floral journal
• Group critique
Picnic lunch with food from the market.
Afternoon Exploration
• Vineyard tour - visit a local vineyard, learn the vintner’s
passion for wine. Sample several wines, including
Orvieto Classico.
May 20 - Morning Studio:
• Fun additions to your compositions including gold!
Afternoon Studio:
• Final details and presentations
May 21 - Depart Orvieto
Details
Cost - $2875. Fee includes six nights double occupancy lodging, six breakfasts, one dinner, all cultural events, course kit and instruction. Single occupancy available for an additional cost. Because Italian cuisine is such fun, meals are not prearranged allowing you the freedom to choose where and what to eat. We do give lots of advice and no one eats alone! Travel costs are not included.
Click here for registrations and terms, or contact us by e-mail,
phone or writing at the contact information below.
Watercolor Flower Painting with Calligraphy
A Plein-Air Workshop
Dates: May 15 - 21, 2011
Instructor/Leader: Lisa Engelbrecht
Cost - $2875
Trip Description
Lisa writes of her first trip teaching with us, "One of the things
I remember most about Orvieto, Italy were the flowers everywhere! It seemed every villa was adorned with balconies of cascading flowers and vines and lined with color. For my second trip I thought, 'What an wonderful opportunity to explore the nature and beauty of plein-air flower painting.'"
Plein-air is a french expression that means “in the open air” and that’s where this workshop will venture - out into the city.
You will begin by learning the basics of Lisa's no fail “Really Easy” watercolor flower techniques in the lovely classroom at our B&B. You will use fresh flowers from the local farmers market to study! Soon you will venture out to the quiet streets and meadows of Orvieto, a classic hilltop town in central Italy. Communal class painting and individual solitary sojourns will spark individual and class critiques.
Midweek Lisa will introduce a simple style of pointed pen lettering you will love - even if you’ve never done calligraphy before. Lisa promises you will succeed at this wonderful art form.
Once you are lettering, you can label your paintings, write flower quotations, and journal your innermost thoughts and feelings.
Lisa is truly excited to share with you this style of painting. You will learn about and paint the semitropical flowers of Orvieto like bougainvillea and wild orchids. You will receive a book of exemplars and samples for further study while you create a floral journal to remember this once-in-a- lifetime trip.
Itinerary
May 15 - Arrive Orvieto, introductions, tour of our B&B, group dinner
May 16 - Morning Studio:
• Introduction to the Idea of flowers
• Basic Watercolor Techniques,
• Leaf basics,
• Beginnings studies in the garden
Afternoon Exploration:
• Introduction to Italian culture, olive oil and wine tasting
in an Etruscan setting
• Walking tour of Orvieto - scouting inspiration
May 17 - Morning Studio:
• Petals and flower structure
• Calyx and leaf groupings
• Plein-air study in nearby meadow
Afternoon Exploration:
• Cooking class - learn to make pasta and other dishes,
and enjoy the fruits of your labors!
May 18 - Morning Studio:
• Lettering introduction
• More flowers
• Plein-air study: individual painting, in-town locations
provided!
• Individual or group critique
Afternoon Exploration:
• Etruscan cave tour
May 19 - Morning Studio:
• Painting in the local market
• Work on floral journal
• Group critique
Picnic lunch with food from the market.
Afternoon Exploration
• Vineyard tour - visit a local vineyard, learn the vintner’s
passion for wine. Sample several wines, including
Orvieto Classico.
May 20 - Morning Studio:
• Fun additions to your compositions including gold!
Afternoon Studio:
• Final details and presentations
May 21 - Depart Orvieto
Details
Cost - $2875. Fee includes six nights double occupancy lodging, six breakfasts, one dinner, all cultural events, course kit and instruction. Single occupancy available for an additional cost. Because Italian cuisine is such fun, meals are not prearranged allowing you the freedom to choose where and what to eat. We do give lots of advice and no one eats alone! Travel costs are not included.
Click here for registrations and terms, or contact us by e-mail,
phone or writing at the contact information below.
Adventures in Italy, 221 Forest Hill St., Morganton, NC 28655, 828.221.2322, info@AdventuresInItaly.net
Copyright © Steiner Studio LLC. All rights reserved.
Copyright © Steiner Studio LLC. All rights reserved.
Meet Lisa
Lisa started making
art and letters to
avoid having a real
job and now
passionately
pursues lettering of all types on all surfaces. She's a lettering and multi-media artist and instructor in calligraphy and mixed media. Lisa teaches workshops and classes internationally specializing in lettering on fabric, experimental lettering, and the creative process.
Her unique style has landed her on the faculty of ten international lettering conferences and she teaches at collage, quilting and alternative arts conferences nationwide. In 2006 Lisa introduced new multi-media classes at the International Quilt Show in Houston, Texas. She is interested not only in classical letter forms but also alternative surfaces for lettering and current street influences on modern calligraphy.
Lisa has never followed the rules of the lettering art world and prides herself on this fact. She has translated this attitude to her work and teaching methods. She is a frequent contributor to Somerset Studios and her work on fabric was featured on the covers of Legacies and Quilting Arts magazines. She is currently creating a grafitti diversion program in her city of Long Beach, California and has designed her first tattoo!
Lisa is also a freelance lettering artist for American Greetings AND she is the author of the best selling book from Rockport Publishing, Modern Mark Making, from Classic Calligraphy to Hip Lettering. (The paperback version will be out soon with a brand new title-Modern Calligraphy and Hand Lettering-but the same goodness inside!)
Her new book will be called Really Easy Watercolor Flowers and Calligraphy, a handbook to simple methods to make stunning florals and combine them with lettering. See more of Lisa at:
www.lisaengelbrecht.com
www.lisaletters.blogspot.com
and her Flickr Photo site www.flickr.com/photos/25736261@N00/
Lisa started making
art and letters to
avoid having a real
job and now
passionately
pursues lettering of all types on all surfaces. She's a lettering and multi-media artist and instructor in calligraphy and mixed media. Lisa teaches workshops and classes internationally specializing in lettering on fabric, experimental lettering, and the creative process.
Her unique style has landed her on the faculty of ten international lettering conferences and she teaches at collage, quilting and alternative arts conferences nationwide. In 2006 Lisa introduced new multi-media classes at the International Quilt Show in Houston, Texas. She is interested not only in classical letter forms but also alternative surfaces for lettering and current street influences on modern calligraphy.
Lisa has never followed the rules of the lettering art world and prides herself on this fact. She has translated this attitude to her work and teaching methods. She is a frequent contributor to Somerset Studios and her work on fabric was featured on the covers of Legacies and Quilting Arts magazines. She is currently creating a grafitti diversion program in her city of Long Beach, California and has designed her first tattoo!
Lisa is also a freelance lettering artist for American Greetings AND she is the author of the best selling book from Rockport Publishing, Modern Mark Making, from Classic Calligraphy to Hip Lettering. (The paperback version will be out soon with a brand new title-Modern Calligraphy and Hand Lettering-but the same goodness inside!)
Her new book will be called Really Easy Watercolor Flowers and Calligraphy, a handbook to simple methods to make stunning florals and combine them with lettering. See more of Lisa at:
www.lisaengelbrecht.com
www.lisaletters.blogspot.com
and her Flickr Photo site www.flickr.com/photos/25736261@N00/
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