Let your skills soar! This advanced study program is designed for those who want to enrich their

skills in offhand flourishing, gilding, painting, and designing decorative elements. If you can set

the time aside to practice and do the assignments you will be amazed at how your skills will

soar. Each of our projects will be infused with a fanciful spirit as we explore techniques together.

Instruction will be given for each lesson, but the student is encouraged to do their own

research and create unique projects to expand their design skills. Homework is required for this

workshop. My hope is that each student will see a dramatic level of growth in their skills and gain

confidence for more involved projects. The notes, instruction and critique lessons will continue

to teach you for years to come. I am so excited to accompany you on this unique journey. There

is so much to discover and explore.

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Lesson 1 - Refined flourishing

Our first lesson will concentrate on taking your flourishing skills to a new level. We will refine our strokes as we work on an illustrative or constrained space flourish.

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Lesson 2 - Watercolour

Watercolour techniques with coloured pencil, watercolour pencils and gouache. This is a skill building lesson where we will explore the advantages of combining watercolor with other mediums.

 

Lesson 3 - Gilding and Ornament

This lesson will cover the principals of ornamental design using florals and acanthus for borders or illuminated vines. 

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Lesson 4 - Inhabited Initials 

This lesson will cover an inhabited letter design. An inhabited initials includes either a floral or animal element. Gilding and dry brush watercolour techniques will be explored in this workshop.

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Lesson 5 - Text with imagery

This lesson begins to put all our study techniques together. We will work with a few lines of text and add the ornamental design to grace the words.

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Lesson 6 - The Illuminated page

Expanding our previous lesson, the student will create a full illuminated page that illustrates their chosen text.