This workshop takes you through the process of drawing, gilding, and painting a beautiful, decorated letter. When you learn the basics of how to design these Victorian Versals, you can vary the styles and add anything you can imagine to them. In this special Peacock Edition of The Alphabet Garden, you will learn how to draw, gild, and paint a gorgeous peacock to embellish the letter. The letter is painted with an inlay technique, and we will learn how to create a luminous peacock through both wet and dry brush watercolours. This painting technique can be applied to other projects in the future that require an iridescent effect. There is so much to learn from this special Peacock Edition class of The Alphabet Garden.

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Lesson 1: Exploring the letter shape, the structure of the peacock and drawing the design.

Lesson 2: Gilding and painting the peacock and letter. Learning how to create luminous effects with watercolours.

Note to Students

•  This is a live online workshop via Zoom (please make sure you have a Zoom account to access the workshop)

• All live sessions will be recorded and available for 60 days following the final class.

• All recordings expires on Friday, 28 July, 2023 at 12:00 pm Hong Kong Standard Time.

• Student can submit homework to the discussion corner for Heather to critique.

• Recommended supply list, handouts, zoom links and recordings are available on the workshop page three weeks (or as soon as practicable) before the first session. Click here for user guide on how to access your workshop page.

• All workshop dates and times are according to the Hong Kong Standard Time.