by Deb Shaw
BAGSC member Deb Shaw will be teaching a two-part class on drawing gourds at the Bowers Museum: Wednesday, November 5 and 12 1 pm – 4 pm in the John M. Lee Court
Fall gourds, covered with bumps, ridges, nooks and crannies, are wonderful subjects for exploring how to create the illusion of three-dimensions on a flat piece of paper. Learn how lighting, shadows, highlights and reflected light create three-dimensional form. This two-part workshop will use graphite, graphite powder, charcoal, charcoal powder and instant coffee as drawing and painting media.
Session I: Graphite (pencil) and graphite powder, Wednesday, November 5 Session II: Charcoal, charcoal powder, and instant coffee, Wednesday, November 12
Fee: Individual class: Bowers Museum members: $15; General public: $25 Series: Bowers Museum members: $25; General public: $35
One-time materials fee payable to instructor: $15 Advance reservations required to enable the accurate purchase of supplies. Minimum 8 students or class will cancel.
Tickets may be purchased online; onsite at the Visitor Services Desk, or by calling Bowers Museum Reservations at 714.567.3677.
Questions? Email programs@bowers.org Tickets are non-refundable. All proceeds benefit Bowers Museum Educational Programming.
Deborah B. Shaw, Cucurbita maxima, Buttercup Squashes and Section, watercolor on paper. © 2013, all rights reserved.
About the instructor: Deborah Shaw has a degree in fine art from Pomona College, The Claremont Colleges, where she also studied botany and native California flora. Ms. Shaw is an active member of the American Society of Botanical Artists, the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California, and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, and has taught art and botanical art at numerous venues, including The Getty, The Huntington, Virginia Robinson Gardens and Bowers Museum.
Deborah’s work has been displayed in juried and non-juried exhibitions, and is in private collections. Her work also is in the permanent collection at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University. She has received numerous awards for art, illustration, design, product design and advertising. Her preferred media include graphite, watercolor, colored pencil, scratchboard, Illustrator and Photoshop.