Hybrids, Beasts and Imagined Landscapes

From the prehistoric cave drawings to contemporary art, cultures around the world have imagined fantastic beasts. Referencing mythology, symbols, or including personal experiences, expand your visual storytelling creating fantastic creatures and environments. Demonstrations will include how to show movement with gesture sketching, create textures and explore media techniques. Demonstrations of various media will be provided each week with a range of prompts of animals, insects and plants. Examples through the ages from prehistoric cave art, illuminated manuscripts, Old Masters’ paintings and contemporary animation depicting imaginative creatures and worlds.

Medias of choice can include graphite, colored and watercolor pencils, black and colored pens and watercolor. Weekly prompts of animals, insects and plants will be provided to launch your visual storytelling.