You don’t have to work with gemstones and precious metals to make a priceless work of art. Renaissance artists created eternal images using common materials: swamp reeds and the quills of goose feathers cut into pens; soft stones from the earth crushed into pigments; and glue made from rabbit skins to create tinted paper.

The drawing techniques used to produce tones and delineate form by renaissance and medieval draftsmen will be explored in this workshop, along with how these methodologies can be used to exploit today’s common materials. Experience what it’s like to prepare your own drawing materials and to utilize these to create images. Basic principles of translating visual perception to paper will also be emphasized to help participants achieve their personal artistic goals.