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Wildling holding illustration workshop

By Staff

In conjunction with the exhibition, “Endangered Species: Flora & Fauna in Peril,” the Wildling Art Museum is presenting a day-long workshop July 19 on botanical illustration. The workshop will be taught by Chris Chapman, one of the artists whose work has been selected for the exhibition. A well-known Santa Barbara artist and member of the O.A.K. group represented by the Ellen Easton Gallery in Montecito, Chapman has taught botanical illustration for many years through SBCC’s Adult Education program. Her beautiful drawings of California native plants illustrate Jan Timbrook’s new book, Chumash Ethnobotany.

Chapman’s workshop, which will be conducted in Stacy Hall at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2901 Nojoqui Street in Los Olivos, will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a break for lunch. Students will provide their own materials and can work in graphite, watercolor, or pen and ink. A materials list will be provided, and papers will be available for sale that day.

The relaxed workshop is designed to introduce students, both adults and mature teenagers, to the meditative art of botanical illustration, so that they can learn to accurately render plant species with an understanding of form and function.

Cost for the workshop is $100 ($80 for Wildling Art Museum members). Pre-registration is required. To register, send a check made out to the “Wildling Art Museum,” to Botanical Illustration Workshop, P.O. Box 907, Los Olivos, CA 93441 or call the Museum at 688-1082, with credit card charges.

The Museum is located in Los Olivos at 2329 Jonata Street, between Mattei’s Tavern and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Public hours are Wednesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, call 688-1082, or consult the museum’s website: www.wildlingmuseum.org.