Painting Hydrangeas in Watercolor with Lois Bender
Workshop | Available
Hydrangeas, so abundant in June, will be our subject in watercolor from the sketch level to the details.
We will learn some brushstroke techniques that simplify the complexity of the beautiful florets and
create several studies to add to your painting skills and experience.
Open to all levels
Please bring a snack or a quick lunch (if needed) that you can enjoy while sitting in the backyard on our preserve admiring our flowers in bloom.
Workshops are confirmed one week prior so please register as soon as possible.
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Generic:
masking tape, pencil/eraser, water containers, board (larger than your paper), paper towels
Brushes: 2-3 Watercolor Rounds, # 10, #12, #14 and whatever you like to use...
Watercolor Paper: 4-5 sheets of 140 lb. Cold Press or Rough 11”x15” or larger if you like.
A Watercolor Set. For Beginners, I recommend an Inexpensive Prang 16-color Semi-moist square pan set or similar. For experienced students, bring your palettes you use either with tube colors or watercolor sets.
Optional Watercolor Crayons: Caran D’Arche (expensive) OR Crayola Portolio of 24 crayons called Watersoluable oil Pastels which are actually watercolor crayons, available at Blick.com
Lois Bender
Lois Bender has an extensive background in drawing and painting flowers in watercolor. She teaches floral painting in various venues in New York (The Salmagundi Club) and the Hamptons (Baker House 1650), etc. Lois' current art practice featuring garden and nature themes started in 1996 with her retail design brand "TeaQuotes & GardenSpirits." which grew out of her art direction career in the gift industry for the Godiva Chocolates Brand. Celebrating the healing and aesthetic beauty of gardens, her brand sold art, stationery and textiles to gift shops nationally and internationally. This success led also to becoming a product designer for the NY Botanical Garden Gift Shop.
Lois' love of flowers is inspired by her mother Flora Bloom, and nana Hortense Bloom (from hortis, garden in Latin), both garden lovers! She attended Carnegie- Mellon University, graduating from Hunter College (BA) and Boston University (MFA). Lois' art practice continues today as "GardenSpiritsNY" primarily in painting and printmaking mediums and exhibits her work at various venues in metro New York and the Hamptons.
additional samples of Lois Benders work can be seen at https://www.gardenspiritsny.com