$265.00inc. GST
Lecturer: Gilbert RM Dashorst
Sat 4 Oct
10.00am – 3.00pm
At Carrick Hill
Level – Intermediate to Advanced
Join one of Australia’s finest and World renowned Botanical Scientific Illustrators, Gilbert RM DASHORST CF, on a journey of discovering ‘The Rose’. Gilbert will guide you in drawing some of Carrick Hill’s finest roses. He will mentor you in creating field notes and illustrations on the rose. These field observations will then be brought inside Carrick House, where you can view ‘The Rose in Art’ exhibition. You will then transfer your notes and drawings into a piece of botanical art. You will have the opportunity to use dissecting equipment, hand lenses, and a microscope. This event will provide you with valuable insight into the work of a botanical illustrator. You will leave with a stunning outline of your rose, which you can finish at home, frame, and hang.
With this in mind, minimal colouring will be done within the short timeframe. Please bring any medium you prefer to record colours, such as coloured pencils, watercolours, gouache, or inks.
Materials required:
Smooth hot pressed watercolour pad A5
HB pencil
Shartpener
Eraser
Ziplock Sandwich bag with damp paper
paper towel
Hat and sunscreen
Optional:
Bring a set of gouches, watercolour and colour pencils that you already have at home.
House paint colour swatches in red, yellow, and green. Ysueful when recording the colours of the rose bush.
a fold-up stool or chair
Gilbert Dashorst graduated from the North Adelaide School of Art in 1980 before travelling to Europe as a freelance illustrator for two and a half years. Returning to Adelaide in 1983, he started as the botanical illustrator for the Botanical Gardens of Adelaide and the State Herbarium, illustrating plant material for scientific publications worldwide; a position he held for almost 30 years, leaving in mid-2012. In 1988, a Churchill Fellowship enabled Gilbert to spend 5 months working with botanists and botanical artists in Leiden (the Netherlands) and one month at Kew (England), enhancing his botanical illustration skills and research into Australian botanical artists. In 1990, Gilbert produced the book “Plants of the Adelaide Plains and Hills” in conjunction with John Jessop, which is now in its third edition. During the period 1986-1994, Gilbert taught scientific illustration at TAFE and also gave sessions to botany students at the University of Adelaide. He also visits schools to explain the role and art of botanical artists.
Images: Courtesy of the artist.
