Jo Ogier Art Workshop 12/13 October 2019
Jo’s art workshop was again booked up well in advance, such is the anticipation for her visit. After a short introduction by Chris, Jo got straight into the teaching – birds were the theme of this workshop and a combination of Jo’s detailed bird anatomy handouts, drawing demonstrations, projected images and Lloyds bird specimens gave people the confidence to do the speed drawing and detailed work that made up the first day of the workshop. The weather played its part being cold and rainy for the first day meant inside work was best! The second day involved much more outside work building on the knowledge learned in the Education Centre on day one. There were plenty of birds about but they often didn’t stay still long enough! – however, Donna the duck and the chickens were reliable subjects, a mother duck brought her ducklings along to the pond, while other people managed to draw kereru and tui on the kowhai flowers. Back at the Education Centre there were intense studies done of beaks and feet, nests and feathers. At the end everyone showed some of their work and talked about what they had learned and found most useful. Jo is an amazing teacher, giving everyone one to one tuition and encouragement. It is an absolute pleasure to host her and see the difference she makes, not to mention seeing her wonderful artwork, and we look forward to her next workshop.
Chris
Posted: 14 October 2019