• Adobe Photoshop - Advanced
(1/2 day- Fri. Afternoon)
Frank Ippolito will present a very advanced half day class in Photoshop. He says "...many of the folks who have taken the intermediate class in the past have voiced a wish for more an in-depth look next time around". Photoshop has been a "hot" computer workshop topic for years now, and many of our members at one time or another have taken a class. Most of the computer literate among us, would like something "extra" on this very popular software. Frank will deliver.

• Digital Photography and QuickTime Virtual Reality Authoring
Learn how to create wraparound computer images. Emil Huston will give this class as 2 half day workshops.

Digital Photography for QuickTime VR (1/2 day- Fri. Morning)
In the morning, learn the skills for taking correct images with a camera - proper positioning to the object/scene, mistakes to avoid, etc. Students will go outdoors to photograph the beautiful island's scenery. For those interested in shooting a particular object we will arrange for a quiet, dry space also outside (in full daylight, so we won't need to worry about additional lighting systems and equipment) where we will have a simple table with a "lazy Susan" device to rotate objects for a full 360 degree photographing session.

QuickTime Virtual Reality (VR) Authoring (1/2 day- Fri. Afternoon)
Second half of the day is for teaching the QTVR program itself and for the creation of our VR panoramas/objects on the computer. URL sample to check out: http://www.artpole.net/VR/

The Art of Molecular Illustration
Bruce Gaber gave a one hour presentation last summer in Evora on the techniques of molecular illustration. Now he has upgraded it to a half day workshop. You can get your hands dirty as Bruce shows you how to take molecular data and create an illustration with it.----Computer Workshops Materials Lists
All participants in the computer workshops should plan to bring a Zip100 disk if they want to save any materials they create. If you are bringing any files with you to work on, they may be on the Zip or on a CD.

Special Suggestions for Digital Photograpy and QuicktimeVR Classes:
Emil writes:
I would also recommend for the morning part (the outdoors session) to have them bring their digital camera along, if they have one available, but it is not mandatory. People without one will use the one I will be bringing along.

For the people not wanting to bring an object to be photographed, ask them to bring along their good taste and imagination for a good outdoor scenery composition. The landscape around the conference campus I understand will provide us with plenty of good opportunity for beautiful images to be assembled in the afternoon session of the VR class on the computer, in a 360 degree rotating Virtual Reality Panorama.

But important: For those individuals wanting to have an object photographed, not to forget to bring it along, BUT please specify that the object should be of relatively small to medium dimensions, e.g. a vase, or anything you could hold on one hand for example. Let's say of a maximum one foot high, but not very bushy in nature, such as plants with many leaves or tiny flowers. I would prefer something of solid materials, interesting in nature such as a nice, colorful artifact: e.g. any kind of pottery, rocks, domestic objects of all nature, preferable with lots of details to be shown. Nothing alive though!!! such as animals or insects or fishes.

Suggestions for Preparing Your Art for the Web:
Workshop Preperation:
Pre-scanned images of your artwork on a Zip 100Mb disk or CD disk. If you have slides or negatives of your art, check your local retail photo finishers for a service that will return a CD of images at approx. 1150 x 750 pixel resolution.

For each image, list (preferably in a text-only file (.txt), but at least written out):
Title
Description
Keywords that list items in your image.

If you would like to have the Instructor scan flat art (8.5 x 11 Max), slides or negatives for you (5 should be more than enough for the day's workshop), send them no later than July 5th, along with $3.00 per image to:
Britt Griswold
823 Holly Drive East
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 757-8379
For further assistance e-mail Britt at bgriswold@toad.net

TRADITIONAL MEDIA WORKSHOPS FRIDAY, August 17

Painting with Acrylics and Color Pencils Dolores Santoliquido • Full day The use of acrylics and color pencils results in illustrations that have great reproductive quality. The combination of these media allow the artist to render minute detail and maintain extreme control over depicting subject matter. Instruction will emphasize specific techniques for producing transparent results. Work with your choice of natural science subject (shells, insect, plant, etc.). Supplies needed will include hot press 100% rag water color paper, tracing paper, basic set of acrylic paints, a good variety of color pencils, tracing paper, graphite pencil, eraser, paper towels, an enamel tray or small white plastic trays, water container and water color brushes (00, 2, 4, recommended, 6 optional). The instructor will bring supplemental supplies for participant use. During the past twenty-four years Dolores R. Santoliquido has made her career in commercial art. Dolores is an adjunct professor of fine art and illustration at Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York and has been an instructor in the Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate Program at the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York for ten years. Dolores works in water color, graphite, pen and ink and specializes in working with mixed media acrylic and color pencil. Ms. Santoliquido's work has been published extensively in books and magazines for companies such as Taunton Press, Chanticleer Press and Reader's Digest Association. She has produced signage art for the New York and Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico and the Bronx and Central Park Zoos. Dolores' artwork has been shown in numerous group shows and one person exhibits and is included in private collections in the United States and Canada.

Scratchboard Trudy Nicholson • Full day Trudy's exquisite scratchboard drawings are unparalleled. In this workshop, slides and discussions will cover materials and tools, composition, creating pen and ink textures with ink lines on white and white line scratched from ink; creating dramatic effects; balancing lights and darks; corrections, and the use of color. There will be demonstrations of pencil and pen and ink working techniques. Each student will bring simple subjects (such as pinecones, shells, feathers, and fruit), from which they will sketch a composition using two or more subjects, transfer their sketches to scratchboard, and work toward completing a small illustration in either pencil or pen and ink. Trudy Nicholson graduated from Columbia University, majoring in fine art, and from Massachusetts General Hospital School of Medical Illustration. She worked as a medical illustrator at the National Institutes of Health for many years, also freelancing in other scientific fields. She is now freelancing in wildlife and scientific illustration.

Making Sketch Books Sally Thibault • Full day In this one day workshop you will learn how to make a multiple signature case binding. Excellent quality materials necessary to construct a sketchbook will be presented to you. A supply list of a few tools will be sent upon registration. You will leave with a good working knowledge to make the same book tailored to your needs. The class will consist of a detailed demonstration before each part of the book is made. Materials will be provided for a cost of $35. Sally Thibault has studied lettering arts since 1986 and the art of the handmade book since 1990. Each book created becomes an extension of her belief in good craftsmanship and the world of beauty around her. Her work is strongly influenced by her love of nature. Her ongoing study of natural science, drawing, lettering, and photography is an important aspect in her creative projects, which have included private commissions. Sally lives and works in Owl's Head Maine.

Watercolor Techniques • Half day The teacher will show examples of several different watercolor techniques that can be used in botanical, scientific, or "documentary" art. Materials (including brushes, paint, paper, erasers, brush soap, etc.) will be discussed. She will demonstrate how to transfer a drawing, mix colors, utilize various watercolor techniques (focusing on "moist brush" technique.) How to deal with mistakes will also be covered. Participants will practice the techniques and work on a small painting of a metal object. In addition to specializing in botanical subject matter, the teacher also concentrates on "documentary" paintings of hand-made metal and wooden tools and other old artifacts found houses, barns, and woodsheds. She is an active exhibitor in both solo and group shows. Her botanical watercolors have been exhibited at museums and botanical gardens.

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