Learn how to create an illuminated letter with a letter of your choice that is inspired by the flora and fauna of nature from the illuminator Joris Hoefnagel in watercolor and gouache. In the 2 Illuminated Letters above, Maryjo Koch combined Hoefnagel’s illumination with the letter ‘A’ from the 16th century ’New Artistic Alpha- bet’ of Johann Theodor de Bry. The Letter ‘B’ is from Hoefnagel’s illumination. By learning these techniques we will then be able to create our own. Maryjo is a gifted teacher who can pull out the latent painting talents of those who think they could not paint these beautiful letters. We are very fortunate to have Maryjo come from her studio in the Santa Cruz mountains to teach in a small and intimate workshop environment at the spa- cious Buddhist Temple.
Maryjo Koch is widely regarded among the world’s most accomplished naturalist painters. Largely self-taught, Maryjo began her career doing renderings as an environmental designer, but soon returned to her childhood fascination with the world of nature. Her work combines authority and enchantment, and her paintings and private commissions are featured in galleries and museums from North America to Asia. She has illustrated 25 books that are treasured and collected by people all around the world. Maryjo began teaching nature paint- ing at both the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco and at Monterey’s renowned Monterey Bay Aquarium, Filoli and the CSU Monterey Bay’s scientific Illustration graduate program.
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