Fluid Fauna - Inksects with Claire Wilson-Oghedo
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Friday, October 31, 5:00 - 6:30pm PT
This is an online workshop held via Zoom.
Celebrate the month of Inktober by exploring the delicate beauty of insects through watercolor and ink. In this online class, we’ll use flowing washes of watercolor alongside expressive ink linework to capture the textures, patterns, and intricate details of beetles and ladybugs.
Whether you’re fascinated by their shimmering surfaces, bold graphic shapes, or natural symbolism, insects provide endless inspiration for dynamic art. Perfect for both beginners and seasoned artists, this session will guide you through techniques in layering watercolour and ink to create bold, luminous illustrations that honour the small wonders of the natural world.
Join us as we celebrate Inktober with a creative practice rooted in observation, play, and appreciation of the beauty found in mother nature’s miniatures.
Join Zoom 15 minutes early for an informal meet and greet with the instructor and class participants! Class will begin promptly at 5 minutes past the hour, so everyone has plenty of time to create!
SUGGESTED MATERIALS:
These guidelines are here to help you gather supplies from home—feel free to use alternate options you love or have on hand!
- Inks - I'll be using cfm Indigo Ink and feel free to use any other inks that you might have - any kind of ink will work, I like a few brands that vary from fountain pen inks or acrylic inks:
- Mixing Palette Brushes - round medium and 0-2 fine liners for smaller details, I also love liner brushes too for painting linework.
- 2 x Cups of Water
- Paper Towel or Studio Cloth
- Watercolor paper - I ’ll be using my fave 140lb Arches cold press watercolour paper blocks but any 140lb/300gms watercolour paper will work
- Spare sheet of paper to swatch colours
- References Images will be provided
- *optional: White gouache
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR
Claire Wilson-Oghedo is a fine artist, creative educator, and textile designer living in Brooklyn, NY. Through her work she explores the beauty of the female form, interior spaces & fashion while considering the use of colour, shape and textures. Having spent her career creating fabric designs in the fashion industry, colour palettes are the foundation of her practice.
smudgestudiobk.com / @smudge_studiobk
THINGS TO KNOW
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Workshop recordings are sent automatically the day after class to everyone who paid for a spot, and are available for 30 days after the date of the workshop.
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If you are planning to teach in the future using anything you’ve learned from us, we kindly ask that you credit Case for Making + the individual instructor where applicable.
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