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Ben Witzke at Pinole Artisan meeting July 5th
Artist, science illustrator and naturalist Benjamin Witzke will speak and show his work at the July 5th Pinole Artisan meeting.
As a member of the speaker committee for the Pinole Artisans, I'm privileged to help choose the wonderful artists who come to our monthly meetings to speak about and show us their amazing work. For our Friday July 5th meeting I'm so happy to welcome Benjamin Witzke, a very talented artist, science illustrator and naturalist.
"Dunn's Salamander" is a digital piece depicting a species of salamander native to the very northwestern corner of California. Ben describes it as "an exercise in painting landscapes using only the computer and my own photosource."
"Breakout" began as a digital sketch of a Snowy Owl. Ben printed the sketch onto watercolor paper, and then painted on top of the print. At his presentation, Ben will show a mixed media copy of the same piece to illustrate his more painterly digital / mixed media techniques. He will also demonstrate how he integrates graphite drawing, watercolor, acrylic painting and other media to create his illustrations.Click here to see more of Ben's work at his website.
And click here to see his blog, which he describes as "my notebook, sketchbook, photo album. offerings from my adventures... ."
The Pinole Artisan general member meetings are held the first Friday of every month, at the Pinole United Methodist Church, 2000 San Pablo Avenue, from 7 to 10 pm. Meetings are free and anyone is welcome. The upcoming meeting is Friday July 5th.
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For more information about the meeting or the Pinole Artisans call 510-724-2008. Click here to see our website.