During this two-day class, students will learn how to make a selection of natural dyes using organic material (such as indigo, walnut, onion skins and turmeric) in order to create a series of ink drawings of elements in nature.

Students take home 4 ink dyes, a 5-tip Speedball Dip Pen and finished works created by ink dyes made in class.

Saturday and Sunday
Six Students Max
Workshop Fee: $200
Materials Fee: $60
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Lunch: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Upcoming Dates:
Saturday June 8 - Sunday June 9
Saturday June 22 - Sunday June 23

Bring your own lunch and water bottle!

Instructor Bio: Linda Lynton paints and draws the natural world. She focuses on what she sees around her, be it a waterfall in the wilderness, a sunrise in a snowstorm or small weed in the backyard. Her paintings use vibrant colors, strong brushstrokes and thick layers of paint, capturing the immediacy of the moment.

She uses as many naturally occurring materials as possible in her work. From natural pigments in her oil paintings, to local plant dyes in her ink drawings. Because she prefers to paint and draw outdoors and in natural sunlight, even her large studio-based works often have a spontaneous plein air feel. Her plein air oils are painted on gessoed canvas, linen or birchwood, and her drawings on archival paper.

After gaining an honors degree in Philosophy and Biology at Keele University, UK, Lynton pursued a career as a writer and editor, including writing about Asian art. She created a book on South Asian textiles [The Sari, Thames & Hudson], where she drew all the maps and illustrations. She later trained as an artist at Woodstock School of Art, took workshops at the New York Studio School and at New York’s Art Students League. She has exhibited at The Hyde Museum, Glens Falls, NY; The Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY; Woodstock Artist Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY; Arts Association of Kingston, Kingston, NY; Pratt Wright Gallery, Noank, CT; ArtBar, Kingston, NY; The Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls, NY; among other venues. She is represented by Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY, and her work can be found on Artsy.net and on Instagram.

There is a 25% cancellation fee for all workshops and classes if requested with two weeks of prior notice. Deposits and payments are nonrefundable within two weeks of the scheduled date.