Sign-up here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/food-illustration-course

In this three-part seminar, learn the illustration and watercolor techniques to bring your favorite food to life through culinary portraiture.

The worlds of food and visual art have long intermingled. Even before food came to define the still life genre, the subjects of ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian art were often edible, giving us a window into some of the culinary culture of the time. In this workshop led by artist and former pastry chef Molly Reeder, we’ll honor the foods of our time, using watercolor to create a contemporary culinary portrait of a food of your choice. After touching on some historical references, we’ll move through composition, the taking of reference photos, and sketching. We’ll then learn how to apply watercolor paint in a wet-on-dry technique and use colored pencil overtop, focusing on using your awareness to capture minute details in your painting. A detailed overview of how to use watercolor and paint inspiring culinary portraits from both photo and life. By the end of our time together, not only will you have a finished portrait of a favorite food to display in your kitchen or give as a gift, but also a deeper understanding of composition, light value, and color value—and a heightened awareness honed from capturing the tiny details that make your edible subject so striking.

This course is for anyone interested in learning how to use watercolor and inspired by the crossover between the culinary world, food illustration, and visual art. No prior experience is required.

Sign-up here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/food-illustration-course