Butterflies and Odilon Redon
April 19, 2021
11.45am to 3.45pm
An online workshop for Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead
Odilon Redon is best known for his imaginative symbolist paintings but he also developed a keen interest in natural forms and life revealed by the microscope encouraged by his friend the Botanist Armand Clavaud. Butterflies were included in several mythological paintings and also fluttering amongst his vases of flowers. However his singular imagination led to the creation of works including fictional flowers and butterflies as well as those we would recognise.
Inspired by Redon we will create paintings including butterflies which we may treat loosely or in a more detailed way using watercolour, pencil and/or pastel. A mixed media approach is totally in keeping with the artist’s later works. To find some relevant reference look out for butterfly illustrations and for Redon simply Google “Redon butterflies” or go to Jo’s Pinterest board;
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/jhall1282/butterflies-in-art/
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