Elizabeth De Cicco
Entoloma indigoferum
This illustration was completed for Colored Pencil II at the Denver Botanic Gardens. The final assignment was a composition of a single...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Jan 29, 20222 min read
Thermogenic
We are finally getting a real winter! One of my first painting subjects from the NYBG certificate program was the fruit of a Skunk...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Oct 26, 20211 min read
NJMA Foray Illustrations
Most of my drawings this month have been in my sketchbooks or on tracing paper waiting to be transferred. We are deep into mushroom...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Oct 26, 20212 min read
In Memory of Liz B.
A friend and fellow-mushroom hunter passed away last week. Liz B was one of the first people I met when I joined NJMA. I attended my...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Sep 21, 20212 min read
Initial sketches: Quercus imbricaria and Wawayanda Foray
Last week, I started a 24-leaf branch of an oak that looks like it could be a pure Quercus imbricaria. Q. imbricaria is a rare species...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Sep 7, 20212 min read
Refined Graphite Rendering, Week 3
My last Graphite Rendering class at NYBG went really well. I had collected a variety of specimens for this class and my Pen & Ink finals....
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Aug 28, 20211 min read
NYBG Refined Graphite Rendering, Week 2
In the second week of Refined Graphite Rendering, we learned some methods of using graphite dust. Each class is 5 hours long, so we had...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Aug 28, 20211 min read
Pen & Ink final progress
I've been collecting specimens 1-2 times a week for my classes, so I ended up with more than what I needed for finals and classwork. I...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Aug 20, 20211 min read
Pen & Ink Classes and Refined Graphite Rendering
My Denver Botanic Garden class finished this week and I turned in my final project, a stippled leaf in perspective. Pen & Ink II will...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Aug 20, 20211 min read
NYBG Pen & Ink Oak Leaves
I redid my hatched assignment using a different stroke, ink, and paper. I'm much happier with the results. Sennelier ink is smooth and...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Aug 8, 20212 min read
Pen & Ink at DBG and NYBG: Line and Stipple
My instructors have very different styles, so Pen & Ink was interesting this week. One instructor prefers minimal line and stipple work,...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Jul 27, 20212 min read
Pen & Ink at NYBG and DBG
It's been fun being in two different Pen & Ink classes at once. Denver Botanic Garden's Pen & Ink is a two part class. Pen and Ink I,...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Jul 19, 20211 min read
NYBG Colored Pencil Final
My final project for Colored Pencil class was a nasturtium. For prep work, I did a line drawing and started a graphite study to work out...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Pen & Ink at NYBG
I recently started Pen & Ink Class at NYBG. I finished the assignments early, but I had some tiny mistakes. I used Sennelier Sepia ink,...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Jul 7, 20211 min read
Summer Botanical Illustration Class Schedule
This week, I'll be starting Pen and Ink at NYBG. I was on the waitlist, so I signed up really late. Towards the end of the month, I am...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Jul 7, 20211 min read
NYBG Colored Pencil Class: Peach
Last night was my last Colored Pencil Class. Our critique was a make-up day for any unfinished projects, along with our last assignment...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Jun 30, 20211 min read
Mushroom Watercolors
Last summer, I collected fungi every week to illustrate. August was the peak of the mushroom season and we had a record number of Boletes...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Jun 29, 20211 min read
Perpetual Journal
A few years ago, I started a Perpetual Journal for weekly botanical finds. I was using a 9" x 12" hardbound Canson sketchbook. The first...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Jun 29, 20211 min read
NYBG Colored Pencil Class: Poblano Pepper
My assignment this week was to illustrate a pepper and do some color mixing exercises. In class, we discussed mixing earth tones, grays,...
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Elizabeth De Cicco
Jun 23, 20212 min read
Stokes Foray and Broad Street Books
This past weekend, there was a mushroom foray at Stokes. The weather hasn't been great for mushrooms, so we didn't find much. My best...
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