Travel Art Workshop with Molly Hashimoto

Learn how artists use watercolor sketchbooks to record their travel encounters with landscapes, people and wildlife. We'll try out their methods with pen, pencil and watercolor on artist quality watercolor papers. Molly will also share her own travel journals, including records of her visits to Europe and the American West.

For ages 8-11. Sponsored by FOLK, Friends of the Library of Kirkland.

About the book:

In Birds of the West, award-winning artist Molly Hashimoto captures nearly 100 Western bird species across seven habitats using different media, from quick ink sketches to vivid block prints. From the diminutive ruby-crowned kinglet to the majestic golden eagle, Molly’s range of art and detail encourages all of us, whether artists or not, to observe our feathered friends more closely.

About the author:

Seattle resident Molly Hashimoto leads plein air watercolor painting and printmaking workshops at the North Cascades Institute, Yellowstone Forever Institute, Wenatchee River Institute, and Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. Her artwork is widely published in cards, calendars, books, and journals, and she is the author of Colors of the West. Learn more at www.mollyhashimoto.com.