Lughnasa Illustration Workshop

Celebrate Lughnasa and the arrival of autumn with a workshop exploring seasonal themes of gathering, gifting, and connecting with nature through art.

This 4 hour workshop invites participants to explore the art of pen and ink illustration, with a thematic focus on the threshold time of early Autumn.

Through experimenting with core drawing techniques of form, tone, texture, and composition, participants will create engaging monochrome illustrations informed by layers of folk traditions, mythological tales, and the ecological markers associated with the turning of the seasons. The workshop is suitable for all levels, and is designed to develop participants' artistic skills while invoking curiosity, connection, and kinship with the wild world. All materials will be provided.

Participants who have attended previous Threshold workshops will be provided with additional exercises during the Technique portion of the workshop, to continue to build on skills learned in past sessions.

Denise Conroy is a multi-disciplinary artist and award-winning freelance illustrator based in Tipperary, whose work draws on a rich cultural commons of folklore, mythology, storytelling, ecology, and landscape. Working primarily by hand with traditional materials of pen, ink, and paper, Denise aims to create engaging visual narratives of the wild and mythic world. Denise is the co-editor and designer of Airmid's Journal, a biannual journal of Irish foraging, folklore, myth, culture, and remedies.