Teacher: Tina Somers
Cost: $55
It’s so easy these days to snap quick pictures of things that interest us and catalogue them in our digital records. It takes seconds to capture something we find beautiful and we often move on before we really see what we’re looking at. Using a sketchbook or journal as a way to record the same experience slows us down, gets our heads out of our phones and helps us practice being in the moment. In this class we’ll explore the journal as an art form, and how to manually capture scenes and elements from your daily life or from the trip of your lifetime. We’ll look at what elements to draw, how to lay out your sketchbook page, and how to capture a scene quickly before the moment passes or you get too hungry ;)
Skills
Students will be introduced to the concept of having a personal journal as art form. They’ll learn how to compose and layout a page, and learn quick watercolor and pen and ink techniques - hopefully leaving inspired and ready to document any future travels they take.
take home
Travel art kit with journal, pencil, small travel watercolor set, and brush.
special note
We’ll meet at the picnic tables at Steamer Lane Supply shop (located near where Pelton Street meets West Cliff - in the same building as the restrooms) for a talk and demo from Tina and then we’ll have chairs for you to set up wherever along West Cliff you would like to draw and paint. Tina will circulate around to check in with everyone and we will meet again back at the picnic tables at the end of the workshop.
* Consider that parking might be challenging, so arrive early in case you need to walk a few blocks.
** Dress for fog or sun.
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