Travel Journals are back!
Last winter, I participated as a teacher in a series of Travel Journal workshops offered through FRANK Gallery in Chapel Hill. The Travel Journal concept is that each workshop, led by an artist, offers a way of seeing and drawing that you use in the session and then apply to subsequent drawings until the next workshop. They are called “travel journal” workshops because we want you to take the journal with you to galleries, gardens, anywhere you go — to get used to using it that way, drawing the world around you.
Pre-Registration is required
and the fee for each workshop is $20,
which includes materials.
Following is the description of the classes out of the series I will be teaching.
Each class will begin with making a shade chart using a Prismacolor colored pencil as middle tone. Graphite 2-4b as dark. We would place a square of primary in the middle, black on one end, and white on the other end. We would then shade between the colors to show the difference between light, dark, and primary, and how many gradations can be achieved between them. Each class a different color will be chosen by each participant.
October 3, 10:00 am-12:00 pm – Light and shade, turning a form in still life; held at FRANK. In this session, each person would bring an object and I will provide a strong light source. We will set up a still life with a direct light source and draw from it. We will work with reflected light and how to turn a form.
November 21, 10:00 am-12:00 pm – Drapery; held at FRANK. In this session, I will set up a drape and we will do shading techniques on folds, from lights to mid-tones to dark.
January 16, 10:00 am-12:00 pm – Drawing from a painting; to be held at the Ackland Art Museum. A painting will be chosen from the museum and the class will draw from it, using the shading techniques we practiced in the first part of this session.
February 12, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm – Reception. After all 6 classes for Travel Journal, participants can display their filled sketchbooks and participate in a lively conversation recounting memorable moments experienced in the various classes.
I look forward to seeing you there, and please feel free to email me with any questions about the workshops I’m teaching. Be sure to check out Travel Journal offerings from other wonderful local artists, Caroll Lassiter and Nerys Levy.
