DRAWING & PAINTING WORKSHOPS 2011

• APRIL 4 - 7: WATERCOLOR TRAVEL JOURNALING

The Alabama Folk School at Camp McDowell, Nauvoo, AL, 1-205-387-1806 /

www.campmcdowell.com/folkschool/index.htm

For the traveler, landscape painter, gardener -- anyone who wants to record what they see and experience in a personal watercolor journal. You’ll learn 6 skills: simplify your subjects, render them quickly in pencil, enhance your drawings with ink, add color with watercolor washes, design your sketchbook pages, and incorporate words into each page’s design. We will work from real life and your photographs. Activities will include demonstrations, in-class exercises and outdoor excursion, circumstances permitting. Some drawing experience helpful; all levels welcome.

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• MAY 6-8: ADVANCED WATERCOLOR JOURNALING

Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA 1-770-394-3447 / www.spruillarts.org

This is an advanced class for the traveler, landscape painter, gardener -- anyone

who wants to record what they see and experience in a personal watercolor

journal. Learn to sketch three popular subjects: buildings/city scenes, trees/

landscape, and people. Topics will include perspective and color mixing as well as advanced sketching and watercolor techniques. We will work from real life and your photographs. Activities will include demonstrations, in-class exercises

and outdoor excursions, circumstances permitting. Students must have prior

experience in drawing and watercolor or have taken a class in watercolor

journaling/sketching.

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• JUNE 1-3: ADVANCED WATERCOLOR TRAVEL JOURNALING: LANDSCAPE

The Bascom Art Center, Highlands, NC 1-828-526-4949 / www.thebascom.org

This is an advanced class for travelers and painters who like to record what they

see and experience in a personal watercolor journal. We will focus on landscape, with an emphasis on sketching and painting skies, water and land forms such as fields, woods and gardens. Topics will include color mixing, color harmony and composition. We will work from real life and your photographs. Activites will include demonstrations, in-class exercises and outdoor excursions, circumstances permitting. Students must have prior experience in drawing and watercolor or have taken a class in watercolor journaling/sketching.

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• JUNE 4: SAMPLER: WATERCOLOR FOR BEGINNERS

The Bascom Art Center, Highlands, NC 1-828-526-4949 / www.thebascom.org

Get acquainted with watercolor. Learn about brushes, paints and papers in an introductory class. Learn basic fun techniques to create small paintings of everyday objects in lively colors! Marilyn, whose specialty is watercolor journaling, will also show students possible uses of watercolor beyond the basics learned in this sampler class.

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• JULY 3 - 8: THE ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL IN INK & WATERCOLOR

The Clearing, Ellison Bay, WI 877-854-3225 / www.theclearing.org

For the traveler, landscape painter, gardener -- anyone who wants to record what

they see and experience in a personal watercolor journal. Youʼll learn 6 skills:

simplify your subjects, render them quickly in pencil, enhance your drawings with

ink, add color with watercolor washes, design your sketchbook pages, and

incorporate words into each pageʼs design. We will work from real life and your

photographs. Activities will include demonstrations, in-class exercises and

outdoor excursion, circumstances permitting. Some drawing experience helpful;

all levels welcome.

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• JULY 16 - 17: SKETCHING NATURE IN WATERCOLOR - AT GRATIOT LAKE

Gratiot Lake Conservancy, Mohawk, MI belh@verizon.com / www.mlswa.org/gratiot-lake-1508
For the nature lover, landscape painter, gardener -- anyone who wants to record what they see and experience outdoors in a watercolor sketchbook. You’ll learn how to simplify subjects, render them quickly in pencil, enhance your drawings with ink and watercolor, and add words to your pages. We will work from real life and photographs. Activities will include demonstrations, drawing and watercolor lessons, and outdoor sketching (weather permitting, of course). Some drawing experience helpful; all levels welcome. Bring a sack lunch each day.

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• • OCTOBER 2 - 8: TREES: IDENTIFYING AND SKETCHING THEM IN AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL

John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, 1-800-365-5724 /www.folkschool.org

Haven't you always wanted to know the names of trees? Join a Master Gardener and an artist as we take you around campus to identify, sketch and make notes on some of the more than 50 species of trees in their autumn glory. You'll learn how to recognize trees; how to sketch leaves, seeds, bark, nuts and the trees themselves; how to enhance your sketches with ink and watercolor; and how to make field notes and start your tree "life list," all in a personal journal. Course will include indoor lessons, demonstrations and outdoor excursions involving easy walking on Folk School trails. All levels welcome.

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SUPPLY LISTS FOR CLASSES

• THE ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL IN INK & WATERCOLOR
• MORE JOURNALING IN INK & WATERCOLOR

Estimated cost of supplies: $50

NOTE TO STUDENTS: You may purchase the following journal supplies at the workshop OR bring the same or comparable supplies with you.

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• A spiral-bound, 7” x 10” hardcover watercolor sketchbook. Recommended: Canson Montval Field Watercolor Book (other sizes OK)

• A Koi (other brands OK) pocket watercolor sketchbox, containing 12 pans of watercolor and a

  Niji water brush. If you get a brand of sketchbox other than Koi, you will need to get a large Niji waterbrush or buy one at the workshop.

• A mechanical pencil

• A Uni-ball Vision pen, micro size, or other waterproof black ink pen

• A painter’s composition finder

• A kneaded eraser

• A safety razor blade

• A pocket package of kleenex

• A 2 - 4 oz. plastic spray bottle

• A 2 - 4 oz. plastic water refill bottle

• 4 pieces of approx. 5” x 7” watercolor paper

In addition, you should bring

• 8 - 10 photos you have taken of landscape and/or other subjects you may wish to have in a personal journal

• A lightweight folding chair for sitting on-site, indoors or out

• Some sort of small pack to carry your supplies around

• Anything you need to work comfortably outdoors, e.g. hat, sunglasses, insect repellent, sunscreen, drinking water

• A 12" t-square or a 6"- 8" drafter's triangle

Reference books:

· A Life in Hand: Creating the Illuminated Journal and A Trail Through Leaves: The Journal as a Path to Place, both by Hannah Hinchman

· Work Small, Learn Big: Sketching with Pen & Watercolor, by International Artist (out of print, but available at libraries)

· The Decorated Journal: Creating Beautifully Expressive Journal Pages, by Gwen Diehn

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• SKETCHING NATURE IN WATERCOLOR AT GRATIOT LAKE

  The KIT below includes everything students will need. Students may:

  • purchase the complete kit at the workshop for $50
  • bring the same or comparable supplies with them
  • rent the supplies from the instructor for $10
  • buy any individual items in the kit at the workshop

  There will be a $2.00 charge to cover the cost of the workshop handout packet.

  THE WATERCOLOR SKETCHING KIT:

  • A 7” x 10” Montval Field Watercolor Book

  • A Koi (other brands OK) pocket watercolor sketch box, which contains 12 pans of watercolor and a Niji water brush. ( If you get a brand of sketch box other than a Koi, you will also need to get a large Niji waterbrush or buy one from the instructor.)

  • A mechanical pencil (Recommended: Papermate Sharpwriter #2)
  • Uniball Vision pen, micro size, or other brand, with waterproof black ink

  • A painter’s composition finder

  • Design brand kneaded eraser

  • A safety razor blade

  • A pocket package of kleenex

  • A 2 - 4 oz. plastic spray bottle

  • A 2 - 4 oz. plastic water refill bottle

  • 4 pieces of approx. 5” x 7” watercolor “scratch” paper
  • A 12" plastic t- square or small drafter's triangle

  In addition, students should bring

  • An old toothbrush

  • 8-10 photos of landscape or nature you have taken, preferably of the Keweenaw or Gratiot Lake environs

  • A lightweight folding chair for sitting on-site, indoors or out

  • Some sort of small pack to carry supplies around

  • Anything needed to work comfortably outdoors, e.g. hat, sunglasses, insect repellent, sunscreen, drinking water

  Suggested reading:

  • How to Sketch with Watercolor, by David Becker
  • Nature Journaling, by Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth

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• TREES: IDENTIFYING & SKETCHING THEM IN AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL

Estimated cost of supplies: $50

NOTE TO STUDENTS: You may purchase the following journal supplies at the workshop OR bring the same or comparable supplies with you.

·

• A spiral-bound, 7” x 10” hardcover watercolor sketchbook. Recommended: Canson Montval Field Watercolor Book (other sizes OK)

• A Koi (other brands OK) pocket watercolor sketchbox, containing 12 pans of watercolor and a

  Niji water brush. If you get a brand of sketchbox other than Koi, you will need to get a large Niji waterbrush or buy one at the workshop.

• A mechanical pencil

• A Uni-ball Vision pen, micro size, or other waterproof black ink pen

• A painter’s composition finder

• A kneaded eraser

• A safety razor blade

• A pocket package of kleenex

• A 2 - 4 oz. plastic spray bottle

• A 2 - 4 oz. plastic water refill bottle

• 4 pieces of approx. 5” x 7” watercolor paper

In addition, you should bring

• A roll of artist’s tape or masking tape

• A lightweight folding chair for sitting on-site, indoors or out

• Some sort of small pack to carry your supplies around

• Anything you need to work comfortably outdoors, e.g. hat, sunglasses, insect repellent, sunscreen, drinking water

• A 12" t-square or a 6"- 8" drafter's triangle

• A small field book for tree ID notes
• Several large Zip-loc bags for collecting samples

We will be outdoors part of every day, so bring weather-appropriate clothing: rain jacket, an extra pair of walking shoes, and anything else you need to work comfortably outdoors, e.g. hat, sunglasses, insect repellent, sunscreen, drinking water

Helpful, but not essential:

A 5-10X hand lens

Camera

Recommended book: Trees of the Smokies by Steve Kemp

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