My Sketchbook Practice online workshop is now available as a download. You download the lessons and get access to the videos on a web page. Do the lessons all at your own pace. Check it out on my Online Workshops Page.
An example of student work from Lesson 6
Another example of student work on Lesson 6
Three versions of re-assembled grids
Having fun with circles!
Exploration of wet-in-wet with line
Another exploration of wet media and line. I love the way the broken line here looks like stitching.
An example of Doing Something with a black and white piece.
All of these images are work that students did in my class, posted anonymously. Please don't re-post them. Thanks!
My online class, "Sketchbook Practice", begins May 15th, that's next week. In this workshop we use the sketchbook, or stack of loose paper, as a playground of visual ideas and a workhorse for developing
drawing, painting, and collage skills. Give your inner artist a little breathing room beginning
with The Sketchbook Practice Workshop. You will get a
creative workout, but in a relaxed, supportive setting, where
experimentation and play are encouraged. Each of the six lessons offers
drawing practice exercises, introduces a new material or technique, and
challenges you to work on a particular theme. The Sketchbook Practice
Workshop will give you the tools and the confidence you need to keep
creativity in your life!
Thanks to all of you who participated in the drawing that I posted last Monday! I'm delighted with the amount of interest in my online classes. Thank you SO MUCH to the generous donor who made this possible. There is a little surprise in the drawing, given that it is April Fool's Day.
So the winners - yes WINNERS plural - are:
Kathy W, who posted her comment on 3/25
Karen Isaacson, who posted on 3/26, and
Jane S, who posted on 3/27
Please e-mail me so I can get you set up for the classes you requested. Thanks again for your participation! For the rest of you, there are still a few spaces left in Extreme Composition, and plenty in the other classes that start later in the year - Sketchbook Practice, Text and Image, Unlocking the Secrets of Color, and Keys to Dynamic Composition. See my Online Workshops for dates.
A generous patron has donated one online class to a lucky winner! She wished to remain anonymous, and I am so grateful to her for this act of kindness. The winner will be eligible to take one online class in the current year.
Coming up on April 3 I have Extreme Composition. Here are a few examples of student work from that class:
To enter in the "drawing", simply comment on this post and tell me which course you would like to take. If you have already signed up for Extreme Composition or Sketchbook Practice, just say so, and if you win, I can refund your PayPal payment. I will do the drawing, at random, one week from today, on April 1.
A big THANK YOU for all the postcards that are still coming in!!! This is awesome, and it is really boosting the volume of mail through our little PO. Keep it up!
My online workshop, Sketchbook Practice, begins today, and I'm leaving registration open for another week or two. We've got a great group, but there is room for a few more. I meant to give you more advance notice, but I have been teaching teaching teaching, and playing catch-up all over the place. Here is a little teaser, including examples of my work and student work done in the class last spring:
Whether you take this class or not, I hope you enjoy the video and find time to work in your own sketchbook!
Thanks for all your comments on the gel plate work. It is fun fun FUN, and I'll be doing more. Meanwhile, I am totally blown away by the work that's happening in my Sketchbook Practice class! Check this out:
This is an exercise in exploring line.
And this is about circles.
Who knew you could get such fabulous variety from fairly simple exercises. I will be offering this class again in the fall, date to be determined, but will definitely incorporate some of the exercises in my Collage Journeys in Vermont workshop this summer. Thanks for visiting!
Couldn't resist posting this. I will get back to Part 2 of the Ink Experiments later this week.
I am gearing up for my Sketchbook Practice class, which starts next week, and I can't WAIT! I have twenty students so far, and room for more if you are interested. Enjoy this video in any case. I'm still trying to figure out how to add sound to it.
