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NEW from one of our contributors, Pam Johnson Brickell!
Illustrated Nature Journaling: Creating a Sense of Place
with
Pam Johnson Brickell
February 15 &
16 • 10:00 am – 3:30 pm • BYO Lunch
Coastal Art Supply
812 Port Republic Street • Beaufort, SC • 843-524-2787
Fee:
$175
$75
deposit
Min/Max
5/8
Join
Pam for classroom instruction in watercolor and pen sketching along with
hand-lettering. Put techniques learned into practice with plein air
sketching around Port Royal’s Cypress Wetlands Trail. Gain observation and eye/hand coordination
skills, learn about nature and most of all, discover the joy of capturing the
area, you choose to call home, in your heart and journal!
Pam,
a SC Master Naturalist, has an international following of her illustrated
journals and is a contributing artist in Cathy Johnson's Artist Journal
Workshop book, is a co-author of the
book's companion blog, and an invited contributor of Johnson's Sketching in Nature blog.
Weather
will dictate plein air sketching times.
Plan A: classroom sessions from 10 – noon daily, then we’ll drive to the
town of Port Royal for afternoon sketching along the Cypress Wetlands
Trail. The trail is a half a mile in
length and consists of pathways and boardwalks that are easily navigated and
can be somewhat sheltered from the wind.
Do
dress accordingly. Bring your
sketchbooks and either a travel watercolor set or watercolor pencils,
waterbrush(es), Micron pen, pencil and eraser.
We
will eat lunch as we wrap up our classroom session. Please BYO lunch/drink so we can be efficient
with our time. It will take 20 minutes
or so to drive to Port Royal.
FINALLY, a new mini-class!
Whee, finally finished the self-directed color class and got it up on my website...though I probably should have JUST called it "sketching in color," since I included some exercises and mediums that take a bit longer. It's up to you, and how you define words like "sketch" and "quick."
Of course, there's nothing inherently superior in sketching fast, it's just what many of us need to do in order to have any creative time at all!
Many of my readers and students express a desire for more time, or a key to working fast, or a wish to work more loosely. The 4-lesson course offers a LOT of ideas about all of those, in addition to exploring a variety of mediums.
We play with watercolor, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, colored inks, markers, mixed media, and even kids' crayons! You'll be able to decide what's your go-to medium for most needs, or find a brand new favorite.
You'll find exercises, demos, tips, videos, links and more...and FUN.
And of course, as you can see, many of the examples from the class are pages from my own journals...that's where I do most of my quick sketching.
Take a peek! It joins my other online classes here: http://www.cathyjohnson.info/online.html
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You'll love Sandy Williams' new addition
Painting Birds in Gouache
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She's got a new class, The Imaginary Visit to a Japanese Garden. The class will begin on Thursday, June 7th and will end Thursday, June 28th. The class is 4 weeks long with one assignment per week. Class links and videos will stay live another two weeks from the date of the last assignment. Class size will be limited.
Supply List for Imaginary Trips.
QUESTIONS?
Please ask any questions before registering for the class.
You can email your questions by clicking here.
The cost of the class is $48.00 USD.
http://www.laureferlita.com/LaureFerlita/Home.html
Or her blog:
http://paintedthoughtsblog.blogspot.com/
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SANDY WILLIAMS offers classes in botanical arts--online!
Sandy's an amazing artist who is in love with gouache, as well as ink and watercolor and watercolor pencils. For her new Botanical Illustration in Gouache class, she'll lead you through creating botanical illustrations using that versatile medium we've discussed here before--it's available as a DVD or as a downloadable course:
http://soundofwings.com/Learn_Gouache_Online.html.
It's a wonderful opportunity, and an incredible bargain--check it out!
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Correspondent JESSICA WESOLEK is offering a new workshop
on her website--and a new web address!
She writes: I have scheduled a brand new workshop to run through the Summer vacation season (yes, you can go on vacation in the middle of it - no problem).
The workshop is called "The Art of the Trip, Travel Journaling Mostly from Home", and you can find out more about it on my blog here: http://www.wisdomwoman.com/whatever/
You can enjoy this workshop without going anywhere, or with a day trip to a nearby town, or an exploration of your own, or you can use it to go back and make travel journals for trips past. Anyway you do it, it will be big fun!
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CHRISTINA LOPP and CORRESPONDENT GAY KRAEGER'S WATERCOLOR JOURNALING
Some of Christina Lopp and Gay Kraeger's workshops can be found here: http://www.watercolorjournaling.com/index.htm
LOTS of fun.
And if you haven't seen their DVD, give it a look, it's terrific.
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MORE ON CATHY JOHNSON'S NEW MINI-CLASSES
I took several polls to determine what classes people most wanted to take, and as a result Quick Sketching 1 and 2, and a Watercolor Pencil Mini were up first, joined now by Quick Sketching in Color, mentioned above.
You can sign up for it HERE: http://www.cathyjohnson.info/online.html
These techniques are perfect for journal-keeping, especially if you have to fit your journaling into small bits and pieces of time. (Maybe that's why it did so well in my polls!)
You can sign up on my website to get an announcement whenever a new class is available.
In the plans (but not yet available) are:
- Sketching in nature
- Journal Keeping
- Drawing People
- Watercolor Textures
- Plein Air Painting
- Watercolor Basics
- Drawing Birds
- Painting Flowers
- Creativity Prompts (This is not a lesson, per se, but quick little idea starters or inspirations sent every other day.)
I've also added brand new instructional CDs to my lineup...we're producing these in-house now, and you'll find them in my catalog, here: http://www.cathyjohnson.info/catalog.html Please take a look!
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MORE TO COME!
I am trying to locate the URL from page 37 of your book with no success. . . its the one that says an interview with Laura Frankenstone.
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ReplyDeleteYep, just checked, your email address is the only required field, then right below the image of the book cover, you can click on either the wallpaper or the PDF of interviews. Kind of convoluted, but it's there!
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Hello would love to have page design for art journals this would really help for the lank page that face some of us maybe adding photos ect and also using scrapbook stach items.thank youlinda
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