This Handwork workshop will focus on field sketching as both reportage and sketching skill development. The format will include lectures, demonstrations, field sketching, studio sketch refinement, and technique exploration in the sense of quick to long sketches. Varying media will be explored, including pencil, pen, wash, watercolor, and colored pencil.

The idea is to learn both drawing and painting skills, but also the role of sketching in reportage/documentation, storytelling, and a way to understand one’s world at a deeper level through observation and documentation. Style is a personal expression, and the idea is for you to explore your own style from “cartoonish” to realistic to expressionistic.

Details

Skill level: Open to all abilities and levels of training.

Materials

• The class price includes a materials fee to cover sketchbook, pencils, pens, a bottle of India ink, brushes, and a palette. 
• You  should bring: 
  • Pencil sharpener
  • Eraser
  • Watercolors: The instructor recommends tubes of watercolors, but if you want to get a “pan” set that’s also fine. They range from the best (Daniel Smith) to more affordable (Winsor & Newton, Van Gogh, and others). If you get tubes, this is the recommended basic color palette, and you can add to it as you desire. If you get the “pan” style sketching kits, look for no fewer than 8-12 colors.
    • Phthalo green
    • Phthalo blue
    • Dioxazine purple
    • Cobalt blue
    • Yellow ochre
    • Cadmium yellow
    • Cadmium red
    • Valizarin crimson
    • Burnt sienna red
    • Burnt umber
    • Lunar black (Daniel Smith)
  • Optional: A small folding stool for sketching and drawing outside.