If you ever wanted to dive into a sketchbook practice, this class is for you! In this class, we’ll explore multiple ways of depicting a landscape using a variety of materials. As part of the sketchbook series, these classes explore the value of a sketchbook to any creative practice, weather you’re a beginner or a lifelong practitioner. You can learn so much from maintaining a regular sketchbook practice and the best part is, there is absolutely no pressure in a sketchbook – it’s where all your ideas can really come to life. In this class, you’ll use a variety of materials and take 3 different approaches to depicting a natural landscape – opening up new ways of thinking about material and the landscape.

In this class you'll learn:

Three approaches to breaking down the landscape in a variety of sketchbook exercises which range from gestural to more illustrative and cover a variety of materials. You'll learn how to capture the essence of the landscape.

You'll be creating:

Four sketchbook mini-projects which include a series of quick gestural studies, a limited watercolor study where you focus on texture, a mixed media study, and finally a mixed media collage.

Recommended Materials:

A sketchbook or loose paper
A few tubes of an opaque paint (I’ll use some acrylic gouache, but regular gouache, acrylic paint, or even a paint marker with a broad tip will work)
Transparent paint in a dark color (I’ll be using an indigo shade of watercolor, you can also use black, olive green, sepia, or any dark tone of watercolor or ink)
A variety of dry materials (a handful of colored pencils, artist crayons, markers, or anything similar will work)

Sadie Rae

--

12