10 Weeks: Let’s Sketch
Why and how do other artists use sketchbooks/visual diaries? We will be looking at the sketchbook work of Leonardo Da Vinci, Henry Morre, Frida Khalo, Ellsworth Kelly, David Hockney, Barbara Rae and many more to put our work into context.
We’ll be meeting at the Findhorn Village Centre for 5 consecutive Friday mornings 10am – 1pm and going out and about in Findhorn with our sketchbooks, trying out different art materials every week and drawing (and writing if you wish) filling your sketchbook observing the fisher folk’s houses, the bay, the beach, the boats in the boat yard etc. If the weather is too windy or wet, we can sketch in the café, The Captain’s Table, whilst drinking coffee/tea/hot chocolate. The café has fantastic views through large windows looking out onto the bay or you can draw the objects or people in the café. Whatever takes your fancy!
After a break with no class on Friday 17th October, the following 5 weeks we will be located at the Moray Art Centre on the Eco-Village Park in Findhorn where you can keep going to Findhorn Village to sketch more or start to develop your sketches into bigger drawings and paintings in the Art Centre studios.
After 10 weeks of working with the theme of Findhorn using many different art materials, you will have built up a strong and varied body of work. Feedback will be given throughout the course and on the last week we will have an informal pop-up exhibition and discussion with the group to complete the course.
Art materials we will be experimenting with and using, will be: pencils, rubbers, conte crayons, charcoal, black ink, pen and Chinese brushes, coloured inks and coloured pencils, chalk and oil pastels, watercolour crayons, watercolour, gouache, acrylic and/or oil paints. We can also use collage materials.
We will be making our own sketchbooks including an A4 standard book and a concertina sketchbook which has many fold- out pages and is a lot of fun to use!
Dates:
Week 1 – Friday 12th September
Week 2 – Friday 19th September
Week 3 – Friday 26th September
Week 4 – Friday 3rd October
Week 5 – Friday 10th October
NO CLASS on Friday 17th October
Week 6 – Friday 24th October
Week 7 – Friday 31st October
Week 8 – Friday 7th November
Week 9 – Friday 14th November
Week 10 – Friday 21st November
Time: 10am -1pm
Price: £400 – Including expert tuition, all materials and refreshments
Payment plans:
1 payment of £400 paid by one week before start of course – Friday 5th September
2 instalments of £200
First instalment paid by one week before start of course – Friday 5th September
Second instalment paid by Friday 17th October
3 instalments of £133
First instalment paid by one week before start of course – Friday 5th September
Second instalment paid by week 4 – Friday 3rd October
Third instalment paid by week 9 – Friday 14th November
4 instalments of £100
First instalment paid by one week before start of course – Friday 5th September
Second instalment paid by week 4 – Friday 3rd October
Third instalment paid by week 8 – Friday 7th November
Fourth instalment paid by week 10 – Friday 21st November
If you have any other questions regarding the course, please don’t hesitate to contact Celia by email on [email protected] or mobile phone on 07833516342.
Please dress appropriately for the weather each week and make sure you have everything you need. (bottle of water, a hat, sunglasses, suncream, waterproof coat, extra layers, etc.) a rucksack and a portable small stool would be useful.
