with Jessica Wesolek of Cre8it.com
Start date 10th January 2009
Have you ever longed to draw in your journal but held back because you thought you would spoil it, well I can pretty much guarantee that if you take Jessicas’ new course your fears will be a thing of the past!
A completely new, unique and original, no fail approach to drawing.
This is not like any drawing class ever offered. We are not promising to make you into a daVinci overnight, but every drawing, however elaborate, starts with the ability to put the representation of a thing on paper. You can go anywhere in art from there. By using a very unique approach to recognising shape and line, and a light-hearted attitude toward thinking creatively, we make it effortless to start drawing - and very hard to stop. Within the safe confines of an art journal or sketchbook, you can learn all the things you learn in art school - without a bit of intimidation. Art school lessons combine drawing and painting principles as they come along in our projects - in a holistic rather than sequential approach. We learn hard things like perspective in small bites so they are easier to digest. The 101 workshop includes 9 Video Lessons with PDF support material where appropriate and necessary, which are posted on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for three consecutive weeks.
Workshop Requirements. . . Enthusiasm and curiosity.
Tuition. . .
Total cost for the 4 week workshop is US$50. 4 weeks, 8 lessons - starting 10th January 2009
Click here to find out more about this workshop.
Supplies. . .
An Art Journal or Sketchbook
Must have paper substantial enough to take erasing and a little moisture. (note from Gill - If you want to go on to take Jessicas’ Journaling workshop, you may want to purchase a Large Moleskine Sketchbook which is a requisite for that workshop)
Drawing Tools, Black and White:
Pencil: #3H (can be found at all art and craft stores). This is not a mechanical pencil - just an ordinary one, but with a cleaner, harder, lead than the usual #2.
Eraser: Big, white, soft. Magic Rub is a great brand.
Indelible Ink Pen:
A Set of Black Pitt Pens. Pitt Pens make an indelible black line that can be painted over, and yet they do not bled through paper. If you can’t afford a whole set, at least get the Fine Tip and the Brush tip.
Ruler and Template: A Circle template (like a stencil with different sized circles), and a 6 inch Ruler.
Drawing Tools, Colour:
Water soluble colored pencils.
You must have at least these Primary and Secondary colors: Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange, Violet, Green.
These Tertiary colors are also desirable: Red Orange, Yellow Orange, Blue Green, Yellow Green, Red Violet, Blue Violet.
Our favorite brand is the Caran d’ache Supracolor II, but the Derwent, Albrecht Durer (by Faber Castell), and Stabilo, are also superior quality watercolor pencils. Avoid cheap brands like Rose Art, General, etc as the pigment load will not please you, and you will end up buying better ones anyway - out of pure frustration.
A Waterbrush. Niji is the best brand and is inexpensive online. Small tip is best, but medium is ok, if you can’t get a Small. This is a paintbrush that holds clear water in its barrel.
A Pointed Round Brush. Medium size point like 3, 4, or 5. These are made for watercolor and may be natural or synthetic. They are round and come to a fine point (There are four of them in the jar at the top of this page)
Some pan or tube watercolours. Any brand is fine in the normal color range.
Pastel Chalks. Our favorite brand is the new Pan Pastel because it is superior in every way to any other chalks we have ever used. However, any colored pastel chalk will do - in the normal color range. Make sure to have a gray.
Sheer Heaven. Scraps will do - especially leftovers from transfers. This is a very good way to use those up.
Watercolor Markers. Any brand, any colors. These are watersoluble, not dye/alcohol markers because the water soluble do not bleed through pages.
Sign Up. . . Click here to find out more about this workshop.
If you have missed the signup date for this workshop, check back here every now and again as Jessica runs these workshops on a regular basis.
1 response so far ↓
1 Timaree (freebird) // Sep 30, 2008 at 7:19 pm
If you are looking at this post and wondering if it’s worth it, let me tell you it most definitely is. It’s informative and fun to boot. Well worth the money. Do you know some of the basics? You might but they are explained better here and you get to practice in small unscary steps. I highly recommend this and the journaling class. I’ve taken both. They are very different in context but the gentle manner of teaching is the same.
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