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December 2016 update: only a few spaces left!
Two Day sketching workshop in Lucca, Italy – this workshop is now sold out.
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Some of my previous classes/workshops
June 2016: 2 day Sketching Workshop – Lucca Italy
Click here for the reports on the workshops.
April 2015: 2 day Sketching Architecture Workshop – Sydney
We looked at how to draw architecture by feeling edges, abstracting shapes and constructing volumes (three ways of visual thinking as explained in my Foundations online course).
The emphasis was:
– Understanding buildings as volumes and how to abstract this into lines and shapes to make it easier to draw
– How to map light and dark and use this to define form
– How to see underlying structure and thicknesses and then express these through ‘leading edges’
– How to draw in perspective using my latest hands-on approach – what I call “pointless perspective” (ie. ways of achieving accurate perspective without using the traditional vanishing points that often are off the page)
Read full report here
July 2014: Sketching on Location in the Rocks – 2 day workshop
2 Day workshop based in The Tea Cosy Tearoom in the morning and out on the streets of the historic Rocks area in the afternoon. We looked at:
Day 1: The fundamental principles
The importance of learning to see and three ‘ways of seeing’ that I use
Approaches to composition and how to put it into practice out on location
Day 2: Fundamentals applied to spontaneous sketching with the restriction of time!
Ways of starting and developing your sketch – to setup or not, edges, tones, colour
How to simplify a complex scene, create a strong focus and tell a story about where you are
April 2014: Sketch The Cake
An afternoon high tea workshop run as part of Rockdale Council’s Arts Festival at the wonderful Vanilla Cupcakery Kingsgrove. Full report including my demo sketches here
February 2014: Exploring the Rocks 5 week course
During the 5 weeks exploring the Rocks we explored my core concepts for spontaneous location sketching – whether sketching at home or while travelling.
– Learning to see better with your artists brain and how to start your sketch
– Exploring the interaction of line vs colour
– Simplifying a complex scene and creating a strong focus
– Achieving strong tones
– Applying a few compositional strategies
16 November 2013 workshop at Ku Ring Gai Art Society
Capturing the moment – the art of travel sketching: more details here
A summary of the introduction to the workshop I gave at the June monthly meeting here
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Sketching Architecture: The Rocks – November 2013
Sketching Architecture 4 week course – on location sketching in the Rocks area Sydney.
Thursday or Friday mornings 06 – 29 Nov. 10.00am – 1.30pm.
and also a one day workshop
Saturday 30 November 9.30am- 4.30pm (covering the same content in the one day!)
Read all about it here
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Balmoral Sketching – Fridays 11 Oct – 1 Nov
4 week course – Friday mornings 9.30am- 1.00pm at Balmoral Beach
Friday 11 October – Friday 1 November 2013
Cost: $150 for 4 weeks. Casual classes available for $50.
Exploring essential techniques for sketching on location at the beautiful Balmoral beach.
Looking at
– the importance of trusting your own responses and being committed to learning to see better
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Mosman Sketching – Wednesdays 21 Aug -11 Sept
4 week course revisiting the essential techniques that we explore in the Manly course (see below). The intention was to explore the suburb of Mosman but we ended up at Balmoral every week – using the rotunda in the park as our base.
Blog posts about the classes as below
Week 1 – Setup
Week 2- Lines
Week 3 – Value
Week 4 – Colour
Melbourne: Capturing the Moment – The art of Location Sketching
Two day workshop held in Melbourne: Thursday 19 – Friday 20 September
During this two day workshop, I shared with 22 participants why and how I get such a creative buzz out of sketching on location. The aim was to inspire them all to begin, or continue, on their very own creative journey – with sketchbook in hand. Based in the wonderful Botanical Art School Melbourne we had two fantastic days inside and out – sketching in whatever conditions the Melbourne weather threw our way!
Check out these blog posts summarizing Day 1 and Day 2
Sketching Architecture Workshop: Melbourne University
Totally fun one day workshop at Melbourne University: Saturday 14 September
Read all about it here and don’t forget to follow my sketching architecture blog as well.
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