Description
PUTTING IT IN PERSPECTIVE: Places
Instructor Christina Erickson
Mondays, Jan, 6 & 13
10am to 2pm
This class will make drawing easier! Learning linear perspective is important for all artists, and will make your work more believable.
In this class we will learn to apply 1- and 2-point perspective to our work to give it a logical sense of depth. After preliminary exercises, you will choose either to create a memory-filled travel journal of places you’ve been (or want to go to) or work on individual drawings of structures you find interesting: anything from barns and bridges to skyscrapers and city scenes. We will cover how to do both highly detailed drawings, as well as loose, expressive sketches. You’ll learn techniques for adding loose watercolor accents that add pops of tone or wonderful splashes of color.
Come join us and have fun exploring this process!
SUPPLY LIST
o Ruler If you can aWescott transparent ruler, they’re great! If not, no worries.
o PENS Fine tip waterproof ink pens, such as Micron, Sharpie, Pitt, in a couple of thicknesses, such as those in the photo. The Uni Pin brush pens are fantastic! Treat yourself to one! https://www.amazon.com/Uni-Pin-Fineliner-Drawing-Pen/dp/B07DKRNK6F
o PENCIL A mechanical pencil and/or pencil with sharp tip
o ERASER
o PHOTOS of buildings, towns, city scenes, barns, etc… either on your laptop, printed out, or in books. If they’re from your travels, that’s great! If not, that’s fine too.
o PAPER CHOICES: You can choose to work in a travel journal or sketchbook or individual sheets of paper.
a. Mixed-media sketchbook (mixed media paper is thicker than drawing paper and will hold washes). It’s easier to work in the ones without the coil binding (because the coils get in the way of your ruler).
b. If you want to make a travel sketchbook, Stillman & Birn’s Premium Sketchbooks are very nice — 5” x 5.5” is a good size. The Zeta series is hot press (if you like to draw a lot of fine detail, hot press is better). The Beta series is cold press (both available on Amazon). Or find any comparable one with paper thick enough to hold a splash of watercolor.
c. You could work on sheets of watercolor paper, cut to desired size. I prefer hot press, as it holds pen and detail well, but cold press also works.
d. If you love the look of pure pen with no watercolor wash, you could use any drawing paper of choice.
o WATERCOLORS A small pan set is fine, we’ll hardly be using much at all. Or even bring just a black.
o A round brush around size 10.
