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(Official Warning: This workshop can be emotionally intense and psychologically challenging for some. Please read the following description carefully. These courses are life altering and not recommended for those not interested in doing deep inner work.)
We can all draw, though it may not be how we expect it or how we think it should look. So we are convinced we can’t do it. We’re not good at it. We don’t know how. We can’t draw a stick figure. We can’t draw even a straight line. It’s time I show you otherwise, because drawing a straight line has nothing to do with expression. The Visual Journalist uses drawing in order to document the world around her- not to be great or render a perfect image. There’s little life in that. Drawing is just note taking. Drawing is research. Drawing is learning to see and to make comparison‘s between this and that. A scratch here, a line there, that we carve through our years and smear across the pages of our Visual Journal. This is not drawing 101. We will not be learning to draw crumpled bags, still lifes, shading a box, or any other boring mechanical drawing exercise taught in art school. I am going to challenge you to redefine what drawing is and how it should look while you learn to make marks in your own unique style, in your own strange and beautiful hand through my pioneering methods of Expressive Drawing. Your drawings will not look like mine: they will look like your own. (No prior experience necessary but a certain level of self awareness will be expected)
Supply List:
--Please bring your Visual Journal. ( A blank book, sketchbook, altered book, or any book or journal you are currently working on. Size and paper stock is up to you. Working in a book is all important to the Visual Journaling process so please do not show up with random pieces of paper to bind later.)
--gluesticks- I love big UHU gluesticks
--scissors
--various brushes for your paints, including a 1/4 inch brush
--a rag or two, and a jar for water
--All Visual Journalist’s should have a set of rubber stamp letters.
--And I highly recommend Staz On stamp pads because we work so quickly.
--Acrylic paint- any brand, any color in at least two colors, one light one & one dark. (cheapy craft paints like Anita’s brand are fine).
--At least two brush markers in different colors- black would be good.
--A graphite pencil- regular old number two is fine, but I highly recommend you can get to an art store get an ebony pencil, or a 6B, or a graphite stick (not charcoal
--A writing pen- whatever kind is your favorite.
--An Eraser. If you have one on the bottom of your pencil that will work- or you can just get one of those pink pearls. ( my favorite).
--A magazine to cut up.
--China Markers or water color crayons in at least two colors: one pastel, one bright or dark( no oil sticks or water based oil sticks like portfolio- it needs to make a clear hard line- not smudgy).
--Some random collage items. (copies of things that are precious.)
--A gel pen or something that writes on dark surfaces.
--A stick and black ink. These are basic supplies every artist should have.
For any questions or concerns email Juliana Coles at meandpete@msn.com
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