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12 week online sketching course with Liz Steel
visual thinking for spontaneous sketching
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one concept a week - each week building on the previous
explanatory diagrams - notated sketches - video demonstrations
step by step on-location sketches from recent adventures
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I am totally addicted to sketching! Since discovering watercolour in January 2007 I have not stopped recording my life in a visual way in my daily sketchbook.
I never had any art training but as an architect I think conceptually about the world around me.
This architectural background has helped me to sketch fast - resulting in the ability to record a lot of my life in sketchbooks in a fresh and spontaneous way.
My Approach:
- My definition of sketching is an instinctive and personal record of the moment on the page. It involves risk taking and has a time limitation.
- To have the confidence to take risks, to go for it, I am constantly relying on foundational drawing and painting skills - constantly sharpening my visual thinking. I never get beyond these fundamental concepts - I am always going back to them to strengthen my work and my sketching reflexes.
- The best way I learn is to take a little at a time and let it soak in (one concept at a time) At the same time I keep practising regularly. Eventually it clicks but until it does - I just think and sketch, and think and sketch...
- Exciting and unexpected things happen to me when I am out on the streets sketching! I love these adventures and I love sharing what happens on the page as a result.
I want to share all these aspects with you - so you can start SketchingNow!
Format:
Each week we will explore a single concept that is foundational to the ability to sketch spontaneously.
This concept will be
- Explained with notated diagrams
- Demonstrated by a specific exercise
- Applied and expanded upon by use of examples from my sketchbooks over the years - from simple applications to more complex
- Put into action out on-location. A step by step demonstration of a sketch done during a recent sketching adventure - explore Sydney with me in my sketches.
Finally you will be given two prompts for the week.
1. indoors: applying the concept to a object or two
2. outdoors: applying the concept to a more complex scene
In addition
- If I am travelling during the period of the course the lessons will be prepared beforehand but there will be extra travel diary notes
- A few unplanned weeks during the course to allow me to adjust content to suit the needs or requests of the class, to do a special seasonal demonstration, or just for a surprise!
- A review week at the end - using examples done by others in the course
The lessons will be packed with sketches and lots of notes and explanations - just like a blog post - and there will be supporting video so you can really see how I do it.
Learn my secrets and join me as I sketch examples at home or abroad!
Even if you lead a busy life or it is a busy time of the year, this course will help you improve your visual thinking. Even if you can't find the time to sketch you can think about these concepts and start to see the world differently!
I am so excited about this format… it will be just as much an adventure for me as it is will be for you as I explore Sydney (or abroad!) to sketch examples for the class.
I have a number of different courses in the pipeline for 2015....but each course will be a one-off event. Because of the on-location examples generated during the course, each will be unique - never to be repeated again exactly the same.
I hope you can join me SketchingNow!
First course will start in November....
Full details and registration coming in early October
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