Monday. Simplifying sketching and colour.
Get to know our sketch kit, aquarelle pencils and
watercolours.
Begin to look at our subjects as shapes. Explanations
given as we do this.
Plan our page and begin to put the big shapes in your
sketchbook.
Make colour swatches using aquarelle pencil and the 8
main colours we use.
Plein Air sketch in the college grounds of trees,
foliage and background.
Make colour swatches with our watercolours.
Apply colour as demonstrated by Erin
Tuesday. Getting loose with Colour.
First sketches of the morning in the Studio using skills
we've learned so far.
Demo with Erin as we go.
Use both mediums on a sketch and see the differences and
similarities.
Plein air facing a building, or what I call 'Flat
Perspective' and a simple streetscape.
Apply colour either on location or back in Studio.
Wednesday. Landscapes & Composition
Morning sketches to establish foreground and background
and where is our focus.
On location, we will try a direct watercolour sketch of
a landscape and into the distance.
Thursday. Putting people in your sketches
We'll start the day with face and head proportions and
learning the way bodies move.
Plein Air and sketch a cafe scene or similar and get
people in a variety of poses. Loose Colour will bring it together.
Friday. Vignettes and the Sketch Journal
This morning we'll sketch any of the interesting
doorways, windows archways etc which we think represents Marlborough to us.
What is typical here but not elsewhere?
We'll concentrate on adding some headings to some of our
sketches and making notes to complete the stories.
There will be some easy typefaces for you to refer to.
We can select our favourite pages to show at the
afternoon student show. You'll be on your journey now.
All materials are supplied.
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