During the week we will
explore a range of different subject to sketch. Janina will demonstrate all the
techniques and materials to the group, and you will have plenty of time to work
on your own sketches with one to one guidance and support.
Monday.Getting started and a simple still life
Get to know the materials
in our sketch kit and prepare some colour swatch pages in the sketchbooks.
Simple colour mixing
In the studio we will
sketch a simple still life by observing our subject as big shapes then adding
details.
Learn about planning the
page (and the book!)
Tuesday.Trees and Foliage
Our sketch today will be
plein air, observing the shape and form of the trees and foliage around the
College.
We'll apply colour using
watercolours back in the studio.
Wednesday. Architecture
Today we'll observe one of
the lovely old buildings around the college campus viewing it flat on so we
don't have to worry about angles, corners and perspective.
Apply colour either on
location or back in studio.
Thursday. Lettering
and Landscapes
We will start in the
studio looking at ways of adding lettering and text to our pages, and looking
at different typefaces.
Then we will head outside
and sketch a landscape establishing foreground, middle distance and background.
Colour can then be applied
either on location or back in the studio.
Friday. Figures
We'll start the day with sketching
figures, looking at proportions of the head and the body. We will then practice
creating simple figures which can be added to our sketches.
If we are feeling brave we
will head into Marlborough high street and sketch a café scene. We won't have
to travel far as there are several possibilities very close to the college. It
is a short and easy walk to reach the high street.
Back in the studio we will
recap the week and will select our favourite pages to show at the afternoon
student show.
Materials
All materials are supplied
including sketchbooks, graphite and coloured pencils, watercolours, brushes,
black fine line pen, plus accessories.
Things for students to
bring
We will be out sketching as much as possible from Tuesday onwards but,
in case of rain, please bring some of your favourite photographs from your travels
in case we have to work indoors for some of the sessions. These photographs can
be printed out in advance or you can work from photos on your phone or laptop.
Street scenes, buildings, cafes and food all make great subjects.
If you have any ephemera eg tickets, receipts etc bring those too
and we can look at ways to incorporate them.
About Janina Maher
You may know Janina from her bookbinding workshops. As well as
making sketchbooks she also loves filling them. She has been avidly filling
travel sketchbooks for 25 years on her travels in UK, Europe, America, India
and New Zealand. Hopefully there will be lots to inspire you. She has a
particular interest in buildings and urban sketching so Marlborough College,
its grounds and the town will provide
many wonderful subjects to sketch.
www.janinamaher.artweb.com