- Multi-day
- September 29, 2023
- 4 Session
- 11:00 am
- — 1:30 pm
Susan Abbott
Zoom classes 11:00am—1:30pm ET, Friday-Monday, September 29th, 30th, October 1st and 2nd, 2023
Home assignments each afternoon
This popular workshop teaches students to use drawing, watercolor, collage, and text to record their travel and at-home experiences. Participants learn to use their sketchbook as a personal journal and also make it a work of art! Students practice quick drawing with several fun exercises, “traveling” through their home and neighborhoods with focused assignments, and look through several artists’ sketchbook journals for inspiration and new ideas. Past students said, “This class changed my life!” because it taught them how to travel with more awareness and purpose. All levels of drawing experience are welcome, including beginners.
Student reviews are wonderful.
“Your class helped me get a sense of direction and purpose when traveling. Now that my trip is over, I can look back to places and drawing with fond memories. Thank you!”
“This class really helped me on my recent trip to the Greek islands. I went with a group of watercolorists and my journal was the envy of the group.”
For more information, contact The Art League School at 703-683-2323.
This kit of supplies is available for purchase here, and can be shipped for a fee, or picked up from the school store. The kit includes the underlined items. Please indicate in the notes section of your order if you would like to schedule in store pick-up, or if you need your kit mailed to you. Please contact us at store@theartleague.org if you would like to purchase a selection of items different than the kit. The store hours are 11am – 5pm, 7 days a week. Call here: 703-548-8127.
Traveling With Your Sketchbook with Susan Abbott
Small ring bound sketchbook, such as 6” x 6” or 7” x 10” Canson field sketchbook or Holbein multimedia drawing sketchbook—sized under 7” x 10”
2 or more permanent (waterproof) black felt tip markers
Sizes fine and/ or medium. Faber-Castell PITT brand if possible. Optional extra colors: red or sanguine
HB or B pencil
Glue stick and scissors
Paper towels
Watercolors
A small empty white plastic folding palette and the following pigments:
Permanent Yellow or Cadmium Yellow Pale or any primary yellow
Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna
Permanent Red or Cadmium Red or any “orangish” red
Alizarin Crimson or Thalo Red or any “purplish” red
Ultramarine Blue or any primary blue
Thalo Blue or Winsor Blue or Prussian Blue or any greenish dark blue
Burnt Umber
Fill the stall in your palette a few days ahead so that the paint dries before class.
Note: Watercolor supplies come in student or professional grades. Student grades (such as “Cotman”) are less expensive, but the color and handling are inferior to better quality paint. Buy professional brand paint, and if cost is a factor, buy just 3 primary colors (Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Thalo or Winsor Blue, and Permanent Yellow) in professional grade paint. If you already have a palette set up with watercolors, you can use that.
Round watercolor brush— small (not tiny). A #6 Winsor & Newton round Sceptre series brush is a good choice (Don’t get a cheap brush like squirrel’s hair that will be too limp.)
OR colored pencils or water-soluble pencils if you want to use these instead of watercolor
The kit includes the underlined items.
Cost is $110.32 plus sales tax of $6.62 for a Total = $ 116.94
Please contact us at store@theartleague.org if you would like to purchase a selection of items different than the kit.
To submit enroll, please click the Add to Cart button to select this course. Add as many classes and workshops as you like, and then proceed to the Checkout page to submit your registration. Online registrations must be confirmed by office staff in order for your enrollment to be completed. You will receive one notification when we have received your form, and another when we have confirmed your enrollment in a course.
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