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There’s Still Time to Sign Up for Drawing Practice 2017
The 2017 session of my popular class “Drawing Practice: Drawing Live Subjects in Public” begins on April, 30. Registration for this class closes on April 29, 2017, at 11 p.m. Click on this link. This will be the last time that I offer this class with daily teacher participation. If you would like to get […]
Drawing Practice: Drawing Live Subjects in Public—Class Begins April 30, 2017
Do you wish you had a daily drawing practice? Do you wonder how to approach sketching live subjects? Do you want to join in the fun of sketch outs but you feel self-conscious sketching in public? Is there a nagging voice in your mind telling you that your sketches always fail? Beginning April 30 I […]
Sketchbook Skool Starts a New Session on September 30
I'm one of the six teachers in the six week class "Beginning" offered by Sketchbook Skool. This course is being run again in the next session beginning on September 30, 2016. You can read about it at the link above. You'll also see the other instructors in "Beginning." Each week for 6 weeks you'll gain […]
Sketchbook Skool “Beginning” Is Running Again!
Exciting news: I’m one of the teachers in Beginning, an upcoming Sketchbook Skool class! It starts June 10! Sketchbook Skool’s mission is “art for all”—they believe everyone is, and can be, creative. All people need are teachers to show them how fun it can be to develop a creative habit. That’s where I come in! I'm […]
Why I Think Process Is Important
Above: Sketch of a La Mancha goat at the 2015 Minnesota State Fair; dark Tuscan Red color pencil on TH.Saunders/Waterford 140 lb. hot press watercolor paper. I believe process, and an awareness of process, are two of the most important tools a creative person can have. With an understanding of our own process we can start to […]
Teaching Drawing: Why Demonstrate Different Media?
Above: Sakura Pigma BB (Bold Brush) Pen sketch of Dick sitting in the TV room, with purple washes of watercolor. (Orange is a Montana Marker—I didn’t put it together properly after refilling it, so it leaked.) In a 9 x 12 inch Fabriano Venezia journal. The Sakura Pigma BB is a felt-tipped brush pen, so […]
Roz Wound Up Classes in February and May 2016
Above: 9 x 12 inch sketch of resting sheep at the 2015 Minnesota State Fair. (Sakura Pigma Sensei Pen and Schmincke pan watercolors.) If you would like to improve your ability to sketch live subjects in public join me for the 2016 Drawing Practice Class listed below. As 2015 wraps up it’s time to start […]
Fear of the Blank Page
Above: Phyllis, at 94, one year into taking up watercolor painting. I made this sketch while sitting next to her as she painted. I chatted with her teacher and sketched. Phyl has a look of complete concentration on her face. She is looking deliberately. She is marking deliberately. When she finishes she doesn’t fuss. She […]
Online Classes: SketchbookSkool Changes
If you're new to Sketchbook Skool, or just missed a class or two, now Sketchbook Skool is letting you sign up for the various classes (Beginning, Seeing, etc.) as, self-guided, ANYTIME you want. Each class is $99. You still get six weeks of lessons for each class you sign up for, but the class starts the day […]
I Am Minnsota State Fair Crazy Right Now
Left: Sheep sketch made at the Minnesota State Fair, click on the image to view an enlargement. Everything is focusing on the Minnesota State Fair right now. My "Drawing Practice: Drawing Live Subjects in Public" class goes live TODAY. You can still register up until 10 p.m. tonight. (I had to change the registration time […]