On location sketching Workshop in Edmonds on August 31

 Stretch your Sketching Skills with Panoramas

Class Date: August 31

9-12:30

An on location sketching and watercolor painting workshop

with Michele Cooper, Instructor 

Follow Michele’s simple lessons on how to draw and paint an exciting panoramic sketch in line and wash. Meet at ARTspot at 9:00. After a brief review of the art materials and the painting strategy, join Michele on location as she simplifies this complicated subject. You’ll start by finding and drawing your key landmarks so you know everything is in the right place.

FEATURES included in this on location workshop:

• Learn how to simplify your sketch and paint a panoramic format 
• Use continuous lines to draw lively sketches in ink
• Watercolor techniques for spontaneous effects
• Quick drills on how to draw and paint water, trees, sky, buildings

Get drawing tips on how to quickly establish an accurate composition, how to add notes of interest with pen, and how to pull your painting together with watercolor tinting.

Location: ARTspot & outdoor location TBA

Date: Saturday, August 31 rain or shine

Time: 9:00-12:30PDT

Tuition: $140

Register through ARTspot. Students can sign up via the website (ARTspot Edmonds | Art Supply Store ) in person or can call at 425-640-6408.

Materials:

Sketchbook: Particularly for this workshop as we are sketching panoramic views:

A sketchbook designed for multimedia. Takes ink, pencil, marker, and watercolor equally well.

Hardbound books help support your drawing while standing or sitting with it in your lap.

1. I like *Pentalic Aqua Journal 5" x 8", Watercolor OR
2. Handbook Journal Co. Artist Watercolor Sketchbook Journal, Pocket Panorama 3.5 x 8.25 Inches, 140lb CP
3. or Choose your own preferred paper and make an accordion or maze book.
4. Binder clips. To hold the pages open.

Choose from the options in the rest of the materials list here.

Please call ARTspot or contact me through Instagram or Facebook to let me know if you have any questions.

About the artist:

Michele Cooper was recently one of the guest artist instructors at Sketcher Fest Edmonds. She has been associated with USk Seattle since 2014 and was a Seattle 10×10 instructor for the tenth anniversary series of urban sketchers workshops. Michele has two new books on travel sketching as well as three sets of greeting cards. One set is especially about Edmonds. Drawing, painting and anything to do with art has always been Michele Cooper’s  passion. She loves sharing her discoveries and has taught adult watercolor workshops both internationally and locally from Anacortes to Seattle since 1979.

My Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/michelecooperart

My Facebook page 

https://www.facebook.com/ArtMicheleCooper

My Blog

https://www.michelecooper.blogspot.com

Catching up with Posting Inktober, Days 10-14

Inktober Day 10-Gigantic (See my Instagram for caption)

Inktober Day 11-Run, that's what you do if you see this! My parents had a pair of geese that terrified our 4 year old son.

Day 12 - Shattered  (Condition of the cell phone and the owner who just realized the damage)
Day 13 - Teeming (The coral reef is teeming with life. May it ever be so.)
Day 14 - Fierce (Fang toothed Moray eels are truly fierce...the way they look, their fangs and the fact that they anchor themselves in the reef, latch on to their victim and don't let go!)

For high resolution photos of these and other work not shown here, please visit my Flickr photostream.

Cherry Pie in One Minute

I had a lot of fun doing a time lapse video demo with the last of the cherry pie...then I ate it!

It's quick and loose. Just the thing to do at teatime! Watch both the drawing and the watercolor process on my Instagram feed. Enjoy!

https://www.instagram.com/michelecooperart