ONLINE Sketchbook Club: Exploring Spring - Starts Wed 19th April 2023 at 10am
SKU:
SBC1904aa15
£125.00
£125.00
per item
BOOKINGS CLOSED - COURSE CANCELLED DUE TO LOW ENROLMENT
Due to the interactive nature of these workshops, we would encourage students to participate live and work along with Janina and Karen, if possible.
A video playback service will still be provided to all students for 60 days.
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Tutors: Janina Maher & Karen Carter
Wed 19th April 10am - 11:30am - Week 1: Learn the basics of watercolours with Karen Carter
Wed 26th April 10am - 11:50am - Week 2: Stencils and layers with Janina Maher
Wed 3rd May 10am - 11:50am - Week 3: Marvellous monotypes with Karen Carter
Wed 10th May 10am - 11:50am - Week 4: Sensational stamping with Janina Maher
(UK timings)
This LivePlus™ online workshop is ideal for anyone who would like to explore sketchbooking - the perfect chance to try out all of the Ardington skills you have gained over the years.
Workshop details
Join us at Sketchbook Club 2 for four more weeks of creating, collecting, experimenting and exploring! Everyone is welcome. There is no need for you to have done sketchbook club 1 first, and this second series will include lots of new ideas and techniques.
Sketchbooks can sometimes feel a bit daunting and so, in this relaxed and informal series of workshops, Janina and Karen will help get you started and inspire you to keep going. A sketchbook is a safe place to try out ideas, make a visual record, store notes and reference, and most of all to play…..without the pressure of a finished piece of work, a sketchbook is the perfect place to snatch small moments of creative time for yourself.
As well as the plentiful demos and exercises each week Janina and Karen will also give you a glimpse into their own sketchbooks – the good, the bad and the ugly! Each session will include a work along element as well as some demonstrations for you to watch and try later.
This series our theme will be Spring, and the series will be structured as follows:
Week 1: Watercolours and Pocket Books with Karen
Week 4: Sensational Stamping with Janina
The classes are a little longer in weeks 2, 3 & 4 to allow for an additional 20 minutes of sharing, collaboration and feedback from Karen and Janina on work from previous weeks.
Equipment & materials list
Materials are not included in the course fee. All the materials and equipment you will need are listed below.
Sketchbook Club is all about using what you already have at home. For anyone starting from scratch who needs a basic set of art materials Seawhites provide some good packs and kits:
https://www.artesaver.co.uk/ Search for ‘kit’
Our basic sketchbooking recommendations are:
In addition, there will be some specific materials that you need to participate with the work along sessions each week. Details of these will be provided via the blackboard, the week before each class.
For week 1 you will need:
Links to suppliers
Seawhites- https://www.artesaver.co.uk/
Jacksons - https://www.jacksonsart.com/
Hobbycraft - https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/
Additional Information
All Ardington ONLINE classes and talks are accompanied by their own online blackboard. Helpful and easy to use, they enable students and tutors to share resources, ideas and photos with each other – just as you would in a classroom environment. With this class, you will also have access to our Virtual Sketchbook board which brings together students from previous sketchbook clubs and will remain open indefinitely as a place to share and collaborate throughout the year.
Tutors will offer personalised critique / feedback via the blackboard for any work uploaded by students within thirty days of the class ending. You will be sent the link to access your blackboard in the week before your class begins and will have access for at least sixty days after the class ends.
After the live session has finished on Zoom, we will share the link to view the recording on the blackboard. You can watch the recording as many times as you like for sixty days.
We suggest that you do not buy any specialist materials more than one week in advance as, occasionally, a class may be cancelled due to low enrolment.
Wed 19th April 10am - 11:30am - Week 1: Learn the basics of watercolours with Karen Carter
Wed 26th April 10am - 11:50am - Week 2: Stencils and layers with Janina Maher
Wed 3rd May 10am - 11:50am - Week 3: Marvellous monotypes with Karen Carter
Wed 10th May 10am - 11:50am - Week 4: Sensational stamping with Janina Maher
(UK timings)
This LivePlus™ online workshop is ideal for anyone who would like to explore sketchbooking - the perfect chance to try out all of the Ardington skills you have gained over the years.
Workshop details
Join us at Sketchbook Club 2 for four more weeks of creating, collecting, experimenting and exploring! Everyone is welcome. There is no need for you to have done sketchbook club 1 first, and this second series will include lots of new ideas and techniques.
Sketchbooks can sometimes feel a bit daunting and so, in this relaxed and informal series of workshops, Janina and Karen will help get you started and inspire you to keep going. A sketchbook is a safe place to try out ideas, make a visual record, store notes and reference, and most of all to play…..without the pressure of a finished piece of work, a sketchbook is the perfect place to snatch small moments of creative time for yourself.
As well as the plentiful demos and exercises each week Janina and Karen will also give you a glimpse into their own sketchbooks – the good, the bad and the ugly! Each session will include a work along element as well as some demonstrations for you to watch and try later.
This series our theme will be Spring, and the series will be structured as follows:
Week 1: Watercolours and Pocket Books with Karen
- Learn the basics of working with watercolours
- Make a pocket book with triangular pockets
- Making and using stencils
- Creative layers
- Prepare pages and make a “Junk Journal”
- Discover monotype printing
- Explore transfer techniques
Week 4: Sensational Stamping with Janina
- Design and make your own stamps
The classes are a little longer in weeks 2, 3 & 4 to allow for an additional 20 minutes of sharing, collaboration and feedback from Karen and Janina on work from previous weeks.
Equipment & materials list
Materials are not included in the course fee. All the materials and equipment you will need are listed below.
Sketchbook Club is all about using what you already have at home. For anyone starting from scratch who needs a basic set of art materials Seawhites provide some good packs and kits:
https://www.artesaver.co.uk/ Search for ‘kit’
Our basic sketchbooking recommendations are:
- A4 softback sketchbook
- Selection of graphite pencils, pencil sharpener and rubber
- Coloured pencils
- Black fine liner pen
- Oil pastels
- Selection of watercolour and acrylic paints, including a tube of titanium white acrylic
- Acrylic matt medium
- Glue stick
- Scissors
- Small paintbrushes
- Water pots and kitchen roll
- An apron
In addition, there will be some specific materials that you need to participate with the work along sessions each week. Details of these will be provided via the blackboard, the week before each class.
For week 1 you will need:
- Sketchbook and/or separate sheets of paper suitable for wet media
- Watercolour paints or acrylic paints and mixing palette (a plate is fine)
- Soft synthetic or watercolour brushes (depending on your medium)
- A dip pen
Plus, for the pocket book: - 2 x A3 sheets of paper
- Pencil and ruler
- Scissors or craft knife
Links to suppliers
Seawhites- https://www.artesaver.co.uk/
Jacksons - https://www.jacksonsart.com/
Hobbycraft - https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/
Additional Information
All Ardington ONLINE classes and talks are accompanied by their own online blackboard. Helpful and easy to use, they enable students and tutors to share resources, ideas and photos with each other – just as you would in a classroom environment. With this class, you will also have access to our Virtual Sketchbook board which brings together students from previous sketchbook clubs and will remain open indefinitely as a place to share and collaborate throughout the year.
Tutors will offer personalised critique / feedback via the blackboard for any work uploaded by students within thirty days of the class ending. You will be sent the link to access your blackboard in the week before your class begins and will have access for at least sixty days after the class ends.
After the live session has finished on Zoom, we will share the link to view the recording on the blackboard. You can watch the recording as many times as you like for sixty days.
We suggest that you do not buy any specialist materials more than one week in advance as, occasionally, a class may be cancelled due to low enrolment.