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USk Workshop: The Sacred and The Profane, in Rome!

Registrations: linhares.mr@gmail.com

Join this workshop in Rome to find the Sacred and Profane locations that were always there but you never saw them!

When we think about sacred and profane our mind links almost directly to religion. However, nowadays, a lot of other things are assuming the “sacred” title. For example, tourists! When they go to a city, it’s almost impossible not to have a checklist of the most famous places to visit. That list becomes, in a certain way, “sacred”. For me, the most interesting part is to find the profane in those places, because it’s there, living side by side, and we tend not to see them…

In this workshop, we will explore this idea of sketching the sacred and the profane. The workshop is not about doing gorgeous postcards of a city, but an opportunity to think and see a city, its history, through sketching. The final result should be a compilation of studies developed in the sketchbook.

LEARNING GOALS

• Learn how to use the sketchbook as a tool;
• Learn how to see and select what to sketch;
• Improve your drawing skills;
• Learn how to use the sketchbook as a laboratory to do experiences;
• Experience the advantages of group learning and seeing the many paths to success;
• Combine different perspectives in only one drawing composition.

WORKSHOP TIMELINE

DAY 1 - Top Known and The Unknown 

The sacred checklist of Rome: the places you have to visit. At the same time, in the same place, the sight no one is looking at, the unknown places. Everything living together on the same page of your sketchbook, side by side. 

Morning path: Piazza Navona + Pantheon + Fontana di Trevi 

Afternoon path: Museo Capitolino + Foro Romano + Colosseo 

9h30 - meeting point at Piazza Navona. Group and instructor presentations. 

9h45 - Exercise 1: Sketching Piazza Navona in watercolor, using paper tape to create two separated vignettes in the same double page of the sketchbook. One vignette will be used to sketch the “sacred” view of the place. The other will be used for the “profane” view. 30 minutes for each drawing. 

10h45 - Sharing the results, feedback from the instructor, and walk to Pantheon (5 minutes walk). 

11h00 - Exercise 2: repeat the first exercise trying to improve based on the feedback provided by the instructor 

12h00 - Sharing the results, feedback from the instructor, and walk to Fontana di Trevi (10 minutes walk). 

12h15 - Exercise 3: repeat the first two exercises, trying to improve the page composition by mixing part of the sketches (views). 

13h15 - Final feedback about the morning exercises. 

13h30 - Lunch 

15h30 - Meeting point at Piazza del Campidoglio 

15h45 - Exercise 4: Sketching the view to the city from Piazza del Campidoglio in a loose watercolor wash. After that, on the top of the watercolor shapes, sketch with pen and using only lines, the “profane” elements (doors of the museum, sculpture details, vendors, among other options not so appealing). 

16h45 - Sharing the results, feedback from the instructor, and walk to the junction between Via del Campidoglio and Via Monte Tarpeo (1-minute walking). 

16h50 - Exercise 5: The view from this place to the Foro Romano it’s so amazing that everything else around almost disappears. We will repeat the exercise 4: loose watercolor to sketch to Foro view and, on the top of it, line work about the opposite view or other elements around. 

17h50 - Sharing the results, feedback from the instructor, and walk to Colosseo (15 minutes walking). 

18h05 - Exercise 6: The Colosseo is, probably, the most iconic/“sacred” monument in Rome. It’s difficult to move our eyes away from it and it’s difficult not to be attracted by its scale, colors, lines, and how he invites our mind to travel in time. We will repeat the exercise by sketching the Colosseo only in watercolor and, after that, on the top of it, the Constantino Arch with lines. 

19h15 - Conclusion of the workshop with feedback about the work accomplished during the day.

DAY 2 - Inside Out: On the Path of Caravaggio 

Michelangelo Ceresi da Caravaggio is the major example of sacred and profane themes. It’s paintings connected the life of the eternal city of its time with the religious themes he was invited to paint. The relationship between the city life and the bible episodes he painted will be explained and will serve as inspiration for the work of this day. 

Morning path: Piazza San Pietro + Basilica di Sant’Agostino 

Afternoon path: Chiesa San Luigi dei Francesi + Basilica Santa Maria del Popolo 

9h30 - Meeting point at Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City 

9h45 - Exercise 1: How to sketch the entire square using watercolor as a draft pencil sketch. Start with the light and soft colors, adding medium values after that and finalize with the shadows. Proportions are not the most important thing, but the relationship between the open/public/private square where people go to pray, and the outside areas where we can find vendors, police officers, tourists. We will sketch the people using only pens with different colors: blue to sketch people praying; brown to sketch the vendors; green to sketch tourists and/or others. 

11h15 - Sharing the results, feedback from the instructor and walk to Basilica di Sant’Agostino (25 minutes walking). 

11h40 - Exercise 2: In this church, we will be able to find Caravaggio’s Madonna with the baby. A brief explanation about the painting will be done by the instructor and, after that, we will sketch the painting figures using only pencil and watercolors. The limits of the canvas will not be included, only the figures. After that, we will go outside to sketch the Basilica’s outside on the top of the figures sketch, or behind the figures to give them an outside background. The main idea of this exercise is to bring those figures to the street, just like Caravaggio did when he picked his models from the street to do the religious paintings. 

13h00 - Final feedback about the morning exercises. 

13h15 - Lunch 

15h00 - Meeting point at Church San Luigi dei Francesi 

15h15 - Exercise 3: In this church, we will be able to view one of the most famous Caravaggio’s paintings: St. Matthew Vocation. A brief explanation about the painting and the chapel will be made and, after that, we will repeat the exercise 2. 

16h45 - Sharing the results, feedback from the instructor and walk to Basilica Santa Maria del Popolo (16 minutes walking) 

17h00 - Exercise 4: In this church, we will find another famous painting from Caravaggio: The Calling of St. Paul. The drawing process will be the same, repeating the same steps in order to improve the final result and composition. 

18h30 - Conclusion of the workshop with feedback about the work accomplished during the day.

SUPPLY LIST

• Sketchbook (minimum A5 size) with sewing sheets of paper (not metal rings);
• Blue, brown, green, and black waterproof pens;
• Graphite pencils;
• Watercolor pan set, water brush and watercolor brush.

REGISTRATION

• 100€ (two full days workshop)

Please send an email to linhares.mr@gmail.com if you are planning to attend this workshop. 

There is also a scholarship sponsored by Urban Sketchers to a student. Send me an email with a letter of interest and proof of student situation to apply.

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