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USk Workshop: Beyond the Trees
Beyond the trees : how to include a wooded foreground in order to enrich a panoramic view
Camogli, Italy
Saturday 15th June 2019
10AM - 5PM
I never know what I will sketch before to go on a site, even if I know the place or saw pictures of it. I stop when my eyes catch the view that will resonate in my heart. Why am I drawing here and not one meter further? Because I feel that it was there that I could catch the spirit of the place.
In this workshop, participants will learn how to compose with visual obstructions, here, trees trunks and how to turn it to their advantage in order to create an inspiring composition.
Moving beyond the trees, they will try to catch their own “perfect view”, playing with vertical obstructions. They will learn about framing, composition, plans and depth of field and light and shadows to translate their feeling about the place in their sketchbook.
Learning goals
- Use immediate environment to frame the scene they want to sketch
- Be confident even if there are visual obstructions
- Recognize shadows and light values and translate them in the drawing
- Give depth to the sketch using several plans
I’d like for participants to be more confident about their skills and for them to be curious. I’d like that next time they’ll see a fabulous subject to draw to think “I never did it but I think I can do it”. They’ll try, using their own drawing skills and what we’ve learned together to make the spectator plunge in their drawing, and share the atmosphere of the place.
Workshop Schedule
Morning – 10am/1pm – Belvedere n°1
10 min : Introduction (presentation of the place and the exercises)
1 – First exercise : 30 minutes + 5 minutes regroup and discussion
The participants are invited to divide the page in 4 thumbnails in order to draw 3 or 4 different compositions of the panorama including the trees trunks (with ink pens)
2 – Demo + discussion : 30 minutes
instructor demonstration, using one of the thumbnails drawn in the previous exercise, but in full page, in monochromatic values (indigo watercolour), to show how to represent shadows and light from background to foreground, to give depth to the sketch
2 bis – Second exercise : 30 minutes + 5 minutes regroup and discussion
The participants will have to apply what I just showed, reusing one of their own thumbnails
3 – Third exercise : 50 minutes
Finally, they will choose another view -still including tree trunks- draw shadows and light but, this time, they will add colors and details (vegetation details, architecture, color values according the different plans)
10 min feedback and questions
1h lunch break
Afternoon – 2pm/5pm – Belvedere n°2
In the afternoon, we’ll apply the same exercises to another belvedere, but this time each participant will can chose the exercise(s) they want to deepen and spend more time on. I’ll be there to guide them and give them all the drawing tools that they need.
Supply list
Bring your usual tools, the ones you feel comfortable with (watercolor, color pencils, ink pens, graphite leads, etc) but quick-drying. If you work on digital medium you can bring it too. Sketchbook with paper adapted to your technique (thick paper if you use watercolor for example)
You might need a stool and sun protection.
Registration fee
100$ / 90€
Contact: cmoreauart@gmail.com
There is 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.
There is 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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