'Excuse me, your life is waiting' - Lynn Grabhorn
Title: NEGLECT, oil and mixed media on acrylic sheet. This work lives in Germany.
DRAWING WORKSHOP: /
DRAWING WORKSHOP: Pencil drawing on paper is my first love, and I would like to share different techniques with inexperienced and experienced workshop participants. By using a broad range of pencils and graphite from hard F and H pencils to soft B pencils (up to B8 or B9), as well as using an eraser and pencil shavings as drawing tools, one can create an evocative, sensitive but also dramatic work. This is best achieved by exploring and letting go of the preconceived idea that one has to create a masterpiece. The aim of this workshop is to explore different techniques through a series of exercises and to create an artwork through learning in a safe environment where there is no right or wrong way of creating.
Date: Saturday 25 June 2016
Time: 10:00 - 13.30
Duration of Workshop: 3 and half hours
Venue: Natasja de Wet’s studio/home: Kirstenhof, Cape Town, South Africa
Fee: R650 excluding materials
Refreshments: Tea and tart
Please be so kind to deposit the full amount one week before the workshop and email proof of payment with your name as reference a.s.a.p. Deposit non-refundable.
LIST OF MATERIALS NEEDED FOR WORKSHOP:
1 sheet or more artist quality paper - A2 or A1 (as thick as possible)
5 sheets or more A3 cartridge paper
Apron
H, B1, B3 and B6, B9 pencils
Eraser
Fixative spray
Graphite stick B6 or B8
Sharpener or Stanley knife
2 or 3 organic objects (not vegetables or fruit)
2 or 3 inorganic objects (potential subject matter is everywhere in the most ordinary objects)
-please take note that your objects of choice must have enough drawing potential and qualities for an interesting artwork – think of the art principles for instance line, form, texture, contrast, movement, shape etc.
White pencil
Paper towel
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Every now and then an art collector contacts me and makes my day: /
‘I bought this painting in Cape Town in 2001... has been travelling with all to the places I moved since then ... I love it, what a incredible portrait ... thank you!’ - Private Collection of Fernando Arguelles – Los Angeles, United States
Title: Distress
QUOTE OF THE DAY: /
'Art provides a healing force which aids both the maker and the viewer'. - Richard Newman.
Running Towards Yourself
DATES FOR WORKSHOPS 2016-2017 /
Painting Workshop 28 - May 2016
Drawing Workshop - 25 June 2016
Self-Exploration Painting Workshop - 30 July 2016
Mixed-Media Workshop - 27 August 2016
Painting Workshop - 24 September 2016
Drawing Workshop - 29 October 2016
Self- Exploration Mixed-Media Workshop - 26 November 2016
Mixed-Media Workshop - 28 January 2017
Painting Workshop - 25 February 2017
