Classes
DRAWING FROM OBSERVATION:
KEEPING A SKETCHBOOK
According to the intro to the recent show of artists’ sketchbooks at the Fogg Art Museum “Artists have used sketchbooks for centuries, entrusting travel sketches, figure studies, compositional ideas, and notes of every kind to their pages. Designed to be easily portable, sketchbooks are often kept in a pocket, and offer an unusually personal glimpse of the artist at work.” The Fogg owns thirty-four sketchbooks by John Singer Sargent. Frida Kahlo combined personal writings with her colorful sketches. Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) was rarely without a sketchbook and The Smithsonian Archives has microfilmed two hundred and twelve of them.
Classes will include sketching on site from observation; landscape, portraits, and still life, as well as working from memory.
at:
DANFORTH MUSEUM
123 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702-8291 508.620.0050
www.danforthmuseum.org
All levels welcome.
Four Wednesdays, Oct. 15 - Nov. 5, 10am-12pm
Checkout the "Try-it" session, Wed. Sept. 10, 10am-12pm
and at:
The New Art Center
61 Washington Park Newton, MA 02460 617.964.3424
www.newartcenter.org
Twelve Thursdays, Sept. 18 - Dec. 18, 10am-12pm
Tuition $290, Early Registration $265
I am also offering drawing classes at my studio and private lessons by appointment.
Contact ellenw617@aol.com for more information.