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Sketching and Decoupage

Posted in Art Camp, tagged decoupage, Mod Podge, sketching on August 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Sketching in front of The Studio

Samantha with Sketch of Church

Decoupage Frames

Day 2 of Arts and Crafts Camp had the campers sketching and decoupaging. With sketchbooks in hand they sketched several things inside The Studio and then went out front and sat on the steps sketching things they could see from there. They did great! Take a look at what Samantha (an art camper for several years) did in just a short time. It’s the church at the corner of Main and Royal. Wonderful.

And all the kids did terrific work choosing papers to Mod Podge a picture frame. They look great! Good work everyone.

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Sketching Supplies

Posted in daily painter, Tips for Better Painting, Workshop/Retreat, tagged sketchbook, sketching on July 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The Sketching seminar (Read more here) was a great reminder that I need to slow down and take more notes and look at shapes and colors. Sometimes I get tied up in the day-to-day of trying to make a living and forget just how much fun the work of making art can be.

At the seminar we were given a sketch book and watercolor pencils along with a water brush and view finder that we could use to help us narrow down a composition.

Getting into the habit of carrying a sketchbook is something that many artists do in order to record things they see that they may want to paint at a later time. I think having a camera with you everywhere you go (cell phone) has made the sketchbook a tool that artists have stopped using. It’s a shame.

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Celebrating Wilderness Through Art!

Posted in Plein Air, Tips for Better Painting, Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged Betty Gatewood, Big Meadows, Celebrating Wilderness Through Art, Phyllis Northup, Shenandoah National Park, sketching on July 13, 2014| 2 Comments »

Phyllis Northup (right) explains sketching techniques

Betty Gatewood, Park Ranger, explains the schedule

Hiking to our Sketch Location

Participants in Big Meadows

Quick sketches done by seminar participants

Big Meadow-Shenandoah National Park

The “Celebrating Wilderness Through Art” Seminar that I attended yesterday was delightful!

The group of about 25 met at Byrd Visitor Center (milepost 51) and were warmly welcomed by the staff of Shenandoah National Park as well as by our seminar leaders Betty Gatewood and Phyllis Northup.

We were given an overview of the Wilderness Act which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. The seminar was offered as part of that celebration.

The focus of the day was on the “How and Why of Journaling Nature”. The leaders did an excellent job in such a short time to focus on seeing and sketching as well as recording what we see, feel, hear and smell as we view nature.

We spent time sketching out in the middle of Big Meadows, recording colors and sights.

Hiking to the location to sketch gave us the opportunity to see small bits of nature that we sometime forget to slow down and take in.

Sketching is a wonderful way to slow down and see!

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