"Love Your Life" Sketchbook Art Journaling Two Day Class, (No class scheduled at present)
(You do not have to have an art background or be able to draw. This is an introduction to sketchbook journaling and beginners are welcome. I will present several different types of sketchbooks that will help in future decision making of types to use.)
Dr. Seuss "Today you are you, That is truer than true. There is no one alive Who is Youer than You."
This workshop is all about you and how to record some of your life events.
This sketchbook journaling workshop will be an introduction to sketchbook journaling with pen and watercolor and will focus on YOU with a "Love Your Life" theme. We will explore choices in sketchbooks and paints and palettes, examine some great reference books and I will demo techniques I use to keep various sketchbook journals. The student does not need any previous art experience but just needs to come with the desire to explore some possibilities of preserving some moments on their life journey. For example, we usually have some type of hot beverage each day and here is an entry I made in a previous art journal workshop of a favorite coffee cup. We will begin with a structured lesson like this and then students will be able to add their personal experiences to their journals. Day one we will record things around you in your daily life and day two we will talk about recording events during travel, such as architecture and people. I will talk about making it a personal journey with no rules and no one has to see your entries but you if they are very private - no comparing with your neighbor but only judge from your last entry.
For the Grandmothers: This works as I love to record a page for new births for the grands and add the statistics but also add some details of feelings and what was said, what the day was like. In years to come and especially on birthdays you can share with the child how much they are loved and share the page with them. It's awesome.
Below is an entry from a journal page from March, 2009 when some girlfriends and I went on a painting weekend and as you can see drawing skills can be minimal. Other recent journal entries are posted below.
The journal entry for my plate of food at the Blue Mesa Grill resulted in illustrations for their new menu February 2014. For the past 6 weeks I have been enrolled in Sketchbook Skool online (sessions 1 and 2) and studied with a different instructor each week and I've enrolled for semester three.
Dr. Seuss "Today you are you, That is truer than true. There is no one alive Who is Youer than You."
This workshop is all about you and how to record some of your life events.
This sketchbook journaling workshop will be an introduction to sketchbook journaling with pen and watercolor and will focus on YOU with a "Love Your Life" theme. We will explore choices in sketchbooks and paints and palettes, examine some great reference books and I will demo techniques I use to keep various sketchbook journals. The student does not need any previous art experience but just needs to come with the desire to explore some possibilities of preserving some moments on their life journey. For example, we usually have some type of hot beverage each day and here is an entry I made in a previous art journal workshop of a favorite coffee cup. We will begin with a structured lesson like this and then students will be able to add their personal experiences to their journals. Day one we will record things around you in your daily life and day two we will talk about recording events during travel, such as architecture and people. I will talk about making it a personal journey with no rules and no one has to see your entries but you if they are very private - no comparing with your neighbor but only judge from your last entry.
For the Grandmothers: This works as I love to record a page for new births for the grands and add the statistics but also add some details of feelings and what was said, what the day was like. In years to come and especially on birthdays you can share with the child how much they are loved and share the page with them. It's awesome.
Below is an entry from a journal page from March, 2009 when some girlfriends and I went on a painting weekend and as you can see drawing skills can be minimal. Other recent journal entries are posted below.
The journal entry for my plate of food at the Blue Mesa Grill resulted in illustrations for their new menu February 2014. For the past 6 weeks I have been enrolled in Sketchbook Skool online (sessions 1 and 2) and studied with a different instructor each week and I've enrolled for semester three.
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This is a recent entry from the Sketchbook Skool class about a multitasking event. Stillman & Birn, Beta 9x12 journal.
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(You do not have to have an art background or be able to draw. This is an introduction to sketchbook journaling and beginners are welcome.)
1. Sketchbooks: Choose one
For sketchbooks, I recommend an 8 x 10 to a 9 x 12. It is important that your sketchbook be spiral bound so that it will lay flat while you are painting. The paper weight should be strong enough for watercolor washes. In this workshop the 9 x 12 will be used but if you have an 8 x 10 and don't want to go to the expense of buying another, bring it. I will bring examples to share..
An option: IF you sign up at the last minute and do not have time to get a bound sketchbook, you could bring pages of cut watercolor paper to do some of the exercises and put them in a 3 ring notebook.
An all media journal around 90 lb. weight. (gsm weight is different) 1. Canson Montval Field All Media Book 9 x 12 Canson Montval is a fine quality, acid-free paper. The Montval Field All Media Book is a hardcover, 50 sheet pad bound with extra-wide rings so the pages lie flat. Its 90 lb Cold Press all-purpose sheets are an excellent surface for watercolors, pencils, pens, and charcoals.
2. Aquabee Super Deluxe Sketchbook 9 x 12 Natural white, heavyweight, textured paper has a neutral ph and is double-sized to accept wet media. It also renders beautiful results with charcoal, pencil, and more. There are 60 archival-quality sheets per pad, spiral bound to a unique waterproof leatherette cover. 93 lb (152gsm).
3. Pentalic Nature Sketch Book 11 x 8 1/2 The pages in this sketch book are heavyweight, 130 lb (211 gsm), 25% cotton sheets with a toothy, rough vellum surface, suitable for pencil, charcoal, ink, acrylics, pastels, oil pastels, watercolor pencils, watercolors (light washes), and tempera.
Each plastic spiral-bound book contains 50 sheets, with a heavy chipboard back that prevents buckling.
A portion of every sale benefits the American Wildlife Foundation.
4. Raffiné ArtSketch Super Deluxe Sketchbooks and Sheets were created for artists who appreciate the feel, texture and easy working characteristics of professional, multi-media paper. 220 gram weight, 25% rag content and both internal and external sizing it can handle virtually any media. 9 x 12
5. Visual Journal by Strathmore available in Watercolor 140 lb and 90 lb.
6. Stillman and Birn has several choices and I've used the Alpha and Beta.
Choices are good. There are many choice out there and what you bring will be fine. You can search at the online art stores or look in your local craft stores.
Cheap Joe's http://www.cheapjoes.com/
ASW Express https://www.aswexpress.com/
Dick Blick (http://DickBlick.com) Jerry's Artarama http://www.jerrysartarama.com/
2. Paints and a Palette
1. Watercolors are available in tubes and pans and if you have a watercolor palette prepared, bring it. If you've never worked in watercolor. there are watercolor fold-up palettes available. Student grade paints lack the permanence and brilliance but Prang does have a child's set if you were just experimenting to see if you might be interested. I will bring different sets to show but you will need your own personal set of colors to use. Bring whatever colors you like and these are only some suggested colors:
Cadmium Red Light Red, Permanent Alizarin Crimson or Permanent Rose, Cadmium Yellow Light, Olive Green, French Ultramarine Blue, Prussian or Winsor Blue, Manganese Blue, Cobalt Blue, and New Gamboge, Yellows, Raw Sienna, Black, Burnt Sienna , Violet or Purple, Orange,-
Palettes plastic or china and you can use a white china plate if you are using tube colors or a disposable paper plate with a plastic coating.
3. Brushes
If this is your first workshop and you want to buy one brush, get a round #8 or #10.
Other sizes you might like to try later:
Brushes (round and flat) You could include among your brushes a 1/4", 1/2", 1" flat, a #6 round, and a #8 or a #10, #12 round. If your brushes are close to these sizes, they’ll be fine for the workshop. Natural hair or synthetic or a blend. Your choice and what you normally use.
4. Other supplies and some are optional:
1. Pencil and kneaded eraser, small pencil sharpener
2. Pens waterproof (Micron, Sharpie (can bleed through the page but they do have one now they advertise as it won't bleed through the page), Pitt, Uniball Vision Needle Fine, Zig Writer. You will have to read the label to see if the pen you choose is waterproof and make a test. Some sketchbook artists like the way certain pens bleed. Your choice.
3. Glue stick, Double Stick tape for sticking things in your journal and masking tape.
4. Scissors
5. A notebook for notes
6. Water container, wide mouth, unbreakable and a spray bottle for paint misting
7. Paper towels
8. Any photos for reference. If you paint fast you might want to have a back up one to use. (I will have reference photos available)
9. Digital camera.
Optional:
Watercolor Pencils, Prismacolor pencils(optional)
Waterbrush – Small or Medium (this is a brush that holds water in its handle) (optional)
All you really need is a sketchbook, pen and paints, brush and water container. The other things make life a little easier
I'm looking forward to meeting and painting with you.
Nancy Standlee
(817) 496-3330 home
email: nancystandlee@sbcglobal.net
Supply List for "Love Your Life" Sketchbook Journaling Class
http://nancystandlee.blogspot.com
http://nancystandlee.com
NancyStandlee@sbcglobal.net
(You do not have to have an art background or be able to draw. This is an introduction to sketchbook journaling and beginners are welcome.)
1. Sketchbooks: Choose one
For sketchbooks, I recommend an 8 x 10 to a 9 x 12. It is important that your sketchbook be spiral bound so that it will lay flat while you are painting. The paper weight should be strong enough for watercolor washes. In this workshop the 9 x 12 will be used but if you have an 8 x 10 and don't want to go to the expense of buying another, bring it. I will bring examples to share..
An option: IF you sign up at the last minute and do not have time to get a bound sketchbook, you could bring pages of cut watercolor paper to do some of the exercises and put them in a 3 ring notebook.
An all media journal around 90 lb. weight. (gsm weight is different) 1. Canson Montval Field All Media Book 9 x 12 Canson Montval is a fine quality, acid-free paper. The Montval Field All Media Book is a hardcover, 50 sheet pad bound with extra-wide rings so the pages lie flat. Its 90 lb Cold Press all-purpose sheets are an excellent surface for watercolors, pencils, pens, and charcoals.
2. Aquabee Super Deluxe Sketchbook 9 x 12 Natural white, heavyweight, textured paper has a neutral ph and is double-sized to accept wet media. It also renders beautiful results with charcoal, pencil, and more. There are 60 archival-quality sheets per pad, spiral bound to a unique waterproof leatherette cover. 93 lb (152gsm).
3. Pentalic Nature Sketch Book 11 x 8 1/2 The pages in this sketch book are heavyweight, 130 lb (211 gsm), 25% cotton sheets with a toothy, rough vellum surface, suitable for pencil, charcoal, ink, acrylics, pastels, oil pastels, watercolor pencils, watercolors (light washes), and tempera.
Each plastic spiral-bound book contains 50 sheets, with a heavy chipboard back that prevents buckling.
A portion of every sale benefits the American Wildlife Foundation.
4. Raffiné ArtSketch Super Deluxe Sketchbooks and Sheets were created for artists who appreciate the feel, texture and easy working characteristics of professional, multi-media paper. 220 gram weight, 25% rag content and both internal and external sizing it can handle virtually any media. 9 x 12
5. Visual Journal by Strathmore available in Watercolor 140 lb and 90 lb.
6. Stillman and Birn has several choices and I've used the Alpha and Beta.
Choices are good. There are many choice out there and what you bring will be fine. You can search at the online art stores or look in your local craft stores.
Cheap Joe's http://www.cheapjoes.com/
ASW Express https://www.aswexpress.com/
Dick Blick (http://DickBlick.com) Jerry's Artarama http://www.jerrysartarama.com/
2. Paints and a Palette
1. Watercolors are available in tubes and pans and if you have a watercolor palette prepared, bring it. If you've never worked in watercolor. there are watercolor fold-up palettes available. Student grade paints lack the permanence and brilliance but Prang does have a child's set if you were just experimenting to see if you might be interested. I will bring different sets to show but you will need your own personal set of colors to use. Bring whatever colors you like and these are only some suggested colors:
Cadmium Red Light Red, Permanent Alizarin Crimson or Permanent Rose, Cadmium Yellow Light, Olive Green, French Ultramarine Blue, Prussian or Winsor Blue, Manganese Blue, Cobalt Blue, and New Gamboge, Yellows, Raw Sienna, Black, Burnt Sienna , Violet or Purple, Orange,-
Palettes plastic or china and you can use a white china plate if you are using tube colors or a disposable paper plate with a plastic coating.
3. Brushes
If this is your first workshop and you want to buy one brush, get a round #8 or #10.
Other sizes you might like to try later:
Brushes (round and flat) You could include among your brushes a 1/4", 1/2", 1" flat, a #6 round, and a #8 or a #10, #12 round. If your brushes are close to these sizes, they’ll be fine for the workshop. Natural hair or synthetic or a blend. Your choice and what you normally use.
4. Other supplies and some are optional:
1. Pencil and kneaded eraser, small pencil sharpener
2. Pens waterproof (Micron, Sharpie (can bleed through the page but they do have one now they advertise as it won't bleed through the page), Pitt, Uniball Vision Needle Fine, Zig Writer. You will have to read the label to see if the pen you choose is waterproof and make a test. Some sketchbook artists like the way certain pens bleed. Your choice.
3. Glue stick, Double Stick tape for sticking things in your journal and masking tape.
4. Scissors
5. A notebook for notes
6. Water container, wide mouth, unbreakable and a spray bottle for paint misting
7. Paper towels
8. Any photos for reference. If you paint fast you might want to have a back up one to use. (I will have reference photos available)
9. Digital camera.
Optional:
Watercolor Pencils, Prismacolor pencils(optional)
Waterbrush – Small or Medium (this is a brush that holds water in its handle) (optional)
All you really need is a sketchbook, pen and paints, brush and water container. The other things make life a little easier
I'm looking forward to meeting and painting with you.
Nancy Standlee
(817) 496-3330 home
email: nancystandlee@sbcglobal.net