Charcoal and Line: Drawing the Landscape

Service Description

DATE & TIME: July 22, 10am - 3pm SIGN UP DEADLINE: JULY 17 Instructor: Jude Valentine COST: Member $120 Non Member $128 Capacity: 12 Skill level: From intermediate beginner to more advanced drawing skills. Adults only. Location: The Maine Art Gallery Materials: 9x12 (or larger) watercolor or drawing paper (90-140lb); assorted charcoal pencils 2B-6B, a few sticks of vine or willow charcoal (soft); a stick of compressed charcoal, kneaded eraser; pencil eraser (or yellow #2 pencil with eraser end), tissues and or blending stumps. Description: Charcoal is a great alternative to pencil or graphite drawing, and can be more forgiving and versatile. If you have avoided charcoal this class is for you. In this class we'll work with color images translating them to new compositions using tonal value and charcoal techniques. Explore different applications and subtractive processes of drawing with charcoal to get interesting visual effects and work up fresh approaches to your compositions. Bring a packed lunch. About the Instructor: Jude completed her BFA at the Maine College of Art and MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She received numerous awards for her work including: Jerome Foundation Fellowship and an Individual Grant Award from the Council of Creative Arts, Cornell University. Artist residency awards have been many including the Joseph Fiore Art Center at Rolling Acres Farm / Maine Farmland Trust. She teaches at USM. The intention of her printmaking and painting has been to bridge a connection to the landscape that translates a place from "out there" to "in here" - creating a visual connection to place that is somatic and visceral. The focus of the paintings and prints are to place the viewer "within" - offering a connection to a quiet place. For more: judevalentine.com