On-Location Sketching & Watercolor Painting Class

We all doodle and make marks on paper from time to time. And most of us wish we could do more. Make “real” drawings that look like what we see before us. Well, guess what? YOU CAN!

In this class/workshop, we will review the basics of drawing shapes and forms, including how to shade objects but we will immediately jump into drawing things around us. Tables, chairs, bowls, glasses, anything we can see. Then we will move onto trees, parking meters, in fact, anything we can see on the street or through the window. Drawing is like any skill where you only improve through practice!

What You Will Learn:

Whether a beginner or someone with much drawing experience you will have fun in this class. We’ll review drawing shapes and creating tones using shading. Since practice helps one improve, we will spend all of our time drawing and painting things we see around us. We’ll cover primary colors and color mixing to create many colors from a limited palette. You’ll use pens with water-soluble ink as well as permanent ink pens with watercolor. You will draw and paint on-location in public “urban sketching style.” 

Class Meetings

Depending on the season and the weather, we will meet at an announced location on the streets in downtown Lynchburg, VA. We may occasionally meet in a downtown library meeting room or the Community Market.

Length of Instruction

12 hours of hands-on instruction offered in a 2-day workshop format or as four 3-hour long sessions over several days or weeks. Small classes (3-10) offered on demand. Interested? Contact me to get on list! COST: $149 (includes all materials!). Download an On-Location Sketching & Watercolor Painting brochure!

Try a Sampler Session!

Not sure the full 12-hour class is for you? Don’t have time right now to commit to twelve hours of class, but you want to get started sketching? Perhaps my 3-hour Sketching & Painting Sampler session is for you. Check it out! My next 3-hour Sampler session will be in Fall 2021 in Lynchburg!