Take your observational drawing skills to the next level attending a Sketcher Fest workshop. Here are five options for the morning of Saturday, July 15. Workshops are limited to 15 participants each, and they will take place at a location within walking distance from Graphite Arts Center. Some will be along the downtown business district, others will be along the waterfront. Workshop attendees will meet their instructors at Graphite and walk as a group to their sketching location.
How to draw when everything around you is in constant motion? We will gather at a busy location and sit in a circle facing away from each other. We’ll record the scene before our eyes through drawing and short commentary.…
In today’s social media age, effective storytelling is essential. I will guide you on how to weave visual narratives into your sketches that are both informative and memorable, through exercises in observation, mindfulness, sensing, empathy, engagement and some writing prompts.…
Have you wanted to draw your surroundings but didn’t know how or where to start, or how much information to include in your piece? This workshop aims to encourage attendees to plan their compositions on location, before starting to draw.…
Edmonds’ Summer Market, held on Saturdays, oozes with small town spirit of place and the energy of street life. And the surrounding historic buildings, especially the Edmonds Historical Museum (housed in the 1910 Carnegie Library building), set today’s market firmly…
If you haven’t found your sketching style yet, don’t worry. I like to say that “you don’t find a style, the style finds you.” I can’t really perceive my own sketching style, and you might not be able to see…
In this talk I will share my experience traveling and sketching in Colombia, Peru and Argentina last fall, from packing light and researching itineraries and must-sketch locations, to connecting with people across different cultures. All my careful planning for this…
Urban sketching, as its name suggests, reveals the characteristics that define the city: the crowds of people, the density of the built environment and also the messy textures that can be found when you stop to look. The urban alley,…
In this talk I will discuss some recent reportage commissions for the French Air Force, Qatar Museum and the Italian Institute of Astrophysics to show how powerful urban sketching is for storytelling. I will also share how a sketching reportage…
In this workshop, we’ll explore ways to convey depth and dimension in your sketches. We’ll focus on how to effectively position and use color across the foreground, middle-ground and background, creating a natural sense of depth that pulls the viewer…
Join French watercolor artist Cyrille Briand in an inspiring watercolor workshop where you'll learn to capture the interplay of light and shadows in your travel sketches.
George Chinnery (1774-1852) was born in London and studied alongside J.M. William Turner at the Royal Academy of Art. He was a brilliant artist but a terrible manager of money which led him to escape to Asia, first to India,…