Use Color Fearlessly: A Color Theory Workshop

Above: Selection of paintings from Roz Stendahl, demonstrating her approach to color using a variety of media.

August 9 through 12, 2012 I'll be teaching a color theory workshop at the Midwest Art and Lettering Retreat. This four-day event is organized by the Colleagues of Calligraphy but is open to everyone. For details about the workshop please see my blog post Roz Wound Up: Use Color Fearlessly.

Besides being open to non-calligraphers this workshop is open also to artists of all skill levels. We will focus on blending colors from a limited palette of watercolors in order to understand the relationship of the colors. Students will develop a working understanding of color through experimentation and guided exercises which are chosen to provide useful color information regardless of drawing or painting expertise. This workshop will equip students with the skills needed to develop a personalized palette. I hope you will consider spending a bit of your summer in Minnesota exploring color with me.

It's Time For A Visit To Autumn's Garden!

 

Autumn has arrived and there's a chill in the air!!

Well, actually, I think maybe the humidity has just dropped as the high for today is suppose to reach 92º in Florida! Still, you can see and feel the changes....you just really have to be paying attention. Of course, many of you have really begun to feel the chill and see the changes.

And all this means it's time to start preparing for An Imaginary Visit to Autumn's Garden! This class is scheduled to begin on November 18th and run through December 16th. There will be one assignment each week.

For more information and to register for the class, please click here. If you're interested in registering, I suggest you not wait as this is one of the really popular classes over at Imaginary Trips!

New Fall Classes Starting At ImaginaryTrips.com!

Gosh, it seems odd to be writing Fall when it's still hotter than blazes outside! All the same, the new classes start next week over at ImaginaryTrips.com!

An Imaginary Trip to Paris will begin on Tuesday, September 6th. You can find more information by clicking here.

An Imaginary Trip to New Orleans will start on Monday, September 12th! It will be a whole lot of fun in that great city. Please click here for info on this trip!

Also starting on Monday, September 12th, is Artful Journaling: Foundations class! For more information on getting started with watercolor journaling, please click here!

Please let me know of any questions you may have.

Thanks!

Laure

A Secrt Garden Gate?

Secrt [Sic] Garden Door
M. Graham Watercolors
and Ink
3.5 x 8.5 inches

As we walked to the trolley each day in New Orleans, we passed this really cool doorway. It led to someone's backyard. There was a house, a garage and other structures back behind the doorway, but for my purposes, I chose to edited them out.

I've always been enchanted by the idea of a secret garden. Maybe it has something to do with Alice In Wonderland or Harry Potter's adventures.  Whatever it is, I seemed to be drawn to unusual doors and gates—they are a portal for my imagination.

The title "Secrt Garden Door" is a typo. My right brain was writing creating and it doesn't know how to spell. So I've decided you have to know the "proper" spelling of secret to gain into into my "secrt" garden! Who needs that extra "e" anyway?!

(And as a wise woman once shared with me...if you can't fix it, feature it!)

This was completed with M. Graham watercolors and ink in my NOLA sketchbook. If you're interested in joining me for a real adventure in New Orleans, please click HERE for information about NOLA Live!

For those of you who are interested in learning more about creating journal pages and using watercolors, Artful Journaling: Foundations and Explorations has been added back to the schedule over on ImaginaryTrips.com. Click HERE for more info on the journaling classes.

Happy Weekend, Y'all!

Updated the classes and workshops page again!

Hi all...I just updated the page on classes and workshops again...

Heard from my dear friend and sketching buddy Maria Hodkins with her updated schedule...it's here in this post, and on the page so you can find it easily, later.  I'd LOVE to take part!

MARIA HODKINS, JOURNALING INSTRUCTOR, WESTERN COLORADO

Maria teaches visual journaling, nature/field journaling, and bookbinding classes and workshops in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah.  For more information, check her website: www.windword.net

Here's her brand new schedule!

UPCOMING SUMMER & FALL CLASSES

AUGUST 5-7 - THE ART OF THE NATURE JOURNAL
at Caribou Ranch and Mud Lake Open Space, Nederland,Colorado
http://www.botanicgardens.org/sites/default/files/2011Botanical_Illustration_SummerFall.pdf  (scroll down to Elective Courses)

AUGUST 13 - SKETCH YOUR VEGGIES--AND EAT THEM TOO!
at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO (Rock Bottom Ranch)
http://www.aspennature.org/programs/sketch-your-veggies-and-eat-them-too?pid=214

AUGUST 15 - HAND MADE NATURE JOURNALS
at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO (Hallam Lake)
http://www.aspennature.org/programs/hand-made-nature-journal?=214

AUGUST 16-17 - THE ART OF FIELD SKETCHING
at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO (Hallam Lake)
http://www.aspennature.org/programs/%5Btitle-raw%5D?pid=214

SEPTEMBER 17-18 - SPIRIT OF PLACE:  CAPTURING TIMELESSNESS THROUGH ILLUMINATED JOURNALING
at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO (Toklat)
http://www.aspennature.org/programs/spirit-place-capturing-timelesssness-through-illuminated-journaling?pid=214

NEW CLASSES from our correspondents!

What great opportunities to learn!

I've just updated our "Classes, Workshops, etc." page to include new classes from Sandy Williams, Jessica Wesolek, Laure Ferlita, Gay Kraeger, Maria Hodkins, and my own mini-classes.

You can also still access the free Strathmore journaling classes, the last of which was from our friend and correspondent Roz Stendahl.

Some of these are online, some are DVD or downloadable, some come to you as PDFs, and some are in person.

Don't miss these! Click the page at upper right, or go to the direct link: http://artistsjournalworkshop.blogspot.com/p/classes-etc.html

Christmas....In July?!

Yes! Christmas in July! Why? Because if you're like me, you have dreams of creating your own designs at Christmas time every year. You realize on the 18th of December that it's probably NOT going to happen. Again.

So this year, I decided to do a MINI Christmas In July class! You can find more information here. It's a 4 week class with a creative prompt each week as well as a video demo covering some aspect of making the artwork card-ready for the holidays.

Come and join the fun! Class starts tomorrow.

A new addition to our classes page

Hi all...just added my new mini-classes to our Class page, above...this first one is on Quick Sketching, which I find I OFTEN use while keeping my journal. 

On the spread above, I only had seconds to record the "Oregon" junco on the left page, and did the quick sketch of the church while J. had the DVD paused while he made the tea.  Both took only a few minutes, though I did take longer when I added color to the little bird.

For more info, click the Classes page above, or go to my website page at http://www.cathyjohnson.info/online.html

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If any of you correspondents teach classes, please let us know times, dates, location or whatever, and we'll add it to the page!

A new addition to our classes page

This just in from one of our co-authors, Maria Hodkins.  Maria and I get a chance to sketch together about once a year--it's something I look forward to all year round!  This will also be on our classes page, but I wanted to give you a heads up now. 

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MARIA HODKINS, JOURNALING INSTRUCTOR, WESTERN COLORADO

Maria teaches visual journaling, nature/field journaling, and bookbinding classes and workshops in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah.  For more information, check her website: www.windword.net

Upcoming Workshops:
February 19 - Making Your Own Journal - A Handmade Art Journal Class at The Creamery Art Center, Hotchkiss, CO  10:00 am to 3:00 pm
February 26 - Visual Journaling at the Blue Sage Center for the Arts, Paonia, CO  9:00 am to 4:00 pm
March 15, 22,29 - Nature Journaling at The Creamery Art Center, Hotchkiss, CO  1:00 to 3:00 pm
March 26 - Visual Journaling at Delta-Montrose Technical Center, Delta, CO  9:00 to 4:00 pm