Workshop at Seattle Art Museum

Urban Sketchers Workshops at Seattle Art Museum June 28th 2014

We are pleased to announce an Urban Sketchers Workshop in partnership with the Seattle Art Museum. The event is tied to the upcoming exhibit Modernism in the Pacific Northwest featuring the work of the late Seattle artist Mark Tobey and other leading figures of the modern art movement that took place in the Northwest in the late 1930s and 1940s.

The workshop includes a tour of the exhibit and a hands-on field sketching session at Pike Place Market led by Urban Sketchers instructors Gabriel Campanario, Frank Ching and Gail Wong. During the workshop, participants will gain valuable sketching tips to draw on location —from perspective and composition to watercolor basics— and channel Tobey's spirit of sketching at the market.

Date: Saturday, June 28, 2014.
Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Registration: $50.
Schedule:
9:30-10 am: Check-in at the museum (1300 1st Ave, Seattle)
10-11:30 am: Introduction and tour of the galleries with USk Instructors and museum staff
11:30-12:15: Lunch break/Presentation by instructors
12:30-3 pm: Field sketching session at the Market

Sketchbook sponsor: Stillman & Birn.
Pencils and 66 Watercolor "Try it Color sheets": Daniel Smith

To reserve your spot in the workshop contact Workshop Coordinator Jane Wingfield at janewingfield@gmail.com.

Sketcher in Residence Saturday April 26th, 2014

If you haven't seen the exhibit DRAWN TO SEATTLE, at MOHAI you should.  It is an exhibit of the work of Gabi Campanario, Journalist for the Seattle Times aka The Seattle Sketcher.  The exhibit covers the sketches and stories he has done since his arrival in 2006 and illustrates interesting places and people in Seattle. 

This exhibit also talks about the history of sketching in Seattle by other well know artists and activists capturing the everyday lives of people.  Campanario  is the father of Urban Sketchers, an international group that sketches on location.  The local Urban Sketchers group has sketchbooks on display in this exhibit.

I will be Sketcher in Residence on Saturday April 26th, from 1:00-3:00 pm.  Drop by if you have time.  I will be sketching and helping people who want to sketch during that time.  Hope to see you there.

DRAWN TO SEATTLE, Exhibit of Sketches by Gabi Campanario

Workshop at Washington State University

Getting ready for a weekend "Line to Color Workshop" at Washington State University in Pullman Washington with the Design and Construction Department.  This is happening soon April 18-20.  Frank Ching, Gabi Campanario and I will be leading workshops introducing perspective, composition, reportage and watercolor.