Drawing for Painters Workshop
with Shawn Dell Joyce
Saturday,
November 30
Time: 1pm-5pm
Price: $80
Learn four different methods of drawing before you make a painting. Students will start with a value sketch and learn about values, then how to translate them to painting. Next, learn how to sight & sight size to scale up or down for accurate proportions and perspective. Afterwards, learn to use the Rule of Thirds to pre-sketch for a painting and how to add a grid to make it even more accurate. Lastly, learn the secret of transferring that Michelangelo used to sketch the Sistine Chapel! Please note that you will make four complete sketches that will become the basis of future paintings. You can bring four different photos and four different surfaces or use the same photo for all four. We will not be painting in this class, just sketching.
$80
All materials supplied.
Suggested Student Supply List (not required):
- 4 surfaces that you will be sketching in class, then painting at home (canvas, paper, etc)
- drawing pencil
- charcoal
- erasers
- 1-4 reference photos
Instructor Bio
Shawn Dell Joyce is the founder and former executive director of a nonprofit plein air school in NY called Wallkill River School. She teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country, and is endorsed by Ampersand Pastelbords who supply materials for her demos and workshops. In 2017, she was hired by UArt to do a plein air pastel workshop. She has also worked the plein air event circuit and participated in many prestigious events around the country, bringing home awards for her loose and colorful paintings. She recently placed 1st in the 2018 Inverness Plein Air Festival, 1st in the Quickdraw at Lightchasers in Sarasota, and 3rd in the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival. She is a signature member of New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times and Plein Air Magazine. She has participated in many national exhibits and plein air festivals, and is represented by galleries in NY and Florida.
