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More often than not, quilt guild workshops are on weekdays and are not conducive to those of us not yet retired from our day jobs. But when the guild arranged a two-part workshop with Gloria Loughman on two weekends (9/11 and 9/18), I wasted no time and signed up for it. I bought the recommended pattern and downloaded the instructions. I watched the videos and read the downloaded pattern sheets. That was in July. Come September, I am buried deep in Island Batik October Challenge. It has been rather all-consuming. Improvisational Piecing Iberian Lynx Silhouette So when the Gloria Loughman workshop started at 3:30 on Saturday afternoon, I joined on Zoom but continued working on the Iberian Lynx project (Island Batik October Challenge). The workshop was terrific. Gloria is an excellent teacher with lots of examples from her work. She would explain a few things and then give 30 minutes for sewing, while she was available to answer questions, give feedback and make suggestions. Me: I am so torn. Paul: What's up? Me: I really want to work on this "Light up your Landscape" project. Paul: So why don't you? Me: I am in the middle of something else. Paul (looking at the class materials): With all those light and dark colors, it is neat. Me: That is exactly why I want to dive in. Paul: There are so many guns held at your head but the only hand holding them is yours. He has a point. I focused the next few days (Sunday - Wednesday) on completing the top for the Iberian Lynx project (Island Batik October Challenge). Then I dropped it to make the Landscape quilt. My hope was to have something done before the second part of the workshop on following Saturday, 9/18. Tiles Cut Arranging Tiles Brick by Brick Completed Sky From Thursday through Saturday afternoon, I focused on the workshop project. When it was time for Workshop - Part 2, I was fully focused. No distractions. Choosing foreground I showed my progress to Gloria. She approved. I worked on the different elements of the landscape during the 30 minute sewing sessions. Completed Sky Sewn!!! Island Batik for foliage By the end of the workshop, I was so far along that I had to finish it. I have named it Gul Mohar, because the yellow/orange blooms are like those of the Gul Mohar tree, common in India. Gul Mohar Of course, some of you may want to get up close and personal. Here you go :-) But truly, the effect of light appears best when viewed from a distance. I am loving it and I am so glad that I took the plunge. I highly recommend Gloria Loughman's workshop. She is an accomplished artist and a terrific teacher. Gul Mohar finished at 13" by 19", and became my Dreami (Drop everything and make it) for September. Sharing with Sandra's Linky Party and all my favorite linky parties. See full list on the sidebar.
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More often than not, quilt guild workshops are on weekdays and are not conducive to those of us not yet retired from our day jobs. But when the guild arranged a two-part workshop with Gloria Loughman on two weekends (9/11 and 9/18), I wasted no time and signed up for it. I bought the recommended pattern and downloaded the instructions. I watched the videos and read the downloaded pattern sheets. That was in July. Come September, I am buried deep in Island Batik October Challenge. It has been rather all-consuming. Improvisational Piecing Iberian Lynx Silhouette So when the Gloria Loughman workshop started at 3:30 on Saturday afternoon, I joined on Zoom but continued working on the Iberian Lynx project (Island Batik October Challenge). The workshop was terrific. Gloria is an excellent teacher with lots of examples from her work. She would explain a few things and then give 30 minutes for sewing, while she was available to answer questions, give feedback and make suggestions. Me: I am so torn. Paul: What's up? Me: I really want to work on this "Light up your Landscape" project. Paul: So why don't you? Me: I am in the middle of something else. Paul (looking at the class materials): With all those light and dark colors, it is neat. Me: That is exactly why I want to dive in. Paul: There are so many guns held at your head but the only hand holding them is yours. He has a point. I focused the next few days (Sunday - Wednesday) on completing the top for the Iberian Lynx project (Island Batik October Challenge). Then I dropped it to make the Landscape quilt. My hope was to have something done before the second part of the workshop on following Saturday, 9/18. Tiles Cut Arranging Tiles Brick by Brick Completed Sky From Thursday through Saturday afternoon, I focused on the workshop project. When it was time for Workshop - Part 2, I was fully focused. No distractions. Choosing foreground I showed my progress to Gloria. She approved. I worked on the different elements of the landscape during the 30 minute sewing sessions. Completed Sky Sewn!!! Island Batik for foliage By the end of the workshop, I was so far along that I had to finish it. I have named it Gul Mohar, because the yellow/orange blooms are like those of the Gul Mohar tree, common in India. Gul Mohar Of course, some of you may want to get up close and personal. Here you go :-) But truly, the effect of light appears best when viewed from a distance. I am loving it and I am so glad that I took the plunge. I highly recommend Gloria Loughman's workshop. She is an accomplished artist and a terrific teacher. Gul Mohar finished at 13" by 19", and became my Dreami (Drop everything and make it) for September. Sharing with Sandra's Linky Party and all my favorite linky parties. See full list on the sidebar.
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I’m sharing the details of the workshop which I gave at the USk Switzerland Symposium* last year. The venue was a picture-perfect village called Zuoz, high in the Alps and I was very privileged to be invited. I hope you enjoy following the exercises and would love to see your results so please tag me if you post on social media - I am @lineandwash on Instagram and Twitter – and at the end of this post there is a link to a FREE A3 downloadable worksheet. * Just to let you know that the workshops, opening and closing receptions were all held outside and complied with the Swiss COVID regulations at the time. In this workshop, I hope to explain and share the methods that I use when drawing on location. In the spirit of ‘less is more’ I hope to encourage you to make each mark count by making them accurately and economically. As I strongly believe that there is no particular right or wrong way to draw, the aim of this workshop is to offer you a chance to acquire new techniques that they could be useful in the future. Materials you will need: Ideally it would be great if you can do these exercises from life outside but a view from a window would be fine too. I’ve also included some of my photographs to use as reference if that is easier for you. Exercise One - BOLD BEGINNINGS Often when I sketch, the view in front of me can be busy and complicated and knowing where to start can seem daunting. Starting boldly with big watercolour shapes helps lay the foundations for a successful piece. Choose five things in your view that you can paint as shapes, then spend about two minutes on each. Let the watercolour dry then spend another two minutes each adding some line work to show more of the scene. Here are some of my photographs from the trip to use as inspiration: Exercise Two - LEAVE IT OUT! In my own sketches, I tend to leave a lot of white space on the page, which I find helps contribute to the final image. Often referred to as ‘negative space.’ I prefer to call it ‘positive space!’ It can be a useful technique when you want to focus on a particular area when drawing a busy scene. Here are some examples of how I have used this technique personally. Choose a view that has something in the way, a lamppost, a car or lorry, a tree etc and see if you can draw the scene without actually drawing the thing that is in the way. Spend 15 - 20 minutes on the sketch.Here are some of my photographs from the trip to use as inspiration: Exercise Three - DECORATION AND DETAIL Fineliners and white gel pens are great for adding decoration and detail to drawings, either on the plain paper or over watercolour washes. Choose a something that has a lot of detail (a piece of architecture or a plant maybe) and spend 15 - 20 minutes just concentrating on drawing the patterns and shapes. Here are some of my photographs from the trip to use as inspiration: Exercise Four - DRAWING IT ALL TOGETHER Choose a view that you’d like to spend 30 - 40 minutes drawing and try to use all the techniques we have talked about to make the drawing. A few things to remember: Watercolour dries lighter, so be bold when you start. If it helps, use a pencil to quickly draw your shape before painting. Allowing watercolour shapes to dry will mean crisp edges for the next layer of watercolour or fineliner. There are no mistakes, just happy accidents! Enjoy and have fun! I would love to see what you create so please share on social media, tagging me and using the hashtag #liswatkinsworkshop I've compiled a FREE downloadable A3 worksheet with the main points of the workshop. Download it here and use the instructions below to cut and fold.
Je viens de commencer un stage en ligne avec Marc Taro Holmes sur le croquis en voyage. Ce premier exercice consiste à faire un déroulé continue, c'est à dire faire le dessin avec une ligne continue, en levant le stylo le moins possible du papier. Le dessin se fait directement au stylo, sans croquis préalable au crayon papier. Ensuite, les zones d'ombre sont retravaillées avec un brush pen. I recently started this online workshop with Marc Taro Holmes about travel sketching. The first exercice is about continuous line drawing, that means making your drawing with just one or a few lines, (almost) without lifting your pen from the paper, and no previous pencil drawing. The dark areas have been added afterwards with a brush pen. Dessin à la plume: Fountain pen drawing : Dessin avec le brush pen : Drawing with the brush pen ; Et un mélange de dessin à l'encre et aquarelle pour les exercices suivants : And some mixed media drawings : ink and watercolor : Exercice de peinture négative, sans dessin préliminaire : Negative painting exercice without previous drawing : J'ai fait plusieurs stages sur Craftsy et celui-ci est clairement celui que j'ai préféré ! I did several workshops on Craftsy and this one is surely me favourite !
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You need: tissue paper in several colours wallpaper glue, made with extra water glue brushes white drawing paper A4 sizeLook with the students at pictures of different landscapes: mountains, volcanic landscape, coastal landscape, river landscape, hills, flat landscape. Discuss the differences between those landscapes. Students are going to make a landscape out of tissue paper. They may just tear the sheets, so no scissors! The landscapes have to be constructed from behind, so the front sheets have to be glued at last. While doing it this way, colours can be glued overlapping, which gives more tints. Explain the students to use white tissue paper to make colours lighter. The glaciers on the mountains in the example are created by not glueing the white tissue paper entirely. Dry parts will stay white, wet parts take over the colour that's underneath.
