Strathmore 2012 Online Workshop Series

I wanted to let everyone know that Strathmore's (the company who makes the wonderful paper!) latest workshop series is coming right up.  If you'd like to check out what they're teaching and get signed up, you may even see me as your cl@ssmate.  :)  Head out to their 2012 Online Workshop Series site and see if what they're teaching is something you're interested in.

See you there?

~Jay

Workshop 1: Doodles Unleashed: Mixed Media Techniques

 Instructor: Traci Bautista
Start date: January 1, 2012

Description: Whether you are a beginner or an experienced artist, you will enjoy a creative escape as you combine different media, color, texture, collage, doodling, lettering and more to create your own mixed media paintings. Play with paper in ways you never imagined!

Workshop 2: Watercolor Sketching

 Instructor: Cathy Johnson
Start date: March 1, 2012

Description: Learn how to sketch from life using watercolor, pen and ink and more. Cathy Johnson will share numerous tricks and techniques, covering topics such as ink and watercolor, watercolor pencil, gouache and other mixed media. Learn how to start a sketch with pencil guidelines or jump right in with watercolors. Add interest and meaning to pages using a few select collage elements. Put all of these techniques to work in your nature, travel, urban or journal sketching adventures.

Workshop 3: FORCE Drawing Technique

 Instructor: Michael Mattesi
Start date: May 1, 2012

Description: FORCE spans all forms of art, from animation to illustration, cartooning to fine art. Mike Mattesi, author of the popular and inspiring FORCE drawing books, demonstrates his drawing theory across four compelling videos. During the videos you will learn how to draw FORCE, form and shape. Through this knowledge you will add more life and drama to your work. These three main principles can be applied to occupations in the entertainment industry such as character design, animation, illustration, storyboarding and comic books.