Description
This course offers an immersion in the art of sketchbooking: learning to see, observe, capture and represent your impressions quickly and simply, and above all, daring to take on the blank page.
Compose, create and colour your observations: discover how to give shape and life to what you see, playing with lines, colours and textures.
Find your place, your moment: choose a space, a detail that attracts you, try to remember it, sketch an atmosphere - like the evening at the bar or the AKDT show. Travel through the interior and exterior environment of the AKDT: this journey will feed the essence of the pages of your sketchbook.
Throughout the course, progress will be supported by practical exercises:
Basic strokes, lines, shapes, light and shadow,
Exploration of different techniques: pencil, ballpoint pen, pen, stick, watercolour and its mixtures, chromatic strength and coloured greys,
Work on values, composition, framing, fullness and emptiness,
Graphics and writing, with some notions of perspective and expression of space. Each participant will be guided to discover and develop their own personal universe, enrich their vision and give their sketchbook a unique identity.
Level
All publique
Material
If you have your own drawing equipment that you would like to try out, bring it along!
Don't forget: A portable folding chair!
-A rucksack or basket, or any other equipment that allows you to travel light - Equipment that is convenient and lightweight for drawing outdoors (hat, sunglasses, water bottle, etc.)
-A 300g watercolour sketchbook +/- same size (A5 - no more than 30 pages - landscape format!
-One or two thin sketchbooks (inexpensive Seawhite) in A4 or A5, 160g: for exercises
-A cardboard backing or 24/32cm folder and clips (used for drawing outdoors)
-A box of watercolours (your own) containing at least: cerulean blue or cobalt blue - ultramarine blue - emerald green - olive green or bladder green - -Neutral black or Payne's grey - carmine red or alizarin crimson - cadmium red - lemon yellow - cadmium yellow - yellow ochre - burnt sienna - (Perfect for beginners, painting while travelling: Winsor & Newton Cotman Pocket Box (12 pieces).
-Synthetic or “petit gris” watercolour brushes: one fine and one thick, depending on your budget (medium-sized round brush (equivalent to a diameter of 6 to 10 mm)
-A watertight container for transporting water - Cloths
If you have coloured pencils and/or markers, bring them along and we'll try them out!
-HB and 2B pencils - eraser - pencil sharpener
-Felt-tip marker: permanent pigmented black, 0.5 mm thickness
-Fine-tip black or blue ballpoint pen
-Glue stick - Sticky tape - Craft knife - Container and lid, rags, etc.
Any questions ?
If you have any questions, please refer to : the practical information.




