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THE LEARNING CURVE Winter/Spring 2010 VISUAL ART & WRITING WORKSHOPSField Sketching Around Tucson Sketching is a wonderful practice that can enhance our understanding and experience of a subject: this class offers a unique opportunity to closely study the native landscape of beautiful Tucson as well as some special historic buildings such as the San Pedro Chapel of Ft. Lowell and the San Xavier Mission. Learn how to observe and quickly render the shape, texture and scale of various desert plants and gain confidence in drawing simple architectural perspective while we absorb the beauty of our southwest, emphasizing an eye to hand fluidity of expression. Mastering the rendering of atmospheric perspective through line and value, varied markmaking and methods of combining dry and wet media will offer participants an exciting range of interpretive skills. Emphasis will be on quick, efficient sketching and note-taking techniques. Beginners to Intermediate welcome. When: Thursdays Mar 18 – Apr 8, 9:30am-12:30pm Instructor: A long time resident of Tucson and professional exhibiting artist, Catherine Nash has taught mixed media drawing and painting for over two decades for numerous AZ art institutions such as the AZ Commission on the Arts, the Drawing Studio and the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum Art Institute. Her love of travel and different cultures has inspired her to live, exhibit, research and teach on four continents. Nash is known as a dynamic and effective teacher of the arts to people of all ages: she does so with sensitivity and a good sense of humor! |
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