Drawing as Seeing and the Acceptance of Chaos

2185 SW Park Place, Portland OR

14 April, 2022

Description

Drawing is a way of seeing, a way of understanding, and an exercise. This black and white drawing workshop will focus on observational techniques using the beautiful and chaotic material: sumi ink. The ink is an excellent tool to capture light and shapes. The sumi ink produces rich, deep, shiny blacks that are easy to swoon over. During this workshop students will complete warm up drawings each session followed by longer exercises. Students will also create one to two full sheet compositions in the final weeks. We will cover techniques for recording scale, light, patterns and shapes while practicing our understanding and mastery of the sumi ink medium.