The Drawing Experience 2 with an Expressive Twist
w/ Joe Mac Kechnie

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Offered as an online course. All Levels Welcome, Some Experience is Helpful.

5 Wednesdays: July 15, 22, 29, August 5 & 12 / 10am-1pm

Online class with live instruction, demos, Q&A sessions and downloadable instruction sheets. Scroll to the bottom of this page for a video introduction by Joe.

Cost: $250.00

Registration: online

Location: This will be an online class which can be seen through Zoom.us. A link to the Zoom meeting, along with instructions on how to use Zoom will be sent in an email before your class begins.

Description: 
This 5-week series of drawing classes builds upon what was learned in The Drawing Experience Part I.  If you have taken the Part I drawing series or already have good basic drawing skills, you are ready for the advanced techniques of this series.

This is a great new take on Joe’s classic Drawing Experience Part 2. Joe will first teach more complex subject matter such as grid systems, some composition and visual perspectives. While these lessons will include instruction and demo time, students will have more hands-on exercises, as you draw from photographs and your imagination.

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What is “the Twist?” Glad you asked! Joe will guide you in an exploration of expressive and abstraction techniques, to take your drawing level to a fun, creative, exciting place. You’ll delve into different realms of art expression using drawing techniques that can lead to exciting discoveries for you as an artist.

Joe says, “You, the artist, are a unique filter through which life’s experiences are processed.  As a result, responses and expressions emerge that are completely your own.  No matter your style, temperament, or approach, drawing can function as the vehicle for expressing the visible world in terms of your inner emotional, imaginative world.”  Joe will pose weekly challenges that will push your drawing skills to new levels.  He will be using charcoals, inks and creative techniques to move you from being just a good “copier” of nature to producing “artistic” works.  Your finished artworks produced may be “fine art” paintings, ready to hang on a wall!

Supply List:

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Joe says: You have probably heard it many times before; don’t scrimp on the quality of your art materials. If you haven’t yet created that masterpiece, you soon will. If it was done with inexpensive materials, it will be noticed. Also, using inexpensive materials may lead you to believe you can never produce an art piece that looks like the pros. Becoming discouraged is less likely when you do not have to overcome poor-quality materials. Also, exchange ideas with fellow artists. Find an artist whose style you would like to emulate. Ask what equipment they use and why. What is their philosophy and approach to making art? This may influence what equipment you want to use. 

NOTE: If you took Joe’s Drawing 1 class, you should already have the following supplies at the top of the list. If not, here is what you’ll need:

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Erasers

  • Kneaded eraser

  • Gum eraser

  • Vinyl/plastic white erasers (regular block type)

  • Stick eraser (e.g. General Pencil's Factis eraser pen stick)

  • Expo dry erasers for white board (from Office Depot)

Charcoals

  • Soft compressed black charcoal or pastel sticks (e.g. Alphacolor Char-Kole)

  • Soft compressed white charcoal

  • General’s Peel and Sketch charcoal pencils,
    OR Pentalic woodless charcoal set “soft” (Amazon)

  • 1 bag Bob's Soft Vine Charcoal, 1/2" and other varied sizes

Drawing Paper

  • Standard sketch pad paper, 18x24in (such as Canson’s XL or equivalent)

    OR Borden & Riley #20 recycled Sketch 17x14 (Amazon)

Other: 

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  • Accurasee proportional divider (available on Amazon), see image

  • “Perfect Picture 3 n 1 View Finder Value Scale” (Amazon)

  • ArtBin drawing materials storage

  • Drawing board with clips - large, 23" x 26"

  • Golden Archival Varnish Aerosol, matte or gloss finish spray fro charcoals, pastels, graphite

  • Art Guard Barrier cream (Amazon)

  • Soft paper towels (Bounty extra soft or Kleenex)

  • soft make-up type brush (Joe advises you to “steal one from home”)

Additional Supplies for Drawing 2 Classes (not in Drawing 1 supplies):

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Conte Crayon Sticks:

  • Sanguine Natural

  • Bistre (brown)

  • White

  • Black

Inks
Permanent Inks and Pens:

  • Sharpie Extra Fine Point permanent marker

  • Higgins Waterproof Black India Ink, 1oz Bottle

  • Bamboo chopstick

Water-Soluble Pens

  • Speedball Elegant Writer 4-pen Calligraphy Set

Brushes

  • Inexpensive Assorted brush set of 6 or 12 brushes, such as https://www.dickblick.com/items/06280-1269/

Other:

  • Bristol paper 90 to 100 # pad, 11x14 in.

  • Strathmore 400 Series Toned Gray paper, 12x9, 50 sheets, such as https://www.dickblick.com/items/06280-1269/

  • Bic Wite-Out pen (Amazon)

A complete list with shoppable links is available. Click here to view this list, or contact contact ColeArtStudioWorkshops@gmail.com to request the Drawing Experience 2 supply list as an email attachment.