Workshop: Rhythmic Strokes

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Instructor: Jenny Nicholson
Date: Sunday, September 8 from 1-4pm
Class size: 8-12 participants
(Register by Sept 7 at 2pm)

While listening to a variety of music we will explore the connections between music and visual art. We will make small and large studies by experimenting with various tools to create gestural lines, rhythmic strokes and expressive marks. Capturing the essence of musical elements in our own individual interpretation.

First the instructor will present a brief review of works by Paul Klee, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinski, and other artists who have explored the connection between music and art; next students will start creating black and gray studies, followed by color studies. We’ll play with the line that a pencil makes with pressure or a light touch, or the thick and thin swells from a brush, the organic marks of a pine cone or pine needles, and wet paint onto a wet surface.

Students need to bring:

• HB, 3B, 4B or 6B pencils
• ruler
• scissors
• glue stick
• small watercolor set (such as Prang) or tubes of red, yellow and blue; and mixing brush
• mark making tools (such as pointed and flat brushes, pine cone, seashell, wood reed, a bundle of pine needles)
• plus any supplies that you want to experiment with

The supply fee includes watercolor paper, rice paper, handouts, black ink, balsa wood tool, and other mark making tools.

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About the instructor: Jenny Nicholson is a calligrapher and graphic designer and enjoys sharing her love for letterforms and the lively stroke. She is a member of the Del Ray Artisans and the Washington Calligraphers Guild and attends classes at the international calligraphy conference each summer.

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