DRAWING SHELLS

DRAWING FROM SHELLS!

Online Live Class: Thursday 25th July, 18:30 BST

+14 DAYS RECORDING ACCESS

Taught by Jo Blaker

Shells offer us a delightful array of forms, surfaces, textures, colours & patterns to enjoy. This session is intended to bring a little bit of seaside delight into your day - even if you live miles from the sea! Grab your shell collection, your sketchbook & drawing materials & draw along with artist Jo Blaker, as she guides you through a series of playful drawing exercises. We will work with our sketchbooks & draw in a range of ways to stimulate our creativity, enhance our observation & most importantly, help us really enjoy our drawing.

You will need your own sea shells to participate in this activity fully - the kind of shell is not important, however the more interesting the form - the more you have to explore in your drawings.

This workshop will suit all levels & abilities.

YOU WILL NEED

• Your own sea shells
• Sketchbook: mixed media weight paper - if your sketchbook contains quite lightweight paper, you might want to try using card envelopes & packaging paper instead. Loose cartridge paper will also be fine if you prefer to work that way.
• White paint: gesso, poster paint, tempera, or gouache are preferable
• Tool to apply paint - rough bristly paintbrush ideal
• Coloured drawing media such as - soft pastels (aka chalks), pencil crayons, wax crayons, felt tip pens or oil pastels
• Other fine tipped drawing materials such as pencil or fineliner pen

Jo will use some Watersoluble drawing materials such as watercolour pencils or crayons so if you own some of these you may want to have these to hand too.

ABOUT OUR TUTOR

Jo Blaker is a visual artist & educator based in Slaithwaite. Jo holds an MA in Visual Communication from the Royal College of Art & shares the playful creativity at the heart of her practice through workshops at some of West Yorkshire’s leading cultural venues. The influence of natural forms, rhythms and cycles can be seen across her work, from large scale freehand window drawings, to greetings card designs & art works on paper. Jo's practice is rooted in observational drawing, working with a wide range of wet & dry drawing media, often in the elements.

FAQs - Please read these thoroughly so you can be fully prepared for the class:

WHO IS THIS FOR:

This class is suitable for ALL LEVELS.

TICKETS:

We suggest an amount of £20. However, we understand that may not be possible for everybody. Please be honest and pay what you can afford so that we may continue to offer our sessions on this basis whilst also giving our tutors a sustainable wage.

There is also a ticket option to "Pay It Forward" to support us and our students! We offer classes for free to those who can't afford the minimum amount (If this is you please email us to join for free). This continues to ensure our classes are available to everyone!

ONCE BOOKED:

You will receive a confirmation email and be able to access information on how to join the event via your eventbrite "Online Event Page" You can access this by signing into eventbrite or creating an account using the email address that you booked with.

IN THE CLASS:

You can't be seen or heard in our classes, your audio and video are automatically turned off and there's no way these can be turned on. You can talk to us and others in the class in the chat box!

AFTER CLASS:

We love to see your drawings or anything else our classes inspire! You can share them with us by tagging us on instagram (@londondrawinggroup) or emailing us if you don't have socials.

ARE YOU TRYING TO BOOK VIA THE EVENTBRITE PHONE APP?!

We have been in touch with Eventbrite, and they have informed us that currently you cannot book tickets to online events in their app. It's very frustrating and we have been assured they are working on a solution. In the meantime, we recommend that you book tickets to our events outside of the iOS app - either via a web browser or a desktop. If you book our classes regularly we recommend deleting the eventbrite App.

RECORDING ACCESS

W e will email the recording link to everyone who has booked approx 2 hours after the live class finishes. This will be available to watch anytime within 14 days.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL:

hello@londondrawinggroup.com

And that's it!

We're really looking forward to you joining us.

Love,

LDG