Vancouver Island School of Art
MAKING A MARK - June 25, 26, 27 2012 taught by Danielle Hogan.
This workshop focuses on the most basic element of drawing: the linear mark. It explores the variety of ways a mark can be used as a form of expression with a focus on developing a personal mark in drawing. Artists include: Jasper Johns, Brice Marden, Terry Winters, Sol Lewitt, Raymond Pettibone and Dominic McGill. Fionna Banner, Robert Smithson, Louise Bourgeois, Brice Marden, Sol Lewitt .
NATURE & SCIENCE - August 30, 31, September 1 2012 taught by Wendy Welch
Nature has long been a subject of drawing from scientific diagrams to a range of purely observational sketches. Focus in this workshop is on integrating the scientific with the expressive approach towards a natural phenomenon or object. Workshop is comprised of hands-on exercises, critiques and visual presentations of artists doing related work. Artists discussed include: Russell Crotty, Vija Celmins, Ellen Gallagher, Sandra Cinto and Robyn O’Neil.
Inventing a fantastical flower using magazine collage, combining mechanical parts and organic.
Fantastical Botanical Collage - Jill Ehlert
Fantastical Botanical Watercolour based on the collage - Jill Ehlert
Reinveneting & Rearranging the Landscape
Fragmented Landscape Drawing - Jill Ehlert
DIAGRAMS
Invented Nature Cycle Diagram
Invented Life Cycle Diagram
Invented Process Diagram
Spattering tea on the paper, create a process.