F201i Keeping A Sketchbook
Professor Melissa Dunn
A studio is a frame of mind as much as a physical space. It can be a large room or a small sketchbook you carry in your back pocket. No matter what medium you typically work in, a sketchbook practice offers a shift in perspective and plants seeds for future work.
In this 4 week course, artists will experiment with a variety of mediums as was well as rethink what can be called a ’sketchbook’. Although we’ll be working with traditional bound paper sketchbooks, we’ll also explore alternative modes of gathering ideas, like your phone or even a simple box. We’ll also look at the ways in which other artist have used sketchbooks as a tool in their work.
Because visual thinking is an ongoing part of any artistic practice, this course is open to all levels, benefiting both the beginning artist who is trying to hone their artistic voice to the more experienced artist who is looking for a new way through their practice.
We will meet as a group synchronously over Zoom on Tuesday evenings (Tuesday: 16 July, 23 July, 30 July and 06 August) from 6:30 – 8:30pm ET US. We will also utilize studioELL’s online studio so that you can share your weekly progress and have discussions asynchronously with the group.
ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83436649254?pwd=LWWKkXEneJ19rNKIPHE1xY1GYVzME9.1
Meeting ID: 834 3664 9254
Passcode: sketch8006