Visual Journaling - One Day Workshop

Saturday, May 12, 2012

“What I have not drawn, I have never really seen.”    ~Frederick Franck

Enjoy playing with your everyday life moments by chronicling them with words, sketches, watercolor, and collage. Slow down the hectic, high-tech pace of life and savor those moments with visual journaling. Splash color on a page…draw your lunch…sketch landscapes from your travels…list your groceries…write and paint your dreams. It all goes in the story of your life, the journal you keep tucked in your pocket or bag. Sometimes words are not enough to describe life’s experiences and feelings—sketches and images allow us to access and express our intuition and creativity, and journaling art is playful and full of joy. This 2-day class will will acquaint you with basic techniques of sketching, pen and ink, watercolor, observation, field notes, reflective writing, using symbols and doodles, page design, and explorations into tools and art media for journaling. All Skill levels welcome. Materials list provided upon registration.

TIME: 10 am—4 pm Bring a brown bag lunch

LOCATION: Montrose, Colorado
Meadowlark Apartments Community Room
2378 Robins Way

COST: Early registration $40.00
After May 1—$45.00
Registration deadline: May 7

TO REGISTER: DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM here                      TO DOWNLOAD PDF FLYER click here

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Maria
                                                                                                 

The Art of the Nature Journal - Weekend Workshop

Nederland, CO

 at Caribou Ranch and Mud Lake Open Space

September 7-9, 2012

Sponsored by Denver Botanic Gardens

Instructor: Maria Hodkins

Come explore the artistic, scientific and reflective pursuit of keeping a nature journal in the field. Delight in the landscape as you observe and record its details. Observing deeply, sketching and noting the features of plants, flowers, birds, animals, sky and land formations will reveal to you insights that you might never discover in the rush of daily life or studio practice. Learn basic techniques in graphite and colored pencil, pen and ink, wash and watercolor. Enjoy classroom and outdoor instruction in attuned observation, writing in reverie, field sketching, and simple watercolor. Whether you are new to the nature journal or an advanced naturalist/artist, you will deepen in your skills and develop an artful daily practice for your life through all of the seasons. Come join in for a romp in wildflower paradise!

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Cliff Notes - Creative Writing Workshop

October 5-7, 2012

Boulder, Utah Heritage Festival

Illustrated Nature Journals with Maria Hodkins

Updates soon and information at boulderheritage.org