Description

Learn to harness the impermanent qualities of water-soluble media (that is, materials that react in contact with water) to highlight a sketch’s focal point. By adding water to a drawing made with common materials such as markers or fountain pen ink, we soften a background or supporting details to heighten interest in our main subject. Discover the secret abilities of your drawing tools to create unique, unpredictable tonal textures!

Following the tenets of wabi-sabi — the Japanese aesthetic philosophy of appreciating the inherent beauty of imperfections — we will learn how to embrace it in our sketches, whilst keeping a strong foundation with dark and light values.

By the end of the workshop, students will have an appreciation for how giving up control can create interesting, playful, and clear sketches, and enjoy using new techniques with materials they already carry with them.