Workshopping
Feb. 9th, 2024 07:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrOur last responsibilities as visiting artists were to each present a two-hour workshop. Denise's was publicized as "Sketchbook Workshop," mine as "Clay Workshop."
Neither was completely accurate. Denise was presenting on making your own sketchbook using artist's paper, card stock and the Coptic Stitch bookbinding technique. I, of course, was teaching brush-making and ceramic decorating techniques. Both were quite full: I had fifteen students, Denise had twenty-five, including my college color theory and watercolor prof. We both also had ten students from the Decorah Iowa High School Art Club.
As usual, I took requests from the audience for the decorating demo. This time's "stump the painter" champions: stingray and harpy eagle. Considering I painted the eagle from memory while the requestor looked for an image on her phone, I think I did pretty well.
Neither was completely accurate. Denise was presenting on making your own sketchbook using artist's paper, card stock and the Coptic Stitch bookbinding technique. I, of course, was teaching brush-making and ceramic decorating techniques. Both were quite full: I had fifteen students, Denise had twenty-five, including my college color theory and watercolor prof. We both also had ten students from the Decorah Iowa High School Art Club.
As usual, I took requests from the audience for the decorating demo. This time's "stump the painter" champions: stingray and harpy eagle. Considering I painted the eagle from memory while the requestor looked for an image on her phone, I think I did pretty well.