Expressive Drawing with Jody Graham
Saturday 20 April, 10.00am - 4.00pm
Overview
Date: Sat 20 April 2024
Time: 10.00am – 4.00pm
Embark on an exhilarating artistic adventure in a one-day drawing extravaganza!
Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of creativity and delve into the realms of expressive, gestural, sensitive, and innovative drawing techniques. This isn't just a workshop; it's a high-octane boot camp designed to supercharge your drawing skills and unleash your artistic potential.
Picture this: a day filled with captivating projects, some as brief and beautiful as a fleeting moment, others offering a more profound exploration. Enrol now to ignite your passion for drawing, elevate your skills, and redefine your approach to materials and mark making.
This isn't your ordinary drawing class—it's a journey through the realms of line and tone, a celebration of diverse mark-making and a masterclass in composition. Get ready to push the boundaries of your creativity!
*This workshop is designed for all levels of experience.
Venue
Royal Art Society
25 - 27 Walker St, North Sydney
Free all day parking at the venue and on street
What to Bring
A1 or A2 cartridge paper for drawing exercises
Black art liner pen or similar
2B/4B or 6B pencil & sharpening knife
Handful of pencils/pens/coloured pencils – whatever around your home (4-6 will do)
Charcoal - compressed charcoal (a least few sticks)
Black ink or sepia (Art Spectrum/Matisse or similar, small bottle)
HARD eraser (recommend Sennelier soap eraser & Faber Castell grip eraser)
3 x plastic containers for ink (empty yogurt containers/foil dog food containers, etc)
A few large bulldog clips to attach cartridge pad or paper to board.
Tennis ball, steel wool pad/Masking tape/Roll of paper towel/Disposable gloves
Can of spray fixative.
Optional - Any additional material you would like to bring along such as different supports, such as, paper, boards, collage material, inks, acrylics, pastels and so on.
photo: Graeme Wienand
About Jody
Jody Graham’s practice encompasses drawing, mixed media, sculpture, performance and installation. Materiality and mark making are at the core of Jody’s multidisciplinary art. She relentlessly explores new materials and investigates contemporary drawing techniques. To do this she builds on and then moves beyond conventional drawing processes in search of new methods and tools that connect drawing with the fundamental need to make symbolic marks.
Jody has had sixteen solo exhibitions and exhibits frequently in important group exhibitions.
You can read more about Jody and view her portfolio here:
