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The best part of travel sketching is capturing lively, bustling street scenes, whether it’s a big city in New York or a small village in Europe.

To do that quickly and accurately it helps to have a grasp of the basics of perspective.

In this class you will work on simple one point perspective with New York as the model.

Next the instructor will look at a village in France, where the rules of perspective have to be tweaked to handle a sloping winding road and a jumble of buildings that are lined up in a row.

Italy will be the final stop. The instructor will show you how to add just enough detail to really capture all the elements that make a scene so compelling.

Using pencil, ink and watercolor we will work on
- Perspective
-Light and Shadow
- Varying Line Weights -Difference in color and shading in background and foreground - What details to focus on, what to simplify and what to leave out entirely.

By the end of the class, you will have all the skills you need to incorporate lively street scenes into your sketchbook, practice, when you travel, or you are in your own neighborhood. What you will learn: -how to use one point perspective and other measuring techniques to draw street scenes -how to add details such as cars, people, trees and lamp posts. -how to add shadows and depth with ink and watercolor -how to use watercolor to show light and texture

Supplies
1. Watercolor paper (140 hot or cold press) or watercolor sketch book - must be specifically for watercolor.
2. Waterproof ink cartridge pens with fine, medium or wide widths ( must be waterproof) OR
- Pigment liner pens in varying widths 03 - 08 OR
- Fiber Castle waterproof artist pens in varying widths
3. Mechanical Pencil and kneaded eraser
4. Posca paint pen white or cream (optional)
5. Watercolor paints - whatever you have 6. Watercolor brushes
7. Paper towels, water container

Date: July 23
Time: 12 pm to 3pm
Cost: $10
Where: Coyote Room

Note: registration is required. A minimum of 4 participants required or the class is cancelled