Drawing Workshop
WILD NOTEBOOK
Volume I – THE PORTRAIT, there is the essence of a sketched face in the back of the eyes.
Synopsis:
This is an experimental drawing workshop that will appeal to any curious and creative person.
Description:
This drawing workshop is called “Wild Notebook” and consists of many volumes, in-depth analysis of the different practices and graphic art techniques; with a focus also on the subjects represented. The first volume is on the portrait, and takes the subtitle of: “there is the essence of a face sketched in the back of the eyes”.
The core element of the drawing course is the notebook. The “book” structure lends itself very well both to the realization of sketches and written notes, in every place and pose; either a cancellation of fear too often caused by a large blank sheet attached to the easel, Especially for those who feel an insecurity due to the lack of practice.
Professor Mauro Valsecchi: The notebook is a central tool also in my work as visual artist: it is a container for collecting data observed and imagined daily, which then becomes a collection of my interests, mania, obsessions and glances on the world; Over the years I have drawn and written many notebooks to the point that I could consider them my greatest work.
The drawing lesson, lasting 2 hours, is divided in half: a more technical part, academic, linked to the drawing of real copy of objects or human figures, to teach the hand that there are also rules that can be followed. The other part of the lesson is focused on freeing the hand: to wander around on paper like a twine between the cages of the canons, we practice a series of perceptive and sensory exercises, where the graphic gesture takes the playful drift of experimentation but also the pragmatism of a discovery.
This workshop is open to all curious people who want to start expressing themselves with drawing, but also to professional artists who want to discover new creative ways to draw their subjects.
Materials supplied:
1 Paper notebook that will be the basis of all work during the workshop (which you can take home)
Some basic drawing materials will also be provided, such as graphite pencils and soft crayons, pens and charcoal.
Materials required:
If you have an affinity with a specific instrument or a past inclination towards a material suitable for graphic signage, everything is welcome.
Tip: You can bring graphite pencils (I recommend soft tools such as the 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B and 6B), charcoal or fusaggine, colored pencils, crayons (oil, wax or soft), markers: everything that may concern graphic arts in dry technique (any graphic tool where no thinners or water are added to process it and the pigment maintains its original purity) that you can easily find in stationery or at home.
The Workshop is organized by Mauro Valsecchi an Art Gallery Finestreria’s artist
