Virtual Program: Embrace the Sketchbook, with Martha Wakefield WEEK 2

Embrace the Sketchbook, with Martha Wakefield - Two Part Workshop

WEEK 1: Thursday, May 21st, 10:00 – 11:30 AM

WEEK 2: Thursday, May 28th, 10:00 -11:30 AM 

All levels. Maximum of 15 students

This 90 minute 2-part online workshop (via ZOOM) invites artists to discover the importance of maintaining a relationship with a sketchbook.  The sketchbook is a wonderful tool in any studio practice to improve creativity, explore ideas, stay inspired and motivated.  It becomes a visual diary committing to paper those ideas rattling in the brain.  

WEEK ONE:

We will meet online and through discussion, video demonstrations and written instructions, artists will be assigned 3 sketchbook exercises using materials easily found at home.  These exercises will engage artists in the process of playing as it is the beginning stage of creativity allowing more risk taking since a “finished” piece is not the goal here.  

As a result of doing one or all three of the exercises artists are encouraged to photograph their work and send these to as a JPEG (no larger tha 5MB pe file) to Rebecca Schnopp  (rschnopp@cambridgeart.org) and to me at marthawakefield514@gmail.com  Tuesday 4/26 no later than 12 noon.  These images will be put into a slide presentation for the next session.  Please send 1 image per exercise.  Questions about digital image sizing? Click here for our general guide.  

WEEK TWO:

We will meet back in ZOOM on Thursday, May 28th at 10 AM and review the work as sharing the results leads to further ideas,  discovery of new materials and processes.  At the end of the workshop you may find some gems to explore further in your art practice. 

This class will meet online via ZOOM preferably on your computer.  iPad and smartphone can also be used, but you will need to download the Zoom app.   Martha will send an invitation in advance to join the ZOOM class.  Instructions for using Zoom will be sent prior to the first class. 

About Martha Wakefield

Martha Wakefield, artist, instructor and mentor, has been teaching artists of all skill levels at art organizations in the Boston area for many years. Wakefield has created and continues to teach the following workshops: Alchemy of Color I & II, Embrace the Sketchbook, FEED Your Creative Soul and Intro to Cold Wax Medium with Oil. She creates a supportive environment helping artists from understanding the basics of painting to discovering and encouraging their unique voices. 

Wakefield's own work explores the fragility of memory. She is intrigued by how memory morphs from persistent vividness to fleeting passages to total loss. Wakefield has won many awards for her work and is featured in private and corporate collections internationally. She is represented by Powers Gallery in Acton, MA.