Join My Drawing Masterclass In Germany!
I am so excited to announce my upcoming class "drawing in the wild"!
This multi-day masterclass will take place April 21 tot April 24 2022, in the German country house Waldecken10.
The website is in Dutch, but if you don't speak Dutch and want to join anyway, I can of course teach in English.
I translated the program and details from the website in English below:
When you draw, you really start to look around you. And everything is interesting when you draw it!
In this three-day workshop you will go on a creative discovery journey through the Eifel, sketchbook in your hand. If you like walking and hiking in nature and you like drawing, this is the weekend for you.
Join me at this unique event!
During this long weekend in the German Eifel, you get away from it all. Everything will evolve around drawing.
I will offer you ideas and teach you tips and tricks that you will enjoy for years to come. Every day we get started with assignments, but we'll also build fires, go out for walks, enjoy good food, and for those who want there is a sauna and a wood-fired hot tub available.
You'll go home completely recharged and full of creative energy, with a sketchbook full of drawings and new ideas.
Details:
The drawing weekend is from Thursday evening April 21 to Sunday afternoon April 24, 2022.
There is room for 9 people. This is because of the number of bedrooms in the country house. There are 3 single rooms and 3 double rooms. The price of a double room is 649 euros. The price of a single room is 749 euros.
This includes:
Daily Workshops
I will be present for three days to refine your drawing techniques with you and the other participants. With exercises, new techniques, drawing demos and challenges.
Breakfast, lunch, dinners
From Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon, all food is provided: breakfast, lunch, dinner and refreshments. Everything is organic.
3 overnight stays from Thursday to Sunday.
Your bed is covered for you. You have to bring your own stuffed animal.
Drinks
Coffee, tea, soda, juices are all on the house. A glass of wine is included with dinner.
Wellness
The country house has a wood-fired hot tub and a Finnish sauna in the rose garden. Both are warm for the weekend!
There is room for 9 people, so be quick to join!
Program:
THURSDAY 21 APRIL 6 PM-11 PM
Doors open, beds are made and a drink is ready. Make sure you have already eaten upon arrival.
FRIDAY 22 APRIL 2022
08 AM – 10 AM/ Breakfast
Wake up with a healthy breakfast.
10 AM– 12:30 PM/ Workshop Form
We'll do some fun exercises to warm up and then we'll get started on observational drawing techniques.
12:30 PM– 2 PM / Lunch
After a morning of hard work, it's time for a home-cooked lunch.
2 PM – 5:30 PM / Zoom in on shape
We go for a walk and continue on the theme of shape. So go with sketchbooks!
6 PM – 11PM/ Relax time
Time to relax. With a glass of wine in the Rose Garden, light a fire on the fire bowl or take a walk in the woods. The wood-fired hot tub is at the right temperature, as is the sauna.
7 PM / Sunset Dinner
The table is set. When the weather is nice, we eat outside, by the fire bowl and the setting sun.
9 PM / Optional: Portrait Party
A drawing party! Sketchbook on your lap, drink there, and draw each other without appearing.
SATURDAY 23 APRIL 2022
8 AM – 10 AM / Breakfast
Wake up with a healthy breakfast.
10 AM – 12:30 PM / Forest workshop: patterns and abstraction.
After the focus on form, we will now discover how to playfully translate the essence of your subject on paper, without going into too much detail.
12:30 PM – 2 PM / Forest lunch
We're going to have lunch in the woods.
2 PM – 4:30 PM / Workshop: Foreground, background and point of view
We're going to look at simple techniques that help you tell your story.
5 PM– 11 PM / Relax time
Time to relax. With a glass of wine in the Rose Garden, light a fire on the fire bowl or take a walk in the woods. The wood-fired hot tub is at the right temperature, as is the sauna.
6 PM / Garden dinner
The table is set. When the weather is nice, we eat outside, by the fire bowl and the setting sun.
8 PM / Optional: Pictionary
The group is divided into two teams for a cheerful evening of communicating in images.
SUNDAY 24 APRIL 2022
8 AM – 10 AM / Breakfast
Wake up with a healthy breakfast.
10 AM – noon / Workshop: Composition and story
We are going to combine what we have learned. With good weather we do this outside, around and around the house. In bad weather we focus on the interior of the house.
noon – 12:30 PM / Show & tell
We look at each other's sketchbooks - you'll be surprised how much you can learn from each other.
1 PM – 2 PM/ End lunch
The last home-cooked lunch, inside or outside, depending on the weather.
3 PM / departure
We are going back to the Netherlands with a sketchbook full of drawings, ideas and inspiration!
