Drawing 101: Color Composition and Exercises
About the Workshop
Make a masterpiece from your junk drawer! Using items you have around the home, you will create some frame-worthy drawings. We will cover basic color theory and composition and try several fun and quick drawing exercises that will produce unexpectedly vibrant outcomes. You need: large sheets of plain paper, markers/crayons/colored pencils.
About the Instructor
Julia Gartrell is an artist and educator based in Durham, NC. She received an MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in art from Kalamazoo College. Her work explores notions of “making do”, material plasticity, and radical approaches to repair.
She has participated in residencies at the Rubenstein Art Center, the Fine Arts Work Center, the Power Plant Gallery at Duke University, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Ox-Bow School of Art, and others. Julia has exhibited nationally and internationally, and currently teaches as adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University.
About the Location
This workshop will meet online via Zoom. See link at top of page.