The Path of Drawing: Mindfulness & Technique with Patricia Watwood
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
In this five-day workshop, we will combine concepts of mindfulness with studio projects of drawing, watercolor, visualization and composition to learn skills to build a sustainable practice of creativity that nurtures our individual voice.
Art projects in this studio class will guide participants to find inspiration through collage, intuitive flow exercises, drawing from imagination and the natural world. We will delve into the voice of the Censor, which tries to derail us on our creative path and practice shadow work to integrate the positive and negative emotions we encounter when making art.
One full day will be dedicated to building our chops in realist techniques, using graphite, observational drawings from nature and a live model. Through these drawings, we will explore the state of flow gained with a receptive open mindset.
WHAT TO EXPECT
There are no prerequisites for this class, open to ALL levels.
Participants will develop:
- Strategies and concepts for maintaining a meaningful and regular drawing practice.
- Practices for building a personal source book for ongoing inspiration.
- Skills to manage the emotional challenges of creative work.
Technical skills in drawing will be explored, including:
- Observational & realist drawing techniques
- Figure Drawing: practice drawing volumetric form through light, shadow & gesture
- Compositional strategies and thumbnails for planning larger works
Payment plans available. Email [email protected] with any questions about the course, we look forward to hearing from you!
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Patricia Watwood
Born in 1971, St. Louis, Missouri
Lives in Milford, PA
Patricia Watwood is a visual artist known for her realist drawings, figurative oil paintings and portraits. In addition to her studio work, she authored the book on creative practice and mindfulness, The Path of Drawing, (Monacelli, 2022), and teaches classical painting and drawing.
Her subjects are primarily portraits and figurative narratives, incorporating myth, archetype and symbolism in a classical style. A leading figure in the contemporary figurative atelier movement, she has exhibited at the Beijing World Art Museum, and The European Museum of Modern Art, and is in the collections of The St. Louis University Museum of Art, Seven Bridges Foundation, and The New Britain Museum of American Art. Her commissioned portraits hang in institutions such as St. Louis City Hall, The Rhode Island State Capital, Washington University, and Harvard Art Museums. Her portrait of Ida B. Wells is installed at the Kennedy School of Government and featured in the display on Wells at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Watwood earned her MFA with honors from The New York Academy of Art.
She is a Signature member of the Portrait Society of America, and named a Living Master by the Art Renewal Center. Watwood has served as the First Vice President of the Salmagundi Club of New York.
Website: patriciawatwoodstudio.com
IG @patriciawatwood
FB @patriciawatwood & @patriciawatwoodstudio
LinkedIn @patriciawatwood
CoSM WORKSHOP SETTING
Class sessions will take place in the newly renovated MAGI Art Lab.
Grey House, CoSM's Visionary Victorian guest house, provides accommodations for all participants.Residing onsite together is a part of this immersively creative week, providing maximum interactivity, immersion & enrichment. Accommodations in Grey House are offered in a variety of economies and are additional to the workshop fee.
ACCOMMODATIONS
The Grey House, CoSM’s Visionary Victorian guest house, offers accommodations for all participants. Works of art by Alex Grey, Allyson Grey and accomplished artists of the international Visionary Art community are featured throughout guest rooms and common spaces of Grey House.
In this five-day workshop, we will combine concepts of mindfulness with studio projects of drawing, watercolor, visualization and composition to learn skills to build a sustainable practice of creativity that nurtures our individual voice.
Art projects in this studio class will guide participants to find inspiration through collage, intuitive flow exercises, drawing from imagination and the natural world. We will delve into the voice of the Censor, which tries to derail us on our creative path and practice shadow work to integrate the positive and negative emotions we encounter when making art.
One full day will be dedicated to building our chops in realist techniques, using graphite, observational drawings from nature and a live model. Through these drawings, we will explore the state of flow gained with a receptive open mindset.
WHAT TO EXPECT
There are no prerequisites for this class, open to ALL levels.
Participants will develop:
- Strategies and concepts for maintaining a meaningful and regular drawing practice.
- Practices for building a personal source book for ongoing inspiration.
- Skills to manage the emotional challenges of creative work.
Technical skills in drawing will be explored, including:
- Observational & realist drawing techniques
- Figure Drawing: practice drawing volumetric form through light, shadow & gesture
- Compositional strategies and thumbnails for planning larger works
Payment plans available. Email [email protected] with any questions about the course, we look forward to hearing from you!
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Patricia Watwood
Born in 1971, St. Louis, Missouri
Lives in Milford, PA
Patricia Watwood is a visual artist known for her realist drawings, figurative oil paintings and portraits. In addition to her studio work, she authored the book on creative practice and mindfulness, The Path of Drawing, (Monacelli, 2022), and teaches classical painting and drawing.
Her subjects are primarily portraits and figurative narratives, incorporating myth, archetype and symbolism in a classical style. A leading figure in the contemporary figurative atelier movement, she has exhibited at the Beijing World Art Museum, and The European Museum of Modern Art, and is in the collections of The St. Louis University Museum of Art, Seven Bridges Foundation, and The New Britain Museum of American Art. Her commissioned portraits hang in institutions such as St. Louis City Hall, The Rhode Island State Capital, Washington University, and Harvard Art Museums. Her portrait of Ida B. Wells is installed at the Kennedy School of Government and featured in the display on Wells at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Watwood earned her MFA with honors from The New York Academy of Art.
She is a Signature member of the Portrait Society of America, and named a Living Master by the Art Renewal Center. Watwood has served as the First Vice President of the Salmagundi Club of New York.
Website: patriciawatwoodstudio.com
IG @patriciawatwood
FB @patriciawatwood & @patriciawatwoodstudio
LinkedIn @patriciawatwood
CoSM WORKSHOP SETTING
Class sessions will take place in the newly renovated MAGI Art Lab.
Grey House, CoSM's Visionary Victorian guest house, provides accommodations for all participants.Residing onsite together is a part of this immersively creative week, providing maximum interactivity, immersion & enrichment. Accommodations in Grey House are offered in a variety of economies and are additional to the workshop fee.
ACCOMMODATIONS
The Grey House, CoSM’s Visionary Victorian guest house, offers accommodations for all participants. Works of art by Alex Grey, Allyson Grey and accomplished artists of the international Visionary Art community are featured throughout guest rooms and common spaces of Grey House.
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