Triton Online 2025: Explorations in Drawing

Join us for our 5th year of the Triton Online Series, and for Jeff Bramschreiber’s 25th year of teaching for the museum! Explore different drawing media (and combinations of media) on a variety of paper supports. The subjects of these drawings are also varied and challenging, chosen to match up with a specific medium and many by student requests. For the first time, students will be able to select six, eight or ten week sessions, so don’t miss it! ALL levels welcome.

Schedule:

Week 1: 1/17 - Komodo Dragons (Water Soluble Graphite, Pen and Ink)

Week 2: 1/24 - African Lions (Colored Pencils)

Week 3: 1/31 - Rocky Coast (Pastel Pencils and Alcohol)

Week 4: 2/7 - Mountain Lions (Charcoal and Graphite)

Week 5: 2/14 - Sunfish- (Watercolor Pencil, Pen and Ink)

Week 6: 2/21 - Ice Plant (Felt Pen, Pastel Pencil)

Week 7: 2/28 - The Eldar (Charcoal portrait)

Week 8: 3/7 - Locusts (Pen and Ink, Colored Pencils)

Week 9: 3/14 - Banana and Plantains (Colored pencils)

Week 10: 3/21 - Classical Statues (Charcoal and Graphite)

Recommended Materials:

• 11”x14” Heavy Duty Drawing Paper Pad
• 9”x12” or 11”x14” 140 lb. Cold or Hot Press Watercolor Pad or Block
• 9”x12” or 11”x14” Vellum Bristol Board Pad
• 9”x12” or 11”x14” Mi Teintes Pastel Paper Pad
• 5mm Mechanical Pencil with HB Lead or HB Pencils with Sharpener
• Water-soluble Graphite Pencils (Generals Sketch Wash, Derwent, or Graphitint)
• HB, 2B, 4B, 6B Charcoal Pencils or a box of Medium, Soft, or Extra Soft Vine or Willow Charcoal
• Pentel or Pigma Micron Black Ink Pens (Small Sizes)
• 24 count Colored Pencils (Polychromos or Prismacolor)
• 24 count Pastel Pencils (Pitt, CarbOthello)
• Tombow Brush Tip Watercolor Pens in Landscape Colors, Bright Yellow and Bright Pink, and Light Purple.
• White Vinyl Eraser and Tombow Mono Zero Eraser
• Extra-Large Kneaded Eraser
• Electric AFMAT Eraser (optional)
• White All-Stabilo Pencils
• #1 or #2 Round Watercolor Brush

For a visual list of preferred materials on Amazon, email Jeff at [email protected]

Questions? Please contact [email protected]

Jeff Bramschreiber has been drawing and painting for over forty years, and while he is primarily a pastelist, he also frequently works in acrylic, watercolor, silverpoint, most dry media and even airbrush. His artworks hang in private collections throughout the United States and Europe and have received many awards.

A local art advocate, he has served as an art club president, (East Valley Artists and Santa Clara Art Association), as a juror with nearly fifty shows to his credit, as treasurer and lecturer for Silicon Valley Open Studios, as a demonstrator and lecturer for many of the Bay Area art clubs, colleges and museums.

Jeff also worked at University Art San Jose for 21 years before its closing in 2018 as an assistant Manager, Frame Designer, and Community Art Liaison. Mr. Bramschreiber has also helped coordinate, organize, and participate in numerous local art shows, group shows and events throughout his career.

Currently he is an exhibiting and “live paint” artist at Kaleid Gallery in Downtown San Jose; Jeff is also an art instructor for the Triton Museum of Art, The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, and The Villages Arts and Crafts Association.

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