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Join local artist Laura Raborn for this information-packed, exciting workshop focusing on the art world’s most enduring genre— the portrait.
The focus of this workshop is to use drawings of the human face in playful projects. While we can address anatomical questions and tips, we will not focus the whole time on strict drawing lessons. Instead, we will discover the joy of drawing loosely to create alluring and joyful pieces of art. We start with a crowd favorite: blind contours that always diminish our inner critic and liven up the room. Then we discuss and practice tricks for drawing the face, then we create 2 projects using various materials - such as drawing the face on top if an ethereal layer of ink washes. This class is for all levels.*
Saturday, August 6 from 10AM-4PM.
Cost: $95
*If class minimum is not met by one week before workshop, all enrolled students will be notified and provided with a full refund. Please keep this in mind when planning your supply purchasing.
A full refund is provided for cancellations made a minimum of 8 days before each workshop IF we are able to fill your spot. If the class fills, wait list registration will be available on the website. Those names will be contacted in order of received to fill any openings.
Materials provided:
ink washes, old papers, music sheets, book pages, newspapers, glue
Materials participants should bring:
Vine or willow charcoal stick, pencil, detail paint brush, one medium brush or 1" foam brush, one 18x24” sheet of water color paper (or 4 smaller ones), black paint (small tube or craft paint bottle will suffice)
About Laura:
Laura Raborn’s paintings are exhibited in collections in Arkansas, the U.S. and the Bahamas. Her work has earned numerous awards and has appeared in publications such as “Women Make Arkansas: Conversations with 50 Creatives” by Erin Wood of Et Alia Press. An interview about her most recent work can be found at www.arkansasartscene.com/home/interview-with-artist-laura-raborn.
After receiving a B.A. from Rollins College, Raborn worked in marketing for six years and took evening classes at the Arkansas Arts Center. Later, at UA Little Rock, she earned a Masters in Art while working as a graduate assistant. More recently, she has participated in three prestigious art residencies: the Women’s International Study Center in Santa Fe, NM, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, VA and Breck Create in Breckenridge, CO. Raborn has also recently increased her mixed media workshop teaching in various art schools such as the Ah Haa School in Telluride and Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. Her paintings, workshop listings and gallery representation can be viewed at www.laurarabornart.com.
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