Piramidal Gráfica
Guanajuato, GTO México
Jim Hibbard Jenny Hibbard Hugo Anaya Barba
Past workshop: The adventure of drawing
Traveling with your eyes, in the language of line, value, and color
"There is another world but it is in this one" Paul Eluard
"Enchantment is destroyed by vagueness, and mystery exists only in precise things" Jean Cocteau
Location: Based at Piramidal Gráfica; include visits to nearby churches and museums and a one day field trip by bus to San Miguel de Allende.
Course Description:
This class is designed for beginning to intermediate levels. This class centers on drawing as a powerful expressive practice and organizational tool. Drawing is a foundation of visual thinking that builds your focus and flexibility of perception. In this class you will develop creative strategies applicable in many other fields and learn ways of setting the stage for inspiration.
The projects: Develop a sketchbook log, draw postcards, develop pieces with an individual focus, and finish by creating a monoprint on an etching press. Learn techniques that allow you to savor your travels. Experiment with a variety of mediums building skills such as: gesture, line, shape, value and spatial relationships.
Rachel's teaching style includes a deep love of drawing and a respect for each person's goals and level of experience. The sessions incorporate demonstrations, slide lectures, and critiques. Rachel has 11 years of experience teaching drawing, painting and design at the university level and has lectured and conducted mural and printmaking workshops in Chicago, Illinois and Portland and Eugene, Oregon
Materials:
Participants bring:
Sketchbook: thick (90 bl.) all-media paper with a fairly smooth texture. Approximately 6''x 8.5'' is good--any smaller and it is harder to draw; too much bigger and it is hard to tote around.
Graphite pencils: HB, 2B, 6B and if you like, a graphite stick
Water-soluble colored pencils; 12 to 48 pencil sets are wonderful
Brushes: 2 or more watercolor round brushes #5 and #9. Try a flat one if you like as well
2 Erasers: Mars white rubber eraser and a kneaded eraser
Papers:
2 sheets of Rives BFK
4 sheets of Strathmore bristol and 2 or so sheets of Arches cold press watercolor paper will serve well for both drawing and painting
TWO WORKSHOPS AT PARIMIDAL GRAFICA, November 2005
Workshop #1: November 14--November 21, 2005
Workshop#2: November 21--November 27, 2005
This project is a collaboration between la Casa de Espiritus Alegres B&B and the Piramidal Gráfica Art Center.
These seven-day workshops take place at Piramidal Gráfica and will include lunch, visits to nearby churches and museums and a one day field trip by coach to San Miguel de Allende.
Seven day course: $1,100.00US per participant, with a $500.00US deposit in advance to secure registration and the rest upon arrival by cash, check, or credit card
Package includes: Workshop, double occupancy accommodation at the famous La Casa de Espiritus Alegres B&B or at its new downtown branch, Alma del Sol B&B; three gourmet meals a day, museum admissions, transportation, and field trips. including a full day visit by coach to the city of San Miguel de Allende
(For Single Supplement, add $350.00US)
Leon International Airport (BJX) is nearby. The average time to and from Guanajuato is 25-30 minutes. The average taxi fare for one way trip is about $35.00US.
PLEASE NOTE: BECAUSE GUANAJUATO IS A HILL TOWN HIGH IN THE SIERRA MADRE, PARTICIPANTS MUST BE WELL AND ABLE TO WALK AND CLIMB STAIRWAYS.
Not included: airfare and transportation to and from airport.
RESERVATIONS: Call or fax to Mexico, from US or Canada: 011 (52) 473 732 1013
