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Accordian Mixed Media Sketchbooks

  • OPAL - Carriage House 720 Chicago Avenue Oak Park, IL, 60302 United States (map)

Tuesdays, 6:30 PM- 9:00 PM

Instructor: Jackie Lakely

Capacity: 10 students

An accordion sketchbook is a wonderful vehicle for exploring one theme, subject, or series, and a fun way to let the pages unfold and tell one continuous story.

In this day-long workshop Jackie will guide you through preparing pages with mixed media tools and techniques, creating unique atmospheres for sketching.

While pages are drying Jackie will give a demo and lesson on mark-making, composition, and sketching confidently and loosely. Throughout the day we will sketch groupings of pages from life and also from photos and our imaginations.

You will leave with a book full of ideas and techniques for you to choose from for future sketching and mixed media artwork. All levels of students are welcome, and some drawing experience is helpful.
Class will take a short 1/2hour lunch break, so please bring a sack lunch.

Fees

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  • Members: $150

  • Non-Members: $180

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Registration and Code of Conduct Policy

MATERIAL LIST

  • If you want to provide your own A4 sketchbook (called Concertina, Octopus, Urban, or Japanese, depending on the maker - Sennelier, Moleskine, Seawhite of Brighton, and Pentalic), but Jackie will provide you a Seawhite Octopus sketchbook for a $20 fee payable to her at the day of the workshp. Jackie will also provide practice paper and all of the mixed media supplies, including photographs, but if you want to bring your own collage pieces and photos, please do!

    Assortment of drawing pencils, darker to lighter

    Eraser if you want to have one handy

    Glue stick

    Xacto knife if you want to cut specific shapes

    Scissors

    PVA glue (Jackie will also have plenty of this on hand to share)

    Drawing pen such as Micron or other fine point permanent marker

    A few watercolors if you have them, watercolor brush

    India ink (Jackie will have ink to share, too, if you don’t have any)

    Gesso

    Acrylic brush to apply gesso

    Spreader/old credit card

    Any regular sketching supplies you like to use that aren’t listed - pens, markers, crayons, etc.

    Any collage pieces or magazine pages you want to use (Jackie will provide a lot for you to choose from, too)

    Any photographs you want to use for sketching a certain subject or theme (Jackie will

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