with Jackie Lakely
This workshop is for anyone wanting to have fun exploring and experimenting in an accordion
sketchbook format, using many tools and mixed media. Whether you are new to mixed media
or have lots of experience, or if you have a current sketchbook practice or not, if you are
looking for new ways to be inspired, and if you are curious about what an accordion
sketchbook is and how to use it, this is a great opportunity to dive in!
Registration and Fees
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Members: $50.00
Non-Members: $75.00
Advanced Registration Required.
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Registration Code of Conduct Policy
Sketchbooks mean many things to people - study of specific subject matter, a place to
generate ideas for paintings or new series’ of paintings, a journal with drawings, a place to
allow intuitive ideas to flow one into the next, something you take with you everywhere for
spontaneous drawing and note-taking, and in our workshop, a place to play with applying
various mixed media techniques, tools, paint, ink, mediums, glues, paste, and collage, to see
how they combine to create exciting imagery, textures, patterns, and may or may not take the
form of exploring a particular subject. That part will be up to you and how the process inspires
you.
Concepts Jackie will introduce and incorporate include different types of mark making with various
tools, controlled and not controlled, ways to draw expressively, vary scale, utilize positive and
negative space, create value differences, resist, ink washes, apply paint and gesso in expected
and unexpected ways, create visual and tactile texture, use stencils, rubbings, glue collage,
and create our own stamps to make your own patterns and shapes. You will use a limited
palette and mostly black and white plus a few colors, and as we resolve our pages, use the
idea of simplicity and constraint, bringing some areas forward and quieting some areas down.
Jackie will supply each person with a set of accordion sketchbook pages to work with, collage papers, stencils,
stamping materials, along with the more unusual tools and media we will be working with.
If you would like to bring your own sketchbook to add to your surfaces to work on please feel free!
Student Supply List:
Students are required to bring all materials listed in order to participate in the workshop.
-drawing pencils, graphite, charcoal, sharpener, eraser
-regular ink or gel pens, black India ink (waterproof preferably)
-brushes - one for a wash, a few smaller brushes for details and tight areas
-colored pencils, pastels, oil pastels, crayons, and charcoal (if you have these, black, white and
one or two colors)
-paper towels
-palette for paints, gesso and ink (the classroom has some of these for student use, too)
-Black, white and a few other colors of acrylic paint (limited palette)
-Acrylic ink if you have any
-glue stick, liquid paper glue (PVA or regular paper glue like Elmers)
-water container, small spray bottle
-painting knife if you have one, spreader if you have one (credit card, Catalyst, or kitchen
spreader)
-scissors
-Xacto knife if you have one
-any collage papers, tissue papers, napkins, magazine papers, tapes you want to bring
-any extra papers to practice on or take notes on (I will provide typed handouts to everyone to
take home with you as well)
As stated above, Jackie will supply each person with a set of accordion sketchbook pages for you to work with, including
magazine pages, black and white photocopies of images, tissue paper, tapes, textured and
patterned papers, sewing patterns, sticky labels, and materials for you to make your own block
stamps. You are very welcome to bring your own collection of collage papers and ideas for
exploration!
If you have any questions about supplies, feel free to email Jackie at jackielakely@mac.com.