September 2014 Line to Color Workshop-Tacoma

Join us for our  “Line to Color Workshop” in beautiful Tacoma, Washington.  We are always amazed at how sketchable this town is, that is why we are taking our workshop to Tacoma.  Have fun sketching and eating dinner at the historic Swiss Pub Friday night.  See Dale Chihuly’s Glass Art and Accordion collection which decorate the oldest watering hole in Tacoma. 

On Saturday sketching workshops will be held in the Museum District on Pacific Avenue.  We want to thank  Tacoma Art Museum who is opening a workshop room for us. Meet up Saturday morning at the Tacoma Art Museum, pass by Union Station and Washington State History Museum to the Museum of Glass and Chihuly Bridge of Glass.  With sweeping views of the Commencement Bay and Mt. Rainier, this is an inspirational location for sketching.

Sunday morning we will meet up in the Theatre District and Antique Mall District to sketch in this historic neighborhood.  Afternoon sketch crawl location to be determined.  

In this intensive workshop, architectural drawing instructors Frank Ching and Gail Wong will walk you through clear steps covering the complete process of making a sketch on location, from the time you draw the first line until you apply the last touch of color. This workshop will occur over a 3 day period meeting at various historic locations in Tacoma and will consist of  dinner with a 1-hour keynote presentation on Friday,  two 4-hour sessions on Saturday, two 2-hour sessions on Sunday and a final 1.5-hour  sketch crawl Sunday afternoon with instructors available for help.

Topics will cover, perspective, composition, process in developing the sketch, approaches to watercolor and value. Ideas introduced in this session will be demonstrated on site and practiced in the following sessions with one on one help from Frank and Gail.

Learning Goals:
The Line:
    1. Selecting a point of view: Detail, Fragment, Building, Setting
    2. Composing the page: Where to start, how to proceed
    3. Establishing spatial depth: Near, middle and far
Moving to Color:
    4. Values the key to spatial depth:  Seeing  and using tonal values to create depth and capture the quality of light.
    5. Strategies to applying color and limiting your palette. 

Workshop Schedule:
    
Friday September 12, 2014
Tacoma University of Washington - Meet in front of The Swiss Pub
1904 Jefferson Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402
5:00 - 5:15 pm Sign in
5:15 - 6:15 pm Keynote Presentation
6:15 - 8:00 pm Meet and Greet Dinner and Draw

Saturday September 13, 2014
Location: Tacoma Art Museum and Museum District
1701 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402
9:30 am - 1:00 pm:
Grp 1: Demo composition, perspective approach, and directed sketching exercises.
Grp 2: Watercolor values, color and watercolor approaches directed exercises
1:00 - 1:30 pm: Review
1:00 - 2:30 pm:  Lunch Break  on your own in Museum District
2:30 - 6:00 pm: Groups switch
6:00 - 6:30 pm: Review

Sunday September 14, 2014
Location:  Theatre District  Meet up at Tully’s Coffee shop
764 Broadway Tacoma, WA
9:00 am -11:00 pm: Line with Frank, Color with Gail
11:00 am - 1:00 pm:  Groups switch
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm:  Lunch
2:00 - 3:30 pm:  Free sketch time with input from Frank and Gail  (Location TBD)
3:30 - 4:00 pm:  Sharing sketchbooks and closing remarks

Maximum number of Participants 24 (minimum 18)
All levels welcome. Please note walking to various sketching sites will be involved and some areas may have a climb.

Workshop Registration and Cost:
Please check with Gail Wong first prior to sending check or paying with Paypal
$225.00 USD via Check  mailed to Gail Wong 2609 East Garfield St. Seattle, WA 98112
or Paypal. Cost includes dinner at The Swiss Pub Co.  (Drinks on your own)   

Contact gail(at)glwarc(dot)com for registration form and supply list.

Cancellation Policy:
In the event of too few registrations, all monies will be refunded less PayPal Fees.
We are only able to provide refunds for cancellations up to September 1, 2014
with a cancellation fee of $35.00.

Registration Workshop Deadline:  August 15, 2014
Accomodations and More about Tacoma
Airbnb Tacoma 
It is easy to get around Tacoma using the Link light rail.  Starting in September $1.00 a ride Tacoma Link Light Rail .

Contact Gail before purchasing with Pay Pal or check.

   

About the Instructors:

Frank Ching is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, having recently retired after over 35 years of teaching. He is the author of numerous     books on architecture and design, all published by John Wiley & Sons. His works have been translated into over sixteen languages and are regarded as classics for their renowned graphic presentations. Awards that Professor Ching has received include the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Design from The Nottingham Trent University; a Citation for Excellence in International Architecture Book     Publishing; an AIA Institute Honor for Collaborative Achievement; and a National Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.  You can see Frank’s work on the Seattle Urban Sketchers blog at http://seattle.urbansketchers.org/ and on his blog at
http://www.frankching.com/wordpress/.

Gail Wong is currently a part-time Lecturer at University of Washington and has     taught design drawing and sketching for 20 years. She was teaching under the     leadership of Frank Ching for 16 years prior to his retirement. She is also a licensed and practicing architect in the State Washington focusing on residential design as well as architectural illustration. She is the blog administrator/coordinator for the Seattle Urban Sketchers and on the Urbansketchers Workshop Committee. Her work is posted on Seattle Urban     Sketchers at http://seattle.urbansketchers.org/ and on her own blog http://glwsketchworks.blogspot.com/.