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Where Art & Community Meet
Travel Journal Sketching Workshop
Instructor: Darsie Beck
Class Description:
In this class, you will:
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Learn how to create your own travel sketch journal.
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Enhance your travel experience with memory-creating sketches.
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Learn the centering qualities of sketching and the practice of daily journal-keeping.
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Learn to work easily with watercolor pencils, watercolors, micron pens and water-brush.
Date and Time:
Thursday, February 12th & Friday, February 13th
Day 1 - 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM at Swiftwater Gallery
Day 2 - 10:00 AM – Belfry at Presbyterian Church; Noon-3:00 PM at Swiftwater Gallery
Class Fees:
$200 per student, paid to Swiftwater Gallery.
Materials List:
Students will need to purchase in advance of class watercolor pencils, a 5x8 watercolor journal, and a medium-tip water brush. The instructor will supply a specific list of materials and where to purchase them about two weeks prior to class.
Experience Level: All levels welcome
Class Size: Minimum - 5; Maximum - 8
About the Instructor:
Darsie Beck is a self-taught watercolor and acrylic maritime and landscape painter. “I am an Urban Sketcher affiliated with the Tacoma and Seattle chapters and a founding member of the Port Townsend Urban Sketcher Chapter. I have taught this workshop on island at waterworks studio, VCA, and Gather, Port Townsend School of the Arts, WSU Pullman, Rick Steves Europe Through the Back Door in Edmonds, Northwest Maritime Center, Centrum and Northwind Art School in Port Townsend and scheduled to teach at the Grover Gallery in Port Townsend in September. From 2001 to 2008 I facilitated Julia Cameron’s Artists Way workshops on island at waterworks studio. I have traveled extensively and recorded where I have been and what inspired me to sketch in my journals. I began sketching in earnest in 1974. “
* Class Policies:
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Registration closes one week prior to the class start date.
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If the one-week deadline has passed, additional students may be accepted at the discretion of the instructor.
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Class participation cancellations:
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Up to 7 days in advance - 100% refund of instructor fees paid to Swiftwater Gallery.
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2-6 days in advance - 50% refund of instructor fees paid to Swiftwater Gallery. (Because instructors often purchase materials in advance of a class, the materials cost may be deducted from the refund.)
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Less than 2 days in advance - No refund. Special circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Swiftwater Gallery Board.
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Cancellation by Swiftwater Gallery:
A workshop will be cancelled if it does not have the required minimum number of registered and paid students within seven days of the workshop date. (On occasion, an instructor may choose to hold class for fewer than the minimum number of students.) A full refund will be given to the paid students if the class is canceled by Swiftwater Gallery.
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Cancellation due to weather or instructor illness:
A class may be rescheduled at the discretion of the instructor, or full refund will be given.
In the event the instructor cancels the class due to lack of registration, a full refund will be issued.