Registration Deadline Extended: April 5

$40 RAA&M Members
$50 Non-Members

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This two-hour online workshop will explore how sketching can be a practice for deepening mindful awareness of our surroundings, and how mindful awareness can enrich our sketching practice by helping us quiet inner voices. Using natural objects as our subject matter, we will explore ways to focus our attention, learn to see more deeply, and record our observations more carefully.

All skill levels are welcome. The group will be limited to 12 participants, allowing ample time for drawing and individual feedback. Erica will send you an invite with the Zoom link before the meeting.

Subject matter: You’ll need a few natural objects to work from. These could be plants, flowers, leaves, seedpods, shells, rocks, bones - even fruits or vegetables.

Supplies:
• a multipurpose sketchbook or drawing paper (preferably 9 x 12 in. or larger)
• drawing pencils of different hardness (one HB and a 2B or softer)
• 1 or 2 of any kind of fine point pen with black ink
• 1 or 2 charcoal pencils (any hardness - optional)
• pencil sharpener
• 1 gray kneaded eraser
• 1 white plastic eraser

Registration Deadline Extended: February 29

$40 RAA&M Members
$50 Non-Members

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The visual qualities of reflectivity, translucency, and transparency are incredibly compelling, but capturing them in your drawings in a way that is satisfying can be challenging. We will explore the visual clues that tell us what kind of material we are looking at and approaches to rendering those qualities to good effect. In this online workshop, we will discuss a range of examples and have plenty of time for drawing and individualized feedback.

All skill levels are welcome. The group will be limited to 12 participants. Erica will send you an invite with the Zoom link before the meeting.

Supplies:

• a multipurpose sketchbook or drawing paper (preferably 9 x 12 in. or larger)
• drawing pencils of different hardness (one HB and a 2B or softer)
• pencil sharpener
• 1 gray kneaded eraser
• 1 white plastic eraser

Registration Deadline: January 30

$40 RAA&M Members
$50 Non-Members

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Trees are fascinating to draw, with an incredible variety of trunk and branch forms and foliage types. In this online workshop, we will explore how to give volume and depth to trunks and branches and techniques for drawing foliage by “suggesting complexity.” In addition to the presentation, there will be plenty of time for drawing and individualized feedback.

All skill levels are welcome. The group will be limited to 12 participants. Erica will send you an invite with the Zoom link before the meeting.

Supplies:

• a multipurpose sketchbook or drawing paper (preferably 9 x 12 in. or larger)
• drawing pencils of different hardness (one HB and a 2B or softer)
• pencil sharpener
• 1 gray kneaded eraser
• 1 white plastic eraser

Registration Deadline Extended: January 9

$40 RAA&M Members
$50 Non-Members

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Learn to capture the beauty and variety of plant forms with pencil and paper in this online workshop. With a focus on close observation, we will explore a range of techniques for achieving more accurate drawings and delve into contour, foreshortening, and shading to create volume and depth. In addition to the presentation, there will be plenty of time for drawing and individualized feedback.

All skill levels are welcome. The group will be limited to 12 participants. Erica will send you an invite with the Zoom link before the meeting.

Supplies:

• a multipurpose sketchbook or drawing paper (preferably 9 x 12 in. or larger)
• drawing pencils of different hardness (one HB and a 2B or softer)
• pencil sharpener
• 1 gray kneaded eraser
• 1 white plastic eraser

Registration Deadline Extended: October 31

$40 RAA&M Members
$50 Non-Members

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Have you always wanted to draw realistically, but struggle with getting an accurate rendering? You are not alone! Thankfully, there are many techniques to help achieve more accurate shapes, angles, and proportions in your drawing. Join us for an online workshop where we will explore a variety of these techniques. After a presentation, there will be time to experiment, ask questions, and get feedback. A PDF handout will be provided after the workshop.

All skill levels are welcome. The group will be limited to 12 participants. Erica will send you an invite with the Zoom link before the meeting.

Supplies:
• a multipurpose sketchbook or drawing paper (preferably 9 x 12 in. or larger)
• drawing pencils of different hardness (one HB and a 2B or softer)
• pencil sharpener
• 1 gray kneaded eraser
• 1 white plastic eraser

Registration Deadline Extended: November 28

$40 RAA&M Members
$50 Non-Members

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At a basic level, crosshatching is a mark-making technique using lines which cross one another to develop areas of tone. But it’s incredibly versatile: by varying qualities like value, line direction, and scale, you can use the technique to describe so much more than just lights and darks. Join us for an online workshop where we’ll explore the technique through examples, practice, and discussion. A PDF handout will be provided after the workshop.

All skill levels are welcome. The group will be limited to 12 participants. Erica will send you an invite with the Zoom link before the meeting.

Supplies:
• a multipurpose sketchbook or drawing paper (preferably 9 x 12 in. or larger)
• drawing pencils of different hardness (one HB and a 2B or softer)
• pencil sharpener
• 1 gray kneaded eraser
• 1 white plastic eraser

Registration Deadline Extended: October 16

$60 RAA&M Members
$75 Non-Members

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A great way to interact with nature! This class will center around painting birds primarily in nature but also in still life. Differences between species, anatomy, texture, and composition will be discussed. A demo will be presented in the form of a short anatomy/drawing lesson then painting. Concepts will be broken down and will form the basis for practice that can go beyond this class.

Students are welcome to provide their own reference photo. A reference for the class demo will be sent prior to the start of the class so the bird can be drawn out at the start of the painting. Students are welcome to paint along or just take notes. The class will be recorded and made available for one month afterwards. A voluntary individual and group critique is offered by the instructor.

All levels welcome. Space is limited. Katharine will send you an invite with the Zoom link before the meeting.

Materials list:

• Watercolor Paints: Paynes Gray, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Yellow Ochre, Raw Umber, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Sepia, Permanent Sap Green, Cadmium Red Medium, Dioxazine Purple, White Gouache.
• Watercolor paper cold pressed 8x10 or larger - can be pad or sheets taped to a board.

• Brushes of your choice. Round size 2, 4, 6. Flat size 2, 4, 6. Wash brush size 8.

• Pencil, Eraser, Sketchpad. Water bowl, Paper Towels.

• Bird reference (sent with zoom link).

• Optional: Sponge (natural sponge - not cleanser since they can be treated with chemicals). Toothbrush or stipple brush, Scratch pen, Masking fluid.

Registration Deadline Extended: September 26

$40 RAA&M Members
$50 Non-Members

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Keeping a nature journal can be a wonderful way to enhance our explorations of nature. Drawing and writing about our experiences can help us slow down, look more closely, and build a record of our observations. In this online workshop, we will explore techniques for getting started, look at examples, do some hands-on exercises, and have time for Q&A.

All skill levels are welcome. The group will be limited to 12 participants. Erica will send you an invite with the Zoom link before the meeting.

Recommended subject matter: a few easy-to-find natural objects, including interesting shells, leaves, fruits, vegetables, bones, and/or seed pods.

Supplies:
• a multipurpose sketchbook or drawing paper (preferably 9 x 12 in. or larger)
• drawing pencils of different hardness (one HB and a 2B or softer)
• pencil sharpener
• 1 gray kneaded eraser
• 1 white plastic eraser