Online classes begin in May

Classes to migrate to online in May

Hope all of you are feeling okay and taking every precaution to stay well. I even made my own face mask (with felt liner) when they flew off the shelves.

Since we had our house up for sale (not anymore though) with plans to move out of the area, I was going to go online to teach my classes and workshops.  During the past month, I’ve been working with a core group of students who volunteered to help me toward this effort. Because of the virus, we decided to stop meeting in person and use Zoom to hold our classes. We had our first this Wednesday and it worked seamlessly. In fact, there seemed to be no difference in our social interaction and it became a nice break for everyone.

The plan
Right now we are up and running in the Wednesday class. I will be re-opening the Tuesday class in May. We will meet (via Zoom)  from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., study all forms of drawing (except charcoal) for $90 per five-week session or $18 a class. There is a minimum of four students and a max of 10, a limit to the US (International can come later) and eventually an offer for more drawing and painting classes on different days of the week. Workshops will follow.I want the classes to be smaller at first and then increase in size later.

·        The classes
All the classes and workshops will be taught in real time, totally live, no recordings. Here is my tentative format:

•  Everyone joins the meeting via Zoom (it doesn’t cost you to use Zoom)
• Meeting and  greeting--waiting for the whole group 
• Class is called to order
• Review of last week’s assignment
• Introduction of the drawing technique and subject
• Demonstration of both if necessary
• About two hours of drawing with my help. Questions and advice can be asked here.
• Show your work  with possible critique (if you want).
• Next week’s subject will be discussed 
• Photos are uploaded on my cloud for you to download—but you are encouraged to do the project in class. Most people don’t finish all their work in class anyway, so that’s usually the homework.

Why not start the online classes immediately? Maybe?
I still have some things to accomplish and don’t want to offer something to my students that hasn’t been totally thought out. However, if I have enough people interested, I can always be persuaded to try it earlier than May. Let me know: jjgoodell@gmail.com.

Here’s a sample.Along with me seeing you and you seeing me, I am able to give you a very good demonstration(s) in class. Here’s one I have recorded.

https://youtu.be/sH0SX1rzNQ8

Want to learn more? 

Contact me through email: jjgoodell@gmail.com

Holiday art idea and workshop

Glastonbury Studios

Reminder! Pen and Ink workshop with colored inks and Brusho is scheduled for this Saturday, December 7th. Just in time for the holidays! Learn pen and ink techniques using India ink colored ink and Brusho. All the supplies are included along with lunch! Great for gift cards, illustrations and journals. 10 am to 4 pm. Contact Jill at jjgoodell@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting me throughout the years. I especially want to thank those long-time students who have been with me for over 10 years. Sometimes, I have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. You have all made this the best 14 years of my life. I hope you all will strive to continue fine-tuning your basic skills. Since we are celebrating the holidays, I thought I'd give you a simple lesson on how to make a Christmas tree in less than 15 minutes. A few years ago, I sent this card out to my friends and family. It's simple, fast and festive. Back then, I used watercolor, but today I'm going to use Tombow Dual Brush pens. Notice that on the left side, the pen has a brush and on the right a bullet tip of the same color. These are highly versatile, water-based pens. You can paint with them as well as illustrate. Be careful though because they are water-based, which means you can experience smearing if you used a wet brush on top. Another pen brush that I use is the Faber-Castel Pitt Artist Brush Pens. These do not have the same large brush, but can serve as a pen as well as a brush. They are not dual. Recently, they have brought out the Big brush. I haven't personally used it, but the brush does look considerably larger. The biggest advantage of using Pitt is the pen is permanent, using Indian ink. So when the ink is down and dry, there's no smearing. So lets begin with the first marking. Again, I am using the Tombow Dual Brush in this exercise. Step one Create the base tree. Here I am using Tombow 177 on watercolor paper, hot press (smooth) paper .Now understand this is a free-style drawing, so one tree will be different from another. Notice to the right I am showing the marks I made, along with a zig-zag. Step two Now I added color #493.   Step three I added #N60 (lt. purple) and #158 (lt. green)  Step four and final Using the bullet tip #N23 (black), I added some details (I actually used an ink pen #01 but it wasn't bold enough). The trunk was #879 and undergrowth  was #177. Finally, I placed red balls, using a red paint pen. In my original I used glitter paint, but no longer have it.     As in real life, no Christmas tree is the same when drawing free-style. But that's the fun part. By the way, for those who want to know the type face I used, it is Papyrus. I hope this holiday season will bring you all the joy and happiness you deserve! Keep Playing with Art! Questions or comments please go to: jjgoodell@gmail.com