Session Three/June 16-20

Barbara Robinson
Drawing in Pen & Ink

Beginner to Intermediate
Studio
5 Day class (9am-4pm)
Tuition: $275
Materials: $25 Pen, ink, and paper - that's all you need to get started!

Students will be introduced to various techniques and styles, as well as an overview of materials and supplies. Students will work from photography, still life objects, and imagination. Students are encouraged to bring their own reference material, but instructor will provide hundreds of photographs. The class will focus on basic techniques of pen and ink drawing (crosshatching, stippling, contour lines, etc.), with skill developing exercises in each technique. The course will also explore ink wash, adding watercolor to a pen and ink drawing, and the reverse - adding ink to a watercolor. Also, students will experiment with colored ink pens and colored inks.

Barbara Robinson resides in Eureka Springs, Arkansas and is a member of the Holiday Island Art Guild, of which she is the current editor. Barbara is a member of the Artists of Northwest Arkansas and the Founder of the Holiday Island Photography Club. Barbara received a B.A. in Psychology in 1997 from Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has completed workshops with Larry Bridges, Vern Mauk, Karlyn Holman, and others. In addition, she has been a long-student of Denise Ryan of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. In 2006, Barbara won the "Viewer's Choice" award for "Blow'in in the Wind" in the two-dimensional category of the Holiday Island Art Show.