Sketchbook in Florence and Landscape

This workshop has been conceived for those students who wish to discover (or rediscover) in a week the poetry and the magic of Florence, with its renaissance buildings and its skyline dominated by the cathedral dome, as well as the relaxing atmosphere of the Tuscan countryside, with its vineyards and olive groves. The aim of the course is to help the student to create a sketchbook with unforgettable memories of the historic city and its pastoral surroundings.

The course can be recommended both to Art novices and to experienced artists and professionals who intend to familiarize with the freehand drawing as well as with the perspective sketch.

During outdoor sessions students will learn how to draw and paint landscapes and architectural elements, such as squares, medieval towers, churches and narrow streets. The following techniques can be chosen: pencil, water colour, oil painting and pastel. Practice will concentrate mainly on the use of colour and on the perspective method.

The workshop has a duration of 5 days, from Monday to Friday, for a total amount of 32 hours of tuition, and it includes a one-day excursion by private bus in the countryside of the Chianti hills.

This is a video of the June 2008 workshop in sketchbook and landscape and few pictures from the August 2008 workshop.

Recommended Art material

For the drawing
3 pencils: HB, B2, B4;
an eraser;
a drawing cardboard (25/33 or 50/65 cm);
4 o 5 drawing paper sheets of the same size as the cardboard;
4 drawing pliers.

For the watercolour
A notebook for watercolor;
A box of a six-cake set;
3 pointed brushes for watercolour (small, medium and large).

For the pastel painting
Several white pastel paper sheets;
A twenty-four-colour set of hard pastels;
A fixative spray for pastels.

Art material is not included in the price. Approximate cost: 50 Euro

Optionals
Drawing ink (black or sepia), sanguine chalk, a portable easel.
Working clothes and a small collapsible chair are highly recommended.