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Embrace the unknown as you explore abstract art from both Eastern and Western perspectives to create your own finished paintings.
Wabi Sabi is the Japanese aesthetic of finding beauty in life’s imperfections. This allows us to let go of the desire for perfection and free ourselves to explore the uncontrolled parts of life. In art, a great example of this is experiencing the magic that happens when ink meets water, or gestural marks that emerge without planning.
Beginning with meditation and centering, your whole body will become involved as you work from the heart to paint the ensō (the Zen practice of drawing a circle). You will work with Asian brushes and ink to make calligraphic lines that express both movement and stillness, and add watercolor accents.
Sherrie Lovler holds a B.A. in Studio Art and has been teaching calligraphy and related arts for several decades. She is well known in the Western calligraphy world, having taught at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, La Romita School of Art in Italy, accredited classes at Northern Arizona University, calligraphy guilds including San Francisco’s Friends of Calligraphy and New York City’s Society of Scribes, and International Calligraphy Conferences.
She is the author, illustrator, and designer of On Softer Ground: Paintings, Poems and Calligraphy, winning a gold medal for Most Outstanding Book Design from Independent Publishers Book (IPPY) Awards. Her latest book, Distant Voices, explores art as a collaboration with nature, memory, and unseen influences.
Website: www.artandpoetry.com
Fee: MarinMOCA Members: $160; Non-members $190
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $15 will be paid to the instructor
Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art; 1210 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael (at B Street)
Materials List
These supplies are recommended. You can substitute other supplies, depending on what you have on hand and what you want to work with. Riley Street in San Rafael has most of these supplies.
Paper:
2 sheets watercolor paper approx. 22x30” cut in half to 4 sheets 22x15”
Arches 90 lb or 140 lb. hot press or similar paper. Can be cold press (rougher) if you like.
Other brands might be smaller in size and that’s okay.
Brushes:
Two inexpensive pointed brushes
One for painting in small areas, such as: Royal & Langnickel Zen Brush – Round, Size 4, Short Handle
(Some stores carry a set of different sizes and styles, which is nice to have.)
One for mixing brush: Size 5 or (this brush should have some “spring” to it) such as “Kingart White Nylon Brush”.
One 2-3” wide foam brush (Your local art supply store or Home Depot)
Paint:
Watercolor: A small tube of red, yellow and blue. If you have gouache instead, that will work too. A nice variation of red, yellow, and blue is Daniel Smith: Pyrrol Orange, New Gamboge, and Indigo.
Small palette for paint (such as a round one with 10 wells)
Misc.
Two containers for water (such as quart size yogurt containers)
Pencil
Ruler – 12” or longer
Paper towels or rags
Scissors
Glue stick
Notebook and pen for notes
Optional: small spray bottle with water
You will have use of my Chinese brushes, but if you wish to buy one, we will be using:
Chinese Calligraphy Brush Yasutomo CC6
Hair length: 2-1/8; Diameter: 1/2:”
(Riley Street Art Supply or dickblick.com).
I will be supplying black ink, walnut ink, extra watercolor, practice paper, handouts, and other items that are included in the materials fee.
I will have extra of most things, so if you don’t have supplies or can’t find them, I will have some.
If you have any questions, please email me: sherrie@artandpoetry.com
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Fees are due at the time of registration. You may cancel up to one week prior to the start of the class and the registration fee, less $25 for processing, will be refunded to you. Should you cancel less than one week before a class/workshop begins you will not receive a refund of any portion of the registration fee.
If MarinMOCA cancels a class/workshop, you will receive a full refund.
Saturday, November 7 | 1:30pm-4:30pm
Instructor: Nate Mahoney
Materials Fee: None