Learn 2 Draw in 4 Hours – 1 Day Workshop with Shawn Dell Joyce

What we'll do:

Learn the basics of drawing online from the comfort of your own home! Start with simple forms, seeing and capturing 5 values to shade accurately and create the illusion of realism. Learn how “sight” to get proper perspective and the illusion of depth. Get your own copies of proportion charts and learn how portrait painters to Renaissance kings and queens were able to get accurate likenesses. Draw from direct observation and create beautiful, dimensional sketches! Only materials needed are paper, pencil, and vine charcoal if you have it.

What to bring: Pencil and plain white paper Vine charcoal Apple or piece of fruit Glass or mug

What we'll supply: TBA

Meet Shawn Dell

Shawn Dell Joyce is the founder and former executive director of a nonprofit plein air school in NY called Wallkill River School. She teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country, and is endorsed by Ampersand Pastelbords who supply materials for her demos and workshops. In 2017, she was hired by UArt to do a plein air pastel workshop. She has also worked the plein air event circuit and participated in many prestigious events around the country, bringing home awards for her loose and colorful paintings. She recently placed 1st in the 2018 Inverness Plein Air Festival, 1st in the Quickdraw at Lightchasers in Sarasota, and 3rd in the Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival. She is a signature member of New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times and Plein Air Magazine. She has participated in many national exhibits and plein air festivals, and is represented by galleries in NY and Florida.See more at teachbeach.com/class/392