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Sketchbook Artist Offers Private Lessons at San Diego Winery

September 21, 2009 by Tania Marien

Now at CLASSES NEAR YOU > CALIFORNIA:


Jane LaFazio, Plain Jane Studio

www.plainjanestudio.com
Jane is a mixed media artist and a member of the San Diego Sketchcrawl group. In addition to the sketching classes below, Jane teaches workshops in collage, mixed media, and quilting. A detailed class schedule can be viewed on her website.

  • Private Lessons – Sketching & Watercolor: Journal Style – A 3-hour session of one-on-one instruction at Bernardo Winery in North San Diego. Contact Jane at plainjanestudio@gmail.com to make arrangements. $75.
  • Sketching & Watercolor: Journal Style – Saturday, September 26, 2009; Encinitas, CA. Be inspired to record your life, your trip, or your daily adventures in an illustrated journal as you spend a meditative day drawing and sketching in the healing gardens of the California Center for Creative Renewal. Jane will guide you through basic drawing, inking and watercolor painting. To register, contact Ellen at ellen@arttreats.com or call 760-436-3310. $95 plus $15 materials fee (watercolor paper, ink pen, pencil & watercolor set with Niji Waterbrush).
  • Sketching & Watercolor: Journal Style – November 14, 2009; 9 AM – 4 PM. Spend the day discovering Old Town, with artist Jane LaFazio. Jane, known for her friendly, encouraging teaching style, will demonstrate drawing on location and how to use watercolor paint using a straight-forward, intuitive approach. You’ll choose simple objects, vignettes or vistas to draw and paint, and then journal your impressions onto 5″x7” pages. Everyone has their own drawing style, just like handwriting, and Jane will help you to see and record what you see on paper. Register at the Shepherdess in Old Town San Diego, info@sheperdessbeads.com or 619-297-4110. $120 includes all materials.
  • Bella Italia: Orvieto Sketchbook – May 23-29, 2010. Go to Italy! Spend a week at a bed-and-breakfast with fellow sketchbook artists. Each morning Jane will help you with seeing, drawing, and the application of watercolor paint. This trip includes local sightseeing, wine tasting, a cooking class and shopping at the local market. View all details here.

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