• May 2016:an Exploration of the Still Life

    May 2016:an Exploration of the Still Life

        Begins Wednesday, May 4th 2016; a wonderful exploration of drawing; awareness and exploration of the hand and eye.

  • a great place for ‘hide and go seek’

    a great place for ‘hide and go seek’

      One arrives in Civita; that bridge! Learning the fabric of the town through sequence views begins to identify so many elements, jewels of a sort: color, texture, scale, style, character, personality, uniqueness… Intermittently, while creating the drawing sequence the other way, I take time to build a drawing from the same base structure as the…

  • the Depictive & the Evocative: CIVITA 2016

    the Depictive & the Evocative: CIVITA 2016

    the Depictive & the Evocative: CIVITA 2016 An Exploratory Drawing Workshop in Italy The Civita Institute in Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy November 3 – November 9, 2016 Instructor: Anita H. Lehmann FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://anitahlehmannteacher.com/civita-workshop/

  • crazy doings

    crazy doings

    Ground Hog Day yesterday, ‘deja vu all over again’. Working with rhythms of nature and rituals of life; new crazy doings. Attention to shape, texture, line, value…color? Stay tuned.        

  • teacher.

    Architects, designers at Bassetti Architects in Seattle. What a great group; smart, creative and attentive; as they made their ‘mark’! What a privilege; always love to talk about the power of drawing and design. To think I had met with Fred Bassetti, 30 years prior, discussing and interviewing him about his use of drawing in…