SKETCHBOOK LESSONS

  • 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/

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  • 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.        

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  • Weekend Workshops in February 2016

    Weekend Workshops coming up soon; it’s time to sign up. Watercolor weekend February 6 and 7. Composition Workshop February 20 and 21. Love to have you. Limit 6 ea. class. Contact me with any questions: anita@ahldraws.com

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  • 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…

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  • iBirds

    iBirds

      Like monoprint drawing, working on a plate; so many tools available on the iPad.

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  • side by side

      iPad people…wow, what a tool. Side by side renditions; a similar scene, one with the iPad and the other with hot press paper and watercolor. So far, a marvelous tool for me to discover color! It’s about time. Oh, the places I will go in 2016.

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  • @ 30 & complete.

    …’deja vu’ all over again…working through the 30 days of investigation with media; & composition, line, shape, texture, space and discovery of pear(s). It became an exercise about exploration. Beginning in watercolor and processing through different media reinforced concepts and understanding of the ‘pear’. I began looking more carefully.  I recognized the need to simply create,…

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  • 25 days

    25 days

    5 more days; to complete this series…

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  • 16 days.

      Day 16; having a blast.

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  • 9 days, 9 pears

    After 9 days, I have studied many a drawing element: line, shape, value, texture, color?, space…The original intention was to get ‘back on the horse’ and work again with watercolor and find my way through this expressive media. And my plan is to continue in the process, and yes, 21 more days. Stay tuned.

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