Drawing & Design
A 2 day workshop with Artist Kristen Doty
Spend two days on the Black Barn campus learning from Kristen Doty - an artist who works in many mediums including pastels, watercolor, & colored pencil. While the end goal for all artists is to make beautiful work, it relies heavily on a strong composition & overall design to the work. Kristen Doty is an expert at this and can teach you the secrets of success in picture making, regardless of what your preferred media is.
Saturday & Sunday, September 20th & 21st
9:30am-4:00pm each day
$390.00 includes some materials (includes a $40 material fee)
Artist / Teacher Kristen Doty
Kristen Doty is an artist with a passion for drawing, painting and calligraphy. She has taken classes and workshops in the US, Canada and Europe, and continues to study art and techniques through books, magazines, classes, and by viewing originals in galleries and museums.
Her artworks have been in juried exhibitions and published in magazines, including American Art Collector, International Artist Magazine, The Best of Drawing, The Best of Watercolor, and Letter Arts Review; and in books including the Strokes of Genius – The Best of Drawing book series (Vols. 2, 3, & 6); as well as prints, posters, logos, book titles and greeting cards.
Kristen enjoys sharing her passion by teaching for groups at conferences, retreat centers, and various locations. She has taught workshops across the USA and abroad, including Belgium, Canada and Japan.
About your workshop with Kristen
Drawing and design are the foundations of art and inherent in finished drawings or paintings (in any media), printmaking, and calligraphy. This workshop will focus on exercises that strengthen your drawing skills, whether you are a beginner and “can’t draw a stick figure” or an artist wishing to improve existing skills. Everyone (and their artwork) benefits from learning and continuing the practice of drawing. We will also explore design and composition and how these fundamental elements, when applied well, can take your work to the next level. Participants will learn through a series of exercises, demonstrations, and samples, and leave with renewed confidence and enhanced skills in both drawing and design.
Material Fee (included in tuition) includes:
Materials included in material fee are: Fresh fruit/veggie and flower models, a drawing kit (with pen and special pencils, a plexi viewfinder, kneaded eraser and misc. items), artist quality colored and drawing papers, handouts, and other items.
Students should bring:
Supply List:
❑ Sketchbook, spiral bound, minimum size: 9” x 12” (white or off white paper) Recommended: Canson Universal Sketch Pad)
❑ Graphite drawing pencils: HB, 2B, 4B (brand doesn’t really matter, Staedtler Mars Lumograph are nice)
❑ Pencil sharpener (hand held or battery operated)
❑ Pentel Click Eraser (soft white, retractable)
❑ Eraser shield
❑ X-acto knife, or snap off cutter
❑ Ruler about 12" (30.48cm) in length. (Any ruler will do, but a favorite all-purpose ruler is the 2” wide C-Thru clear plastic ruler. They have red marks every 1/8", a centering measure, and some have a bevel on one edge for inking. Quilting rulers are great, too)
❑ Notebook and pen or pencil for note taking
Optional: Please only bring the following items if you already have them.
❑ Mechanical pencil – HB .05mm
❑ Pigma Micron marker (any size 01, 02, etc.)
❑ Staedtler Mars Plastic white rectangular eraser
❑ Desk lamp and extension cord – ONLY if you are driving (extremely helpful portable
swing arm, goose neck or small desk lamp – prefer incandescent or halogen
lightbulb. Fluorescent,“Ott”, or LED are OK. classroom electrical outlets will
determine use).
*Note: Material fee includes additional items provided at the workshop by the instructor: Fresh
fruit/veggie and flower models, a drawing kit (with pen and special pencils, a plexi viewfinder,
kneaded eraser and misc. items), artist quality colored and drawing papers, handouts, and a few
other items.
If you have any questions regarding materials, etc. please do not hesitate to contact Kristen via email: contactkd@kristendoty.com
Here are some examples of Kristen's professional work. Class work will consist of drawing and composition design and will not get into these mediums, but it's important to show that strong design lends itself well to all media!
Pastel by Kristen Doty
Colored Pencil by Kristen Doty
Watercolor by Kristen Doty