Travel Sketching workshop with John Mathieson

One of our members was lucky enough to attend a workshop by John Mathieson run by the Victorian Calligraphy Society. The workshop was entitled Travel Sketching.  It is a workshop that proved to be very complimentary to calligraphy. 

In April I had the opportunity to participate in a 3-day workshop in Melbourne (organised by the Calligraphy Society of Victoria) learning about Travel Sketching for use when keeping a travel diary.  The workshop was presented by John Mathieson, a South Australian artist who teaches drawing and watercolour classes across Australia and New Zealand.
 
The aim of the workshop was to learn the essential skills for sketching in pen and watercolour so we could quickly and easily record holiday experiences while travelling.  What a delight!!!  We learnt about perspective, horizon lines, shadows and reflection as well as sketching people, chooks and sheeps. We sketched and painted a variety of photos presented to us and I was totally astounded to discover I had skills I never knew existed within me.
 
John was a fabulous teacher who encouraged and supported our efforts and certainly made us laugh all through my adventure into the world of travel diary sketching.  

Narelle Jones