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Rocky Mountain Field Seminars & Educational Adventures 2012

I am very excited to be a part of the Rocky Mountain Field Seminars & Educational Adventures for 2012. I will be teaching a two-day workshop on "Pen & Ink Sketches with Watercolor" in beautiful Rocky Mountain National Park this summer. The course is open for registration and the dates are June 23-24, 2012.

My workshop will focus on capturing your surroundings in a sketchbook using pen and ink techniques combined with watercolor. As we focus on that task we will discuss composition, materials, tools and drawing techniques while sketching in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado!

Please visit www.rmna.org or call 970-586-3262 for more information.

Yellowstone Association Institute Autumn Field Seminars

I am pleased to return to the Yellowstone Association Institute as an instructor this coming autumn. My course "Capturing Fall Colors in Your Travel Sketchbook" is open for registration now. It will be a three-day workshop September 21-23, 2012.

My course will enable you to immerse yourself in the colors and patterns of autumn as you learn travel sketchbook and journaling techniques. You’ll spend most of the time outdoors enjoying site-based lectures, demonstrations, and drawing time. Learn about the best materials for drawing on the move and how to sketch what you see. You’ll explore line and color, pen and ink, and experiment with conveying life and character of the world around you. And you’ll have a crash course in watercolor! Return home with a highly personal, visual journal that will help you remember details of sights and experiences that you might have missed or forgotten otherwise.

Find out more at the Yellowstone Association Institute official website, download a PDF or call 406-848-2400 for more information or to register.

Old Faithful Historic District

A quick sketch looking back on the Old Faithful Historic District from the boardwalk. I will be here and sketching next week while teaching a sketching workshop for the Yellowstone Association Institute. I am told that my class is full and I am looking forward to teaching in one of my favorite places in the world.

Yellowstone Association Institute Summer Workshop

I am honored to be a new instructor this coming July 2011 for the Yellowstone Association Institute. My course is open for registration and will be a three-day workshop (July 24-26, 2011) focusing on Journaling with a Travel Sketchbook.

The course covers choice of materials, sketchbook approaches, drawing helps, pen and ink techniques, line, value, color theory, composition, a crash course in watercolor, and how to get life and character in sketches while documenting your surroundings. If you sign up, you can expect to spend most of the time outdoors enjoying site-based lectures, demonstrations, and drawing time in one of our nation's most beautiful places.

Find out more at the Yellowstone Associations official course page, download a PDF or call 406-848-2400 for more information or to register.

Mail Me Art Medium Without a Message

Last year I participated in the Mail Me Art project along with four of my illustration students. All of the pieces were a part of the London exhibit last summer and I am happy to say that all of us were published in the latest Mail Me Art book! You can check out the project at http://mailmeart.com.

The Art of Rome, Assisi, Florence and Paris

This is another poster design for a upcoming trip to Italy and France. The sketches of St. Peters, Eiffel Tower, and the world are mine. The deadline is this Friday and time is running out!

Draw With Us - Live Music and Models

A poster I designed and illustrated for this month's Wednesday night drawing sessions in September. For the remainder of September, every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 8:30 there will be free drawing sessions for Mesa State College students, faculty or anyone interested in drawing live costumed performers. Come join us!

Field Sketching Workshop at Arches National Park

I will be leading a two-hour field sketching workshop for Arches National Park on June 26, 2010. Check it out If you will be in the area during that weekend. You can contact Arches National Park for all the latest details. (Arches National Park Visitor Information - (435) 719-2299)

Sketchbook Course

My sketchbook course concluded last week. The class was packed with nineteen students and it was a great experience to share techniques and approaches with students. These images are photos of some of the student's sketchbooks.

The students explored media, styles, artists and different approaches in the people, places and things to sketch during the semester. Along the way, we visited several remote locations to sketch, including the local Amtrak station, Main Street, Trader’s Coffee Shop, the Colorado National Monument and Harley Davidson dealership to name just a few.

I am available by invitation to present workshops on keeping a sketchbook. To inquire about a presentation, please contact me by E-mail at sgarner at mesastate dot edu. Please put “Sketchbook Workshop Inquiry” in the subject line.

Travel Journaling on Amtrak's California Zephyr

Last May the Grand Junction Visitor and Convention Center Bureau hosted an Art, Jazz and Wine train (sponsored by Rocky Mountain PBS). I was the feature artist on the train for the event and led the participants in a travel journaling session (activities anyone can pursue in a sketchbook/journal for the artist and non-artist alike) as we traveled through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

I am available by invitation to present workshops on traveling journaling or on keeping a travel sketchbook. To inquire about a presentation, please contact me by E-mail at sgarner at mesastate dot edu. Please put “Travel Journaling Workshop Inquiry” in the subject line.