LITHGOW HERITAGE SKETCHING WALK with artist and designer Kerry O'Donnell.
Use sketches and colour analysis to create personal responses to Lithgow’s rich architectural and industrial heritage with Kerry O'Donnell.
A walking tour for adults, easy to medium grade but you will need to be able to carry your equipment and materials around the site/s.
Workshop starts at 12:00 noon and runs till 3.00pm
Kerry will meet you at Eskbank House Museum Lithgow , for an introductory tour of the house museum with time to make sketches to record your personal responses to the site and displays that take you interest.
· The address is the corner of Inch Street and Bennett Street, Lithgow.
· Museum entry fee included in the workshop cost.
· Free parking is available in the grounds. The entrance is off Bennett Street. Parking for people with disabilities is available close to the Museum entrance via the general car park off Bennett Street.
· The Museum is a 10-minute walk from the Lithgow train station and a 20-to-25-minute walk (1.5km) from the Gang Gang Gallery.
If the weather on the day allows, we will also visit Blast Furnace Park, a 10-minute walk away (650m) to explore, sketch and record this site.
Participants should bring:
· a picnic lunch and refreshments.
· a chair/stool.
· warm gear, hat or rain jacket as required on the day.
· we may also use the camera on your phone
Bring any media you like to use for small sketches, keep it simple. This may include some of the following (available from art and stationery shops):
· Graphite pencil HB, B, 2B etc
· Kneadable eraser or white plastic eraser
· Pencil sharpener
· Waterproof black pen/s such as 0.1, 0.3 or similar for drawing
· COLOURED PENCILS (12 to 24 assorted colours are plenty, better quality will give you better results)
OR
WATERCOLOUR PENCILS WITH AN AQUABRUSH (or watercolour brush & water container) (12 to 24 assorted colours are plenty, better quality will give you better results)
OR
WATER COLOUR PAINTS (student or artist quality depending on your experience, 12 to 24 assorted colours are plenty, good starting sets include Micador For Artists Brilliant Watercolour Discs sets, Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour Half Pan Sketchers Pocket, or similar sets)
For watercolour paints you will also need:
WATER COLOUR BRUSHES (2 or 3 small to medium soft watercolour brushes with round or pointed tips and a medium size soft flat brush is also useful, synthetic watercolour brushes are much less expensive than sable)
WATER COLOUR PALETTE (if your paint set doesn’t come with one, you should bring a water colour palette - ceramic or if plastic wash in soapy water first)
WATER CONTAINER (a wide necked bottle/jar if not using an aqua brush).
· A5 or A4 size (10?) sheets of cartridge or (watercolour paper if using watercolour paints)
· Clip board or board to rest paper or pad on, and if needed a bulldog clip or similar to hold paper on board.
· Carry bag for equipment.
· Lightweight fold-up seat or stool
· Notebook
