sketchbook series: quarantine reflections

Image: Gabrielle Reeves

Tue. 02, 09, 16, 23, 30 March
Language: English / Turkish
Led by Gabrielle Reeves

This series takes place online.

The past year has shifted and shrunk our worlds in unexpected ways. Many of us have spent countless hours confined within our homes, lost to virtual over-connectivity, or left to navigate new social extremes, exposed to worrisome instability. This sketchbook series offers a chance to reflect on these experiences creatively. Through a series of reflective prompts, participants will be guided to explore their past year through a visual lens and to compile these reflections into a sketchbook. Each week, Gabrielle will also introduce a new medium and technique for participants to work with.

A sketchbook is a perfect place to capture daily experiences and environments, while also improving drawing and painting skills. In this series, participants will learn the basics of how to start and maintain a personal sketchbook, or continue on with one already begun. We will work on five individual drawing and painting projects, learning how to execute the given prompt with the week’s medium and technique. Classes are open to all levels of students. As this series involves an extensive materials list, participants may also choose to work with mediums that they have on-hand for each class (even a simple pencil and eraser will suffice). Drop-ins are always welcome.

Dates:
Tue. 02 March 19.00 - 21.00 - Prompt 1: Getting started: basics of pencil drawing
Tue. 09 March 19.00 - 21.00 - Prompt 2: Limited palette watercolor or gouache
Tue. 16 March 19.00 - 21.00 - Prompt 3: Basics of pen drawing
Tue. 23March 19.00 - 21.00 - Prompt 4: Pencil or pen with watercolor or gouache
Tue. 30 March 19.00 - 21.00 - Prompt 5: Oil paint on paper

To register or for further inquiry, email info@nadasistanbul.com. 

Gabrielle Reeves is a visual artist from Wyoming. She has exhibited her work in a number of solo exhibitions including at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper WY, the Global Village Museum in Fort Collins CO, the Guray Museum in Cappadocia Turkey, and The Mildred Zahradnicek Gallery at Casper College WY. She has also taken part in numerous group shows including Yeni Hikayeler / New Stories at Istanbul Concept Gallery, Sehir Ezmesi / City Paste at Circuit Istanbul and Plastic Sanatlar / Plastic Arts at Silahtar Caravansaria in Malatya Turkey. She is also a part of several permanent collections including the Nicolaysen Art Museum WY, the Guray Museum in Cappadocia, and the University of Wyoming Campus in Laramie WY. Gabrielle currently lives in Istanbul where she works as a freelance artist.