Atmospheric Landscape with Rollerball Pen - Etchr Studio
3 hour 37 minute recorded class
Learn how to create an inviting landscape full of light and atmosphere using a simple rollerball pen. I will guide you through my approach in this in-depth 3-hour-long class:
Start with some quick pen exercises, and wrap it up with a final piece
Learn how to hold a pen properly (and how that affects your drawing)
Techniques to create tone and texture
The basics of composition and how to place light and shadow
How to utilize the white of the paper.
This class is for beginner to intermediate artists, who are well acquainted with the medium and supplies.
Drawn to the Masters: A Reinterpretation in Pen and Ink (JAN 2023)
A TWO-DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP
January 15 & 22, 2023
Time: 11:30am - 5:30pm EST
Instructor: Luis Colan
In this workshop, artists will use the work of the Masters as inspiration and starting point for a reinterpretation – not merely mimicking, but creating a new composition that reflects their own artistic vision in pen and ink. Traditionally, artists have looked to the Old Masters for inspiration and guidance. As a young artist in high school, instructor Luis Colan began a sketchbook dedicated to graphite copies of artists like Michelangelo, Raphael, and Rubens. His intent was never to be equal to them but rather to gather their knowledge. He hoped to unlock the secrets that would make him a better artist. Years later, Colan continues to look at the Old Masters with admiration and awe, using pen and ink in the search for clues left behind in their work. In this workshop, Colan will lead artists down the same path he himself followed many times.
This course is for anyone who is interested in learning to develop their drawing skills using pen and ink via landscape imagery.
Drawn to Nature: Sketchbook Drawing with Pen and Ink (AUG 2022)
A TWO DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP
August 7 & 14, 2022
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm, 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Instructor: Luis Colan
This workshop was recorded and access to it can be purchased below.
Sketchbooks have been an important tool for artists throughout the centuries. In them many ideas, stories, and experiences have been recorded by simple means such as pencil and pen drawings. In recent years sketchbooks have become desirable objects which can mesmerize audiences with every turn of the page. In this two-day workshop, you will explore and celebrate nature through sketchbook drawing by using three types of pens. You will learn to create inviting scenes full of light by utilizing pen techniques which will give you a variety of line weight and tone. At the end of the workshop, you will become familiar with different pen and ink types, and be able to use the techniques learned here on any subject you choose in the future.
This course is for anyone who is interested in learning to develop their drawing skills using pen and ink via landscape imagery.
