"ART FROM THE HEART"
Ways to SEE and BE, the Key to set free your Creativity
A watercolor and drawing workshopJan Thurston
May 29-June 1 , 2008Price: $750
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Not included:Drawing from such great books such as: The Zen of Seeing by Fredrick Frank, Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain, and Drawing on the Artist Within by Betty Edwards, Jan will inspire, challenge, encourage, and surprise you with your own inherent creativity.
To be alive is to be creative. We will not only learn drawing and painting skills but, more importantly we will learn to trust the source.
“What if we believed that only those fortunate enough to have an innate, God-given, genetic gift for reading will be able to learn to read? What if teachers believed that the best way to go about the teaching of reading is simply to supply lots of reading materials for children to handle and manipulate and then wait to see what happens? What if the response to a child who asks, “How do you read this” was “Just be free! Do what comes into your head. Use your imagination and just enjoy it! Reading should be fun!” Betty Edwards
“The brush is an extension of the hand, the hand is an extension of the arm and the arm is an extension of the heart. What is felt in the heart flows down the arm, the hand and the brush and so flows out onto the paper” Oriental teaching
“Once you draw or sketch a subject it will stay in your memory forever. I’m sure that you have had the experience of trying to remember where you were after looking at photos from a vacation. Some of them you’ll not even remember taking. Not so with a sketchbook. It will be etched into your memory forever”. Robert Wade
Harriet, our 4-year-old granddaughter once visited our home while I was away at a workshop. She said, “Nan, where is Bobby?” Nan replied, “He’s in Queensland teaching people how to paint.” Harriet burst out laughing, “Nan, you are just tricking me! People don’t have to learn to paint, it’s so easy!”
The innocence of a child! If only we could retain that belief, wouldn’t it be wonderful? Robert Wade
Jan Thurston, is the founder and director of A Stillpoint in Halibut Cove and Alaska Center for Creative Renewal. She is an artist and spiritual guide and is past two term president of Alaska Watercolor Society and is a member of the Kachemak Bay Watercolor Society. Jan and her husband Jim, live in Halibut Cove Year round with their 18 neighbors.
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