Drink & Draw Guanajuato Thursday, January 18, 2024 5:00-7:00pm $350mxn includes basic sketch materials (bring your own) Drawing Demo from Meagan Burns Choose One: national beer, house wine or coffee
LOCATION Costal Cultura Cafetera, Terraza Calle San José 4, Alameda, Guanajuato @costalculturacafetera
Monthly gathering, you're welcome to join to create a drawing habit
Join Artist/Educator Meagan Burns in the Continuous Line Storytelling group for this fun 31-day drawing challenge that will catapult your drawing skills if you stick with it!
Whether you're an experienced artist or a beginner, this drawing practice can have a significant impact on your drawing ability. Meagan will offer proven tips and techniques for incorporating continuous line practice into your routine, and guide you towards discovering your own personal style.
Who is Meagan Burns
Meagan Burns artist, educator and workshop creator, originally from Chicago, now living in Guanajuto where she leads drawing classes online and in person to help people move past their drawing fears by practicing Continuous Line Drawing in the fascinating streets of Guanajuato and beyond. Meagan has been a part of the urban sketching community since 2016 and has hosted sketch workshops throughout Mexico in cities such as Oaxaca, San Miguel de Allende, Sayulita, Mexico City, Guanajuato and San Francisco, California. Background is marketing, graphic design and organic meat, now she provides her community with art making opportunities, sketch workshops and community bonding.
In the Continuous Line Storytelling group, Meagan offers tips, techniques, classes, demos and live streams that assist artists in becoming stronger line makers by using the concept of continuous line drawing. Meagan designed a specific curriculum with three powerful benefits: moving past fears, increasing composition comprehension, and building confidence that helps artists of all skill levels enhance their creative expression.
Art Leap Adventures is an art workshop tour business Meagan created in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 2017. Everything moved to Zoom classes during the pandemic, teaching back-to-back sketch classes three times a week in the Zoom Sketch Sessions, as well as Watercolor Drama Watercolor workshops. In-person travel workshops re-started in 2022, with urban sketching workshops and retreats in Oaxaca, Mexico City, Guanajuato and Sayulita, and soon, San Francisco. Stay tuned for more on-location workshops with Meagan.
Copy Paper -- I bind about 50 pages at my local Office Depot so I have a book dedicated to warm ups that is NOT expensive paper. Bic Pen Mid-Quality Sketchbook Paper, such as Canson XL Watercolor 140 lb 9"x12" Ink Pens -- I use Sharpies, Microns, Fountain Pens, such as the Fude Mannen with Platinum Carbon Ink Coloring Tools of your choice: watercolors, crayons, watercolor pencils, markers, whatever you have
What's in My Art Bag: Sailor Fude de Mannen Fountain Pen (or similar of your choice) Sharpies Unibal Signo 207 Impact Bold Pentel Brush Pens Platinum Carbon Ink (to refill fountain and brush pens) Daniel Smith Watercolors INDART Saturated Inks Quality Watercolor Brushes HB Pencil Gum Eraser Water Containers Paper Towels Salt, Scrapers, White Crayon, White Gel Pens
Why Storytelling Matters
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