“Flowers in an Orange Vase”, by Evy Okerstrom,
Demonstration for Talk Art June 7, 2025 at the Hub on Canal,
Watercolor, Pen & Ink.
Urban sketching was the topic I spoke about June 7th at the Hub on Canal. I did a demonstration of drawing and painting flowers in an orange vase! The women who attended expressed an interest in the process and asked a lot of good questions. I could tell that they had some experience with watercolor. I told them that I would be having weekly classes on Thursdays at the Hub starting in September. I will have a starting date next month.
June classes at Trinity Lutheran Church continued. We worked on rural landscapes in Cumbria, England. Landscapes come with a different set of challenges. For example the scenery can look much the same especially if there is a lot of green forest. We learned to layer the scene using color for depth.
“Rural Landscape, Cumbria, England”,
Watercolor, & Pen exercise in layering color.
After that, I asked the students for some suggestions on what they would like to work on. Drawing and painting glass was an idea. We spent a class on that. I did a basic overview of the process; with a lamp, showing the effect light has on glass to create the dramatic shadows in paintings. We did an exercise to paint reflected shadows.
A photo of a glass candlestick used for the painting glass exercise
The painting of the candlestick with reflection.
The following 2 weeks, we worked on figures. I did a basic introduction in drawing people, and divided it into 3 parts. The first week was on faces, and drawing each other. The last week, returning to urban sketching, we used our figure drawing skills to add people in cityscapes.
A sketch of my students’ faces.
Classes at Trinity continue on Mondays from 12:30 to 3:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. July classes begin on the 7th. We’ll focus on urban sketching. All levels are welcome.
Thank you for your interest—and Happy 4th of July!