Ask nearly any artist “what is the most important thing to have with you at all times?” They’ll say a sketchbook. It’s a place for ideas, notes, and practice. It’s also a place where we can explore and try new things without pressure. A sketchbook page doesn’t have to be a masterpiece, it’s just a sketch, a piece of an idea. There’s no expectation of perfection, and it can be shared, or as private as a diary.
I met with Pfeiffer a while back to talk about his class ideas, and he brought a pile of his sketchbooks from when he was a teenager. They were worked hard, each page warped and crinkled from layers of wet media, scraps, scribbled notes. Book after book after book filled with sketches! They were colorful lasagna time capsules. Below are a few selected pages he was willing to share.
Sketchbook Project
The League is starting a sketchbook project to carry us through quarantine times. We’ll send out details soon!
Online art classes with Keith Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer is teaching a mini sketchbook class. We got cheeky and called it “Advanced Doodling.” See below.
Digital Painting, Wednesday, April 1, 7:00-8:30. $5 Quickie
Beginning Figure Drawing, 3 Wednesdays starting April 8, 1:30-3:30. $65
—> Advanced Doodling, 2 Thursdays starting April 9, 6:30-8:30. $35
Digital Landscape Painting, 3 Wednesdays starting May 6, 10:00-1:00. $95
Digital Portrait Painting, 4 Saturdays starting May 9, 10:00-1:00. $95
Here’s an idea for something to draw: throw your jacket on a chair. Now you have a still life, a portrait, and a landscape. *Quoted from Charity Baker’s “Museum Crawl” class featuring Cezanne’s show of drawings in NY
[image_with_animation image_url=”8694″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] This spring, my Friday nights are going to be in an Unconventional Portraits class. These Friday night classes have become my night to do whatever I think would be the most fun thing to do. This quarter I got most excited thinking about Unconventional Portraits. This is not a realist class …
Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens. FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION This word has 29 letters, and …
Building walls for our Big League Art Show. Opens 1st Thursday April 5th at Galvanize. #artandbeer #firstthursday #seattleartistleague A post shared by Seattle Artist League (@seattleartistleague) on Mar 28, 2018 at 11:23am PDT Our Instagram feed is back online! Please help us grow by clicking here to follow all our pretty pictures.
Keith Pfeiffer: Sketchbooks
Ask nearly any artist “what is the most important thing to have with you at all times?” They’ll say a sketchbook. It’s a place for ideas, notes, and practice. It’s also a place where we can explore and try new things without pressure. A sketchbook page doesn’t have to be a masterpiece, it’s just a sketch, a piece of an idea. There’s no expectation of perfection, and it can be shared, or as private as a diary.
I met with Pfeiffer a while back to talk about his class ideas, and he brought a pile of his sketchbooks from when he was a teenager. They were worked hard, each page warped and crinkled from layers of wet media, scraps, scribbled notes. Book after book after book filled with sketches! They were colorful lasagna time capsules. Below are a few selected pages he was willing to share.
Sketchbook Project
The League is starting a sketchbook project to carry us through quarantine times. We’ll send out details soon!
Online art classes with Keith Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer is teaching a mini sketchbook class. We got cheeky and called it “Advanced Doodling.” See below.
Digital Painting, Wednesday, April 1, 7:00-8:30. $5 Quickie
Beginning Figure Drawing, 3 Wednesdays starting April 8, 1:30-3:30. $65
—> Advanced Doodling, 2 Thursdays starting April 9, 6:30-8:30. $35
Digital Landscape Painting, 3 Wednesdays starting May 6, 10:00-1:00. $95
Digital Portrait Painting, 4 Saturdays starting May 9, 10:00-1:00. $95
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