Urban Sketching in quaint Bavaria
08.07.2024 - 12.07.2024
Berchtesgadener Land
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Ian Fennelly
landscape,
urban sketching
1529 EUR
Explore Bavaria's loveliest and most tranquil sides and discover the magic of "Berchtesgaden" with pen and watercolour! Professional urban sketcher Ian Fennelly will show you techniques and methods that help you to create your own lively and atmospheric sketches. Learn to find your individual style and fill your sketchbook step by step. Inspired by the charm of the picturesque scenery you will be able to capture your favourite travel memories with brush and pen.
Welcome to "Schönau am Königssee", a Berchtesgaden holiday region that looks like it's straight out of a picture book. "Schönau" has the German word for "beautiful" in it, and that's its perfect description - clear lakes, high mountains, breathtaking landscapes, unique buildings, a quaint-village-atmosphere and a diverse world of flora and fauna make up the municipality. Fairytale views in real life! Flourishing with atmospheric beauty, the environment here is without a doubt a perfect destination for Urban Sketching.
Ian will teach you about the composition and the structure of the sketch, how to recognise clear perspective, and how to train your eye to see what is important for your work and reduce it to the essential elements. All of this and so much more will be taught and developed in many drawing and sketching sessions together. The course aims to deepen your skills in sketching, drawing, and water colouring, exchange views, capture atmospheric scenery, and have fun.
Learning goals:
- train the eye to see shapes, value, and color in outdoor scenes
- become comfortable sketching in public
- learn to draw standing up
- become an urban sketcher and start reaping the benefits of seeing the world in a new way
All teaching sessions and demonstrations will take place in town, mostly pleinair. Ian will choose the most suitable and inspiring subjects to draw. Each session will cater for varying standards of ability and confidence, and you will be stimulated throughout the workshops by stories and little demo sketches to make the experience more rewarding and stimulating.
Accommodation:
You will find hospitality in the “Explorer Hotel Berchtesgaden”. The hotel, which was awarded for its climate friendliness, was built as a passive house and is located in Schönau am Königssee. In addition to an extensive wellness area, it features a lounge with a bar and rooms with a fresh design. The large seminar room for our courses is on the second floor. Not only from there you have a wide view of the impressive landscape. Although it is 3.5 km to Berchtesgaden, the Königsee can be easily reached on foot within 20 minutes (1.6 km). Have a look here:https://www.explorer-hotels.co...
Target group: (all levels) This course is meant to be for beginners as well as for advanced learners.
Number of participants: 6-12
Where do we sketch/draw? We will draw and sketch mainly outside en plein air, so you should not mind walking longer distances on foot. A seminar room for days of bad weather will also be available.
How to get to Berchtesgaden?
By car
Arrival is from* the north, west, and east* via the A8 in the direction of Salzburg, to the Bad Reichenhall exit, and continue on the B20 to Schönau am Königssee. Coming from the south, take the Tauernautobahn, take the Salzburg Süd exit, and follow the B305 to Berchtesgaden, then the B20 to Königssee.
Train & Bus
Berchtesgaden train station is 6 km from the hotel. Bus line 842 will take you to the Schornbad Unterstein bus stop, which is only a 4-minute walk (290m) from the hotel.
The next airport is Salzburg Airport.
