This is a 6 week course, running on Monday mornings.

About Jess:

Jess is an Adelaide based figurative painter/drawer exploring ideas of Identity, place and motherhood. She is a lecturer at Adelaide Central School of Art.

Jess completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts (honours) at Adelaide Central School of Art in 2006. The following year she was the recipient of the Hill Smith Gallery/ Malaysia Airlines Travel Award. Jess continues to exhibit with recent solo exhibitions, Bundled, Praxis, These Four Walls, floating Goose Studios. Group exhibitions and prize exhibitions including The Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award, NSW, The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award and the Royal South Australian Society of Arts -Portrait Prize. In 2019 Jess won the people’s Choice award for her painting Embrace (Self-portrait with son), The Kennedy Art Prize. www.jessmara.com Instagram- jessmaraart

This course will introduce participants to working with ink. We will explore a variety of mark making and wash application techniques.
In weeks 1-4 We will have focused sessions covering a range of technical applications. These classes will be structured and allow participants to experiment and refine their drawing skills. All source imagery will be supplied for these sessions.
In weeks 5 and 6 Participants are encouraged to work from their own source image to complete a two-week ink drawing in an application of their choice. Jess will offer feedback and individual guidance for the completion of this work.

Materials
*H or HB graphite pencil.
*Hard plastic eraser
*Low tack blue masking tape or washi tape (Washi tape can be found at Kmart)
*Black drawing ink
*1 x A4 Watercolour Pad- Cold Pressed (slight texture) or Hot Pressed (smooth grain) 270 or 300 gsm. (I recommend- Canson Montval watercolour pad, Fabriano or Arches depending on your budget)
*A selection of 3 x soft synthetic flat and round brushes. A small fine round brush will be helpful for details and two medium brushes will be needed for blocking in larger areas. Working at A4 scale.
* A Dip Pen with nib (recommend the Mont Marte Signature Calligraphy dip pen set if you don’t have one already, Art to Art)
* Large glass jar with lid
*3 small containers with lids
* 2 rags
* Optional- A coloured drawing ink of your choice if you would like to experiment with an additional ink. I will have a couple to share.
*Optional- an eraser pencil.

Note– Materials in bold are required for the first session.