PRIZM Offers Art Journaling Workshop

Eye On Art | 04/05/2012 8:00 am

PRIZM Creative Community invites members and the public to an Art Journaling Workshop on Saturday April 14th, 1:30-4:00 p.m at the Way Library 101 E. Indiana Ave, Perrysburg Ohio. The instructional cost of this workshop is $20.00 for PRIZM members and $25.00 for non-members. Registration is required and maybe completed online at www.myprizm.com or contact chairperson Pat Strobl 419-874-8743.

Art journaling is a personalized diary that includes words and illustrations of an individual’s life events, hobbies, travels and other creative ideas. Historically used by explorers, captain’s logs, as well as artists and authors such as Hemingway, Van Gogh and Matisse. During the workshop, presenter David Lymanstall will discuss how visual illustrations can add to personal or hobby journals, plus discuss creative ways to capture your true passion.!  Participants taking the class should bring an unlined journal of their choice, a #2 pencil, an eraser, and a few color pencils of their choice if they wish to work in color, They should also bring a nice pen (ex. Pilot) for composing the written part of a journal entry.

David has been keeping an illustrated journal for many years to record his observations of the natural world as well as events of everyday life.  He has taught middle school science and often used scientific illustration with students to teach them to really “see” when studying objects in botany, geology, and anatomy, believing that by taking the time to draw an object, you really learn to see it in all of its complexity. He has been inspired by a number of contemporary artists who use this medium to record events in their day to day lives as well as what’s happening in the garden or the highlights of a recent adventure.

David enjoys working with graphite and color pencil, but also likes to experiment with different techniques and media to add variety to his journals. He has taken classes locally in drawing, pen and ink, botanical illustration and ekphrastik writing at the Toledo Museum of Art.  He has also studied botanical illustration at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, and most recently learned to combine word and image using woodcut and letterpress at the Oxbow School of Art in Saugatuck, Michigan.

PRIZM Creative Community is a 501 c. 3 nonprofit organization currently receiving partial funding from the Ohio Arts Council, The Toledo Community Foundation, private individuals, and public corporations. For more information on upcoming PRIZM educational workshops in the visual and literary arts visit our website @ www.myprizm.com, email [email protected] or call 419-931-8732.