USk Workshop: Folding pages, unfolding sketches

In this workshop, sketchers will work like Renaissance Researchers looking for clues that connect Palaeontology animals structures (and all its beautiful organic lines) with the pioneer Italian Design from the 20th century. Just like Leonardo da Vinci was obsessed by Nature to inspire all his drawings and engineer machines, we will be sketching to create bridges between objects in two museums: Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano and La Triennale di Milano.

Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano

La Triennale di Milano

We will use the sketchbook as a tool to combine different views of objects, trying to understand what they have in common. How? Just by folding pages and sketching, allowing fragments to lead the way we see.

Goals to achieve:

• Connect different objects through drawing; 
• Understand how Nature inspire life;
• Usage of the sketchbook like a tool to research;
• Learn how to select what to sketch from what we see;
• Practice watercolor and contour line drawing;
• Group learning by sharing processes.

Dates and Schedule:

April 19th: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano

10h00: meeting point at Museum entrance for welcome and ticket logistics

10h25: Exercises in Palaeontology rooms: skeletons of dwarf Elephants from Sicily, the remains Gliptodonte, and the Pteranodon, a flying reptile with a wingspan of over 6 meters.

13h00: Lunch break

14h30: Sketching the Dinosaurs preparing the pages and connections for the next day.

17h30: Group review and closing workshop day.

April 20th: La Triennale di Milano

10h00: meeting point at Museum entrance for welcome and ticket logistics

10h15: Meeting the Italian Design: vignettes sketching tour to create a story about the iconic Italian design objects. Monochromatic and polychromatic techniques. 

13h00: Lunch break

14h30: Melting dinosaurs with design!

17h30: Group review and closing workshop day.

Supply list:

– Sketchbook (A5 size minimum)

– Black waterproof pen and graphite pencils

– Watercolor pan set, water brush or watercolor brush

– Any other materials you like to use.

Registration fee:

100€ for two full days workshop

Please not:

– Museum tickets are not included;

– There are no refunds.

Scholarship:

We have one free spot in this workshop for a student with +18 years old. Please send a letter of interest and a student proof to: linhares.mr@gmail.com

Questions? Please contact: linhares.mr@gmail.com

Other examples from the instructor:

Irazú Volcano, Costa Rica, 2019

Sicilian pebble-shaped, 2019

Florence, Italy, 2018