We have a great workshop for our September 2025 BVAA monthly meeting! This is open to the public – all levels of interest are warmly encouraged to attend!
We are holding this workshop in the BVAA Uxbridge Art Gallery. It is a ‘getting started’ tutorial so that you can then participate in our Uxbridge SketchFest community project over the coming weeks.
In this demo, Diane will offer a show-and-tell of her urban sketching set up and will share techniques for overcoming the anxiety of sketching in public, staying loose on the page, and simplifying reality into an interesting composition. She will guide participants through several exercises that she regularly uses as part of her urban sketching and plein air painting practices. Bring your sketchbooks and try the techniques for yourself!
If you don’t have materials, we will have sketchbooks, pens, pencils, and watercolors for you to practice with.
Location:
BVAA Open Sky Uxbridge Community Gallery
5 South Main Street
Uxbridge, MA 01569
This meeting and session is free and open to the public. No experience is necessary. The fun of our workshops is that we all learn new things we’ve never done before.
Our meetings cover BVAA organization business from 6:30-7:00pm and then go into the workshop part of the evening. Feel free to come for whichever half interests you the most. In general, our monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month unless otherwise announced.
All are welcome – this workshop is open to members and non-members. Feel free to bring along a friend! We’d love to see you there to learn some new things and explore your creativity!
You can learn about our 2025 Uxbridge SketchFest community project here –
Dianne Mulligan teaches art with the Two Bridges Art Academy. Learn more about Dianne’s art here –
https://www.dvmulligan.com/art
Here’s a link to the Two Bridges Art Academy –
https://www.twobridgesartacademy.com
Our meetings are supported in part by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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