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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:22:15 -0700
Subject: Workshop Opportunity
From: contact@jerrymarkham.com
To: janeylucgerman@hotmail.com

Hi Janey,

My name is Leah Markham. You know my husband, Jerry, who has taught a few workshops for the Calgary Sketch Club. I am contacting you because I was told you organize workshops for the Sketch Club so I wanted to let you know about a new workshop that Jerry and I are offering that your members may be interested in.

Typically there are either painting workshops or workshops on how to promote your work, but not the combination. Jerry and I offer a 2-day workshop that encompasses both. How it works is half of the group paints with Jerry the first day while the other half is with me learning the business of art, then the groups switch the following day. Here are details of what each of us teach in the workshop:

A Day With Carlson – taught by Jerry Markham (www.jerrymarkham.com)

In this one day workshop we will be delving into ideas John F. Carlson lays out in his timeless book John Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting. Carlson’s ideas have been used for years by many painters and yet I hear often that his book is difficult to read, which it is.  So I have developed some exercises to help simplify some of the main points in his book.  We will begin with a painting demonstration to illustrate what we will be learning, followed by a few drawing exercises then a painting session of your own to further illustrate the concepts of Composition, Value, and the important difference between Atmospheric Perspective and Linear Perspective.  
 
This class is suitable for beginners to advanced painters in acrylic, watercolour and oil as it involves tools and information that will help make your landscape paintings more dynamic and authentic no matter which medium you use.    
 
 
Business Of Art – taught by Leah Markham (www.artmarketingbusiness.com)

This workshop encompasses an overview and introduction of a number of topics that contribute to the success of an artist. Topics covered will include:
 

• how to build an effective website and online marketing strategy
• marketing materials every artist needs and how to use them
• techniques to promote your work & places your work can be shown
• how to approach galleries
• what to expect from galleries and what they expect from you
• cultivating relationships with collectors
• the importance of keeping an inventory of your work

If you think this is something that would be beneficial or of interest to Sketch Club members we would be happy to come there to teach it. If you would prefer just a painting workshop or just a workshop on the business of art, that is an option as well. If you would like further details, please give me a call.

Thank you,

Leah Markham
250-558-0350 or 1-877-311-2787
www.artmarketingbusiness.com
www.jerrymarkham.com

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