I spent the day with Katherine Rousselange today, teaching at the Hatton Gallery in Newcastle University for the wonderful folk in the Friends of the Hatton group. It’s always good fun working alongside Katherine – we make a rather formidable teaching duo!
We spent the day winding our way through various sketching exercises focused on different bits of architecture from across the city including the university art building itself and St. Nicholas Cathedral.
Culminating in an afternoon spent sketching outdoors in the university grounds, putting new skills into practice. We finished with a plenary session where everyone was able to share the results of their hard work and what they had learned.
Some snaps of the workshop and the outdoor sketching session with Luke and Katherine
It’s always a pleasure working with such a positive bunch who are willing to give things a go, we get as much out of it ourselves as hopefully participants on our workshop do!
Luke McTaggart
I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop led by Katherine Renton and Luke McTaggart as they were both so engaging and inspirational! The slides and descriptions of sketches by various artists such as Turner, Lowry and Creffield were fascinating and the workshop had an excellent balance of theory and practice. When we were asked to have a go sketching buildings from slides and from life, my initial hesitation as a complete novice was soon dispelled by the encouragement and enthusiasm of Katherine and Luke. Since the workshop, I have tried to follow their advice to practise sketching for even 5 minutes a day, leaving a small sketchbook and pencil on the table as a reminder.
Ann McKeever
Friends of the Hatton 