Robert Returns by popular demand to run a 5 week art course studying the use of dip pen, ink and watercolour.

Historically, very popular as a sketching medium, Pen and Wash is a highly portable, expressive and versatile way of capturing ideas.

Throughout the ages, great painters have set down their first impressions using a pen, ink and a little watercolour.

Come and explore this method of drawing. We will try out metal nibs, quills and bamboo pens. Washable and non-washable ink, and basic watercolour methods

Materials supplied. $100 for the 5 weeks, Starts November 1st (12:30 - 2:30)

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Facilitated by Robert Jackson:

Robert Jackson is a multi-skilled musician, performer and visual artist who lives in the
Huon Valley after re-locating from Melbourne in 2019. He has been active since the 1980s.
Robert studied Linguistics at Latrobe University, Composition at the Victorian College of
the Arts, and has undertaken extensive study and practice in the art of improvisation.
As a visual artist, his recent work has focused on a distillation of landscape into its
distinctive elements to examine the concept of identity and place. What makes “Here”,
here? What makes a place distinctive? He attempts to bring the same investigation into his
music. He has produced many artworks for public and private clients. He has had many
solo exhibitions and is an award-winning muralist. His work is represented in public and

private collections in Australia, USA and Europe, and he has held numerous Artist-in-
Residencies.

He has played in a multitude of Rock, Jazz and Street Theatre bands and been MD/
Composer for Circus, Film & Theatre. He performs regularly in Tasmania with The Chord
on Bleus, The Lightwood Bottom Blues Club, and is a founding member of the Lutruwita
Art Orchestra.

Pen & Wash with Robert Jackson

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