Drawing As Meditation

with Janet Trierweiler

4-day, July 14–17, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Tuition: $300

Materials Fee: N/A

This workshop provides students with a chance to practice drawing techniques that slow down the art-making process, resulting in a peaceful and healing experience. Use intuition and inspiration from Ox-Bow’s landscape to connect to natural, creative forces. Through meditative practices, we will engage all of our senses to enjoy calming, observational, and imaginative drawing. Learn to use tone and color to create serene and joyful moods with water soluble materials on watercolor paper.

Plan to bring: Sketchbook, drawing paper, drawing materials, including vine charcoal, pencils, white erasers, and colored pencils.

Janet Trierweiler (she/her) earned a BFA at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she then studied interior design at the New York Institute of Interior Design, earning a Certificate in Feng Shui Interior Design. Janet’s work is in collections worldwide. Collectors include: Northwestern University, The Illinois Institute of Art, and Fifield Companies. Janet’s work has been featured in Voyage Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Evanston Magazine, Sheridan Road Magazine, and Northwestern News. Janet loves the immersive experience of teaching at Ox-Bow. She builds the excitement and interest in students with her encouraging and relaxed approach and understands that each student is unique with their own direction, talent, and potential.

Images courtesy of Janet Trierweiler.