Event

Workshop: Sketching Skills 101

When

Monday, 9 July 2018, 1:00am

Location

Chinese Garden of Friendship

Pier Street, Cnr Harbour St, Darling Harbour NSW 2000

Sketching Skills 101 – a 4A workshop at the Chinese Garden of Friendship

With artist Kristone Capistrano

Monday 9 July
Tuesday 10 July

Each workshop runs from 11AM – 1PM. No registration required.

Each session has 30 children capacity – perfect for 5-10 years

Venue: Chinese Garden of Friendship, Darling Harbour, Sydney

About this workshop series:

For the Chinese Garden of Friendship’s 2018 July school holiday program, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art has commissioned three special family workshops that engage young visitors with the stories hidden in the Garden. Learn sketching skills and create a take-home tile artwork with illustrator Kristone Capistrano; discover the wild stories of the Garden and create your own story with vegetables and plants with wild food adventurer Diego Bonetto; and observe the shadows of the Garden as you learn traditional Chinese paper-cutting techniques with artist Tianli Zu. All workshops are free.

SYDNEY // JULY 2018

A 4A workshop at the Chinese Garden of Friendship with Kristone Capistrano

The Chinese Garden of Friendship is filled with flowers, trees and hidden animals. Join Sydney-based artist Kristone Capistrano and try to capture them on paper. Drop into the gardens between 11-1pm to learn the basics of sketching with a leading local artist. Have fun developing your observational drawing skills whilst exploring a variety of drawing techniques, including cross-hatching, stippling and positive/negative space. You will also have the chance to draw one of your sketches onto a glossy ceramic tile, ready to display at home! Whether you stay for 15 minutes or the full two hours Kristone will help you sketch your favourite part of the garden to take home

For participants aged between 5-10 years, accompanied by a responsible adult. All materials provided, drop in session, no bookings required.

Sketching Skills 101 is produced by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in partnership with Kristone Capistrano and the Chinese Garden of Friendship for the July 2018 school holidays program.

Artist Biography:

Kristone Capistrano is a Philippine-born Sydney based emerging artist working in contemporary drawing and portraiture. In 2017 whilst still completing his Honours year in Fine Arts, Kristone was awarded the first prize for the Royal South Australian Portrait Biennale, Commended prize for the Lloyd Rees Youth Award, and both the Local Artist and People’s Choice awards for the Blacktown Art Prize. Kristone has participated in multiple group exhibitions in Australia including exhibitions held at the Blacktown Arts Centre, Campbelltown Arts Centre and Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery. He is currently preparing for his forthcoming solo exhibitions at Crowther Contemporary in Melbourne and Tong Lau Space in Hong Kong. His works are included in the Blacktown City Art Collection, as well as in numerous private collections in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Manila. Kristone is also a qualified English and Visual Arts teacher with extensive experience in teaching both Primary and Secondary education.

Artists

Kristone Capistrano