I'm off to teach in Italy this August. My next scheduled Sketchbook workshop is in November in Portland, Oregon through the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. It is full and has a waiting list. Please add your name to the waiting list.

Start a new sketchbook and keep working in the old one.

Travel Sketchbooks
July 15, 16 in Portland
White Stag Building
University of Oregon
800-824-2714

Clay Space - July 21,22

Eugene, Oregon

Spirit of the Rough Sketch
Sitka Center for the Arts
July 27,28, 2010

www.sitkacenter.org

LaRomita, Italy
August 18- September 1
North of Rome

Sudden Sketchbook Workshop
June 5, Pam's Studio in Eugene,
1 pm- 4 pm

Sketchbook Workshops by Ken O'Connell for 2010




Sketchbook Workshop at CLAY SPACE,
May 22,23 in Eugene, Oregon.
Call 541.653.8089 for registration details.

Drop in Studio at UO Bookstore May 15.
2-4 pm.
Special meeting with Director of LaRomita School of Art March 31 in Eugene and April 1 in Portland.

The Dalles Oregon April 10, 2010
Salem, Oregon, The Art Department Store May 1, 2010
Eugene, Oregon, The DUCK Store- Open Studio May 15, 2010
UO Center, White Stag, Portland July 15,16, 2010
Sitka Center July 27,28, 2010
La Romita, Italy August 18- September 1, 2010
Sitka Special Workshops in Portland, November 14, 2010

Sketchbook Workshops in 2010

Sketchbook workshops coming to Portland, The Dalles, etc. soon.

The Dalles Workshop April 10, 2010.
Sitka Workshop July 27,28, 2010

Link to Oregonian article:
http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2009/12/a_life_in_68_sketchbooks.html

Also, Calligrapher and Book Artist Laurie Doctor will be assisting me in Italy. Her website:
http://www.lauriedoctor.com

Sketchbooks in Italy

August 18 to September 1, 2010

Ken is now sending out applications for this coming summer workshop at LaRomita School of Art in Umbria. He will take 16-18 people with him for two weeks in the hill towns of Italy. Please email him for application and information.

oconnell@uoregon.edu

Telephone 541.953.0190

Workshop cost is $3,450.00 for art instruction, room and board, and local transportation. Airfare is not included. We are picked up from the Rome airport on August 18 before noon and returned to the airport on September 1, 2010 before 10:00am.

Workshops 2009-2010

Spirit of the Rough Sketch
Weekend workshop JUNE 6-7, 2009
SITKA CENTER FOR ART & ECOLOGY Tel. (541) 994-5485
www.sitkacenter.org/ 

(Art Center on the Oregon Coast near Lincoln City.)

Look at these websites for information on sketching 
http://web.mac.com/stoughton/iWeb/Travel/ItalySketchbook.html
http://www.janesanha.com
http://www.laromita.com

http://www.copicmarker.com

Italy 2010 _ towns to sketch

Some of cities and hill towns we will visit are :

ASSISI (mystical home of St. Francis)
PERUGIA (a capitol of the Etruscan confederation)
SPOLETO (home of the "Festival of Two Worlds")
SAN GEMINI (medieval hilltop jewel)
STRONCONE (classic walled town)
SCHEGGINO (riverside known for trout and truffles)
LABRO (spills down the hillside like frosting)
CASSATA D. MARORE (amazing waterfall)
ORVIETO (the incredible cathedral)

and more . . . .