The Dynamic Sketching Method

a Workshop by Peter Han

If you have ever wanted to learn how to grow your skills in the creative process, the dynamic sketching method with Peter Han might just be the best gift you can give yourself!  The course provides a fundamental technique in how to break down the shapes and forms of the many subjects we observe in order to strengthen a visual library and confidence in visual communication.

Right before The Art Department Berlin and with an exclusive design for our community, Peter Han will guide a group of art enthusiasts on exploring the principles of his dynamic sketching method. All experience levels are welcome to learn under this process. Don’t miss this great opportunity to up your skills!

The first 3 – 4 hours  will include most of the course’s information load. The second part of the workshop will  put the theory to the test and focus on drawing exercises. Each participant will receive individual feedback.

When?

May 24th 2024/ 10:00 - 17:00

Where?

Drink and Draw Berlin
Nalepastraße 18
12459 Berlin

Who?

Peter Han

Tickets?

150,00 Euros

Get them here: https://weareplaygrounds.filmchief.com/tad/tickets?e=13&c=1

What do I need?

A sketchbook and some felted pens or markers.

Sketching with Nature

a workshop by Jana Heidersdorf

In this workshop we’ll let the beauty of nature spark our creativity, whether it will take shape in fantastical creatures, dreamy surreal portraiture or tender botanical studies.

Drawing itself is a tactile process of observation, our brush strokes following our gaze, forging familiarity and intimacy with our subject. It’s an act of love and curiosity. 

Do you want to spend midsummer with a bunch of fellow artists celebrating nature and inviting magic into your sketchbook? Close to the longest day of the year, we’re celebrating the beauty of nature in full bloom.

For us city dwellers it can be challenging to stay connected to the natural world in everyday life, as few of us have the privilege of romantic wildflower meadows and mystical glades right at our doorstep.

As a fantasy artist and illustrator creating dark, surreal imagery full of flora and fauna, the natural world is an essential source of inspiration for me and going outdoors to explore and connect with its inhabitants—yes, even in the city!—is an essential part of the process. There are rich textures and vivid greens to be found all around in nooks and crannies, especially in the Summer!

We’ll be exploring the location’s surrounding area (bring sunscreen!), scouting for leaves, blossoms and other treasure, and should the weather bring storms instead of sunshine, we’ll be able to paint Drink + Draw Berlin’s lush indoor plants and fresh flower arrangements (you might go home with a self-made flower crown) and find inspiration burying our noses in botanical art books while Summer rain patters against the windows.

All the while we’ll be recording our findings in journals and sketchbooks. I’ll be along, providing some additional prompts and ideas and by the time we’re done those pages will be brimming with fresh ideas and inspiration.

Sounds good? Personally, I can’t wait for you to join me!

When?

June 22nd 2024 // 11:00 - 18:00

Where?

Drink and Draw Studio
Funkhaus
Nalepastraße 18
12459 Berlin

Who?

Jana Heidersdorf

Tickets?

86 Euros

What do I need?

Any drawing material is fine.

Every month we host a workshop for our community! We don’t limit ourselves to a certain style but explore them in different mediums and processes. We had fine artists as well as concept designers showing us their way of working. The goal is to broaden our view, perception and knowledge of art, to learn together as artists and establish a creative environment where growth comes natural.

We try to make our workshops affordable for everyone, however, prices depend on the artists we hire, materials, rent, and many more things. Regular, the ticket fee is about 70-150 Euro per Day. We’ll let you know about upcoming Workshops here on our Website, in our Newsletter, or on Instagram.

If you have requests please don’t hesitate to let us know via E-Mail!

Storyboarding for Comics

a workshop by Julia Beutling

No matter which medium you want to use for your comic, at some point you will most likely need some kind of storyboard.

You know you can make these panels look pretty in the end, but you also want to ensure a certain feel and clear readability in your story. ALL the big visual decisions are first made in the storyboard phase and there are hundreds of decisions to make. It can feel overwhelming, and it’s not always easy. This workshop helps you find a clearer path through that process. During the workshop, each participant will be creating the storyboard for one comic scene they decided on beforehand. We’ll be going through the classic high-impact steps of page planning like script, storyboard, lettering and color choice, each with a thorough introduction and plenty of visual examples. (This is also a good opportunity to find out which of these steps you feel comfortable with at all.)

While you’re creating your storyboards, we’ll check if your scene works as intended for others, and try to improve it if necessary. You’ll get individual feedback from Julia, and you can open your work up to other participants as test readers, if you want.

Julia Beutling has been working as a freelance illustrator and comic artist for 13 years and illustrated over 20 books. She’s been publishing her inadvisably long webcomic Being Monsters for two years now, which received two grants and an award. She loves animals, fairy tales and old movies.

Character Design

A 2- day Workshop with Lars Weiler

Character Design does not exist in a vacuum. Similar to how a character in a movie does not exist in a vacuum. There's a story to consider, other characters, and the world they all live in. When it comes to character design for games, there are a million ways to approach your subject. How do we navigate decision paralysis, genre and budget constraints and how do we come up with a design that can not only convince potential clients but ourselves as well?

Over the course of this two-day workshop, I will attempt to give you the tools to solve these questions yourself. We will cover the basics as well as the nitty gritty of character design. We will talk about how world building impacts, empowers and limits your choices. We will use this theory to craft a character design of your own by the end of the workshop using either your own world or one we develop as a group.

Lars Weiler is a Concept Artist for PLAION known for the Metro and Dead Island franchises and specializes in character design. He previously worked as a freelancer for role playing publications and as a teacher. In his spare time, he works as a Dungeon Master in his homebrew campaign and obsesses over game and movie theory.

Aesthetics of the Human Figure

an Online Workshop by Alexandra Fastovets

This workshop will be all about the aesthetics of the human body and the search for its logic in drawing. There is a wide variety of approaches and understandings of how to depict an impression of what you see in real life. Another question all together is how to find the things you want to paint and distinguish and distill what you like from the millions of things you potentially could draw. Amongst all these possibilities it is important to find your own feelings, your style and your story that you would like to tell the viewer more about. This story is not to be understood like in a book or a movie - it is a visual story within one drawing that directs the viewer to something that impressed you about the particular scene you decided to draw.

In this online workshop we will use the human figure as an example for this since it is both complex and simple, unified and full of detail, static in its structure and flowy in its movements. We will talk about light and shadow composition, flow and line direction, general structure and applied anatomy. Furthermore, there will be time for demos, practical exercises and critiquing your work.

Bella Figura - Figuren zeichnen mit Stift und Pinsel

ein Workshop von Gris

Würdet ihr gerne Charaktere und Figuren aus dem echten Leben schnell und dynamisch in euren Zeichnungen wiedergeben können? Vielleicht in der S-Bahn auf dem Weg zum Park oder in eurem Lieblingscafe? Dann ist dieser Workshop von der urban-sketching Legende Gris genau das Richtige für euch!

In diesem Workshop beschäftigen wir uns im theoretischen Teil mit grundlegenden Körperproportionen und lernen dann diese anzuwenden um schnell und locker Figuren zu skizzieren. Nach der Mittagspause mit (Akt)Model wird Gris in Demos zeigen, wie er mit Stiften und Aquarell das Model gekonnt und schwungvoll auf Papier einfängt. Selbstverständlich seid ihr dann dran und zeichnet das Model mit viel direktem Feedback, sowie praktischen Tips und Tricks von Gris.

Gris malt und zeichnet, seit er „denken“ kann. Die Anderen sind dann irgendwann zur Schule, zum Sport oder zur Ausbildung gegangen. Gris hat weiter gemalt. Bis heute. Seine künstlerischen Arbeiten umfassen sowohl Malerei, Zeichnung und Musik. Seine Partner und Kunden umfassen unter anderem Schmincke, Hahnemühle, Faber Castell und Boesner.

Mixed Media Sketchbooking

A workshop by Eileen Tretter

Discover the enchanting realm of sketchbooks through our immersive mixed-media driven workshop. A sketchbook is a safe space to experiment freely with your art style and a great place for sprouting the first ideas of a story you maybe have always wanted to tell. Through a series of engaging exercises, you'll experiment with a variety of different mediums including ink, coloured pencils, markers, watercolour etc., as well as get to learn a playful approach to create characters and stories. Eileen will guide you through several playful, very hands- on exercises that will broaden your traditional drawing and painting skills and give you new confidence in your creative abilities. By the end of this workshop, you'll leave equipped with newfound inspiration and a set of tools to find, define and illustrate your own story.

Eileen has been working as a freelance artist for the last 6 years, doing all kinds of illustrative and creative jobs, including murals, posters, and creative design work for design studios and private clients. She has been a part of Drink and Draw Berlin since 2018 and has taught workshops, classes and artistic Team-building events for clients including Zalando, Meta and N26. Next to her obligations at drink and draw and freelance career she has filled countless sketchbooks and finds this medium her favourite of all.

The Art Of Shapes - Procreate Edition

A workshop by Kika Klat

This workshop will dive into Kika’s use of digital media revolving around the Procreate drawing and painting app for Ipads. As with the traditional workshop, Kika Klat will let you in on her techniques to translate the world around you into beautiful shapes that are fun and interesting to look at, but the focus is geared more toward the technical aspect of the medium.

Kika will demonstrate her workflow in painting demos and tell you everything there is to know about finding and creating inspiring references to setting up a traditional sketch and translating it to a digital illustration in Procreate. She will explain the different tools in Procreate that you can use to explore and define your own bulletproof workflow.

All levels are welcome from beginner to advanced, since Kika will cover techniques that can be used to get started with drawing altogether, but that are also applicable to find and/or broaden your style and add another tool to your draftsmen skillset.

Stylized Figure Drawing - “Rules” & How To Bend Them

A workshop by Valentin Scheiner

This workshop will focus on a creative and playful, yet skillful approach to figure drawing with colored pencils.

What are the skills needed to create a convincing figurative drawing and how do you stay free, unrestricted, and expressive while learning and applying them?

You will have the opportunity to learn directly from the instructor as he shares his approach to figure drawing. You will learn about the structure of his drawings, the concepts, and ideas that drive his practice, and thoughts and tips about the usage of colors. You will also learn about common mistakes that many artists make and how to avoid them, as well as techniques that will help you to progress quickly after the workshop is over.

An important part of the workshop will be drawing from life with direct feedback from the instructor and also Q&A parts to answer every question that arises.

This workshop is suitable for all skill levels. If you are a beginner, you will learn how to get started, what to focus on, and step-by-step workflows. If you are experienced in figure drawing it will provide you with new ideas and inspirations on how to improve and vitalize your figure drawing.

Abstract Anatomy for Character Design

A life drawing and character design workshop by Lars Weiler

Character design can be challenging. Life drawing as well.

This is why we thought of a workshop where we try to deal with both and streamline our understanding of life drawing principles so that we can apply them to our character design and general creative processes.

Over the course of a day we will figure out the fundamental building blocks needed for character design:
Anatomy, materials, and storytelling.

Often, the technical aspects of a drawing can get in the way of the creative process. Lars will present you a variety of techniques and ideas about drawing to simplify the technical stuff so that you can focus on what matters: Good design. To that end, there will also be guidelines about what actually makes a successful and iconic character design. As part of this workshop, you'll learn the theory behind character design, and a variety of drawing techniques and you'll design a character using the tools taught in this workshop.

This workshop is geared towards artists with a more intermediate drawing or painting skill set. Knowing what gesture means in drawing terms and being able to draw primitive shapes and rotate them in 3D space on paper/canvas/screen will greatly enhance your experience and ability to work with the principles presented. You can bring your favorite materials for this workshop, no matter digital or traditional. Pens, pencils, and basic paper are free to use for you in our location.

Lars Weiler is a concept artist for Plaion and an illustrator for various fantasy role-playing publications. He has been an instructor for Drink and Draw life drawing and anatomy workshops and has also taught his knowledge about perspective, gesture, design, and anatomy for several classes in different art schools in and outside of Berlin. He also serves as a dungeon master in his own Dungeons & Dragons campaign where he obsesses way too much over the laws concerning enchantment magic.

“Confident Lines “

Ink and Brushpen workshop by Bayar Zedensodnom

This workshop is all about confidence in doing art. Since ink is a notoriously unforgiving medium it is perfect to practice your accuracy as a draftsman, as well as gain the courage to work decisively and boldly.

You will learn how to become loose when drawing while keeping your sketch accurate and make conscious decisions about shapes and negative space. A big part of drawing with a permanent medium is to own your mistakes and figure out a way to make them work in a finished sketch. The workshop will also touch on intuitively approaching composition and storytelling, depending on the subject matter. You will learn different approaches to composing, starting, and rolling with an ink drawing, as well as the theoretical pros and cons of the medium.

In several exercises, Bayar will guide you through his approach to drawing with ink. You will receive technical input on how to approach an ink drawing, as well as valuable information about the mindset that is needed to work with a non-erasable medium. You will get to draw a nude model, various objects, and still life, as well as photo references.

Bayar has intensively been working with ink for the last couple of years, focusing mostly on life drawing, portrait drawing, and crowd scenes. As a founding member of Drink and Draw Berlin he has been teaching life drawing classes and workshops since 2015. Next to his obligations at drink and draw he is working as a freelance artist, doing commissions, and selling his original artworks.

“Experimental Lifedrawing”

by Kate Voronina

In this two-day workshop, we tried many different techniques and approaches. Kate gave us insight on how to use the right materials and composition to tell a story. How setting different goals and time constraints will help you create a more meaningful artwork in the end.

“The Spooky Workshop”

by Jana Heidersdorf

In this 7-hour online Workshop, Jana talked in depth about how to create captivating, creepy artwork that makes your spine tingle. We worked with textures, explore compositions and learned how to glean actionable knowledge from our own inspirations to become a master of the dark arts.

“REPLICA 2.0“

by Kate Voronina & Susannah Garden

We often get trapped in ways of drawing that offer the most realistic interpretation of a subject, even though this is not the only option to depict the world and get better at making art. The past workshop with Kate Voronina and Susannah Garden was designed to precisely combat this issue!

“An Introduction To Soft Pastels”

by Nathan Aardvark

Nathan gave us an introduction to his tools of choice. We learned how to use Color to indicate light and shadow, work with the model, and how to keep making progress and breaking through barriers as an artist.

“Fifty Shades Of Skin”

by Iga Oliwiak

In a 7-hour online workshop, Iga introduced us to understanding light in color, especially in relation to skin and skin tones.