St. Johns County Council on Aging

“Travel Sketching”, a class in how to get more out of your travel experiences by learning to see and sketch all kinds of things: flower gardens, interesting doors, old churches, foreign street scenes, boats and more. All you need is a pencil and a small sketchbook to start. Your instructor will provide photos to draw from, or you can bring your own, and you’ll get personal help with interpreting that scene onto paper. You’ll learn about different materials, how to pack a travel sketch kit, taking your own reference photos, adding color and lots more.

Rosamond Parrish, FWS (Florida Watercolor Society Signature Member), has taught classes in drawing and watercolor at the COA, St Augustine Art Association, Jacksonville Art Museum and the Ponte Vedra Cultural Council for over thirty years. She founded the Jacksonville Watercolor Society and has won dozens of awards for drawing and painting. She was recently honored with a solo exhibit of her work at the Lightner Museum, (“Have Brush, Will Travel”), where her paintings reflected her travels to favorite places. The St. Johns County Cultural Council awarded her “plein air” watercolors with Second Place in “Under the Same Sky”.

Class sessions will be held on Tuesdays, November 12, 19, 26 and December 3, 10 from 1:30 - 2:30 at River House (179 Marine St.  St. Augustine 32084)

No class sessions on Nov. 5 and Dec. 17, 24, 31.

Classes are for ages 18 and up.