Residential drawing workshop with Rena Czaplinska in Wollombi, Hunter Valley

• Commences:   Friday 18 May, 2012 at 5pm
• Concludes:      Sunday 20 May, 2012 at 4pm;
• Cost:              $350 includes 2 night accommodation in Wollombi Barnstay  
• Inquiries:         mail@rena.net.au; or call Rena on 0409 967 411
• Registration:    click here to download flyer 
• Send $100 deposit to secure a place; small group – don’t miss out!

Drawing in Hunter Valley away from noises and ties of everyday life allows time and space for reconnecting and remembering our creative selves.Drawing with charcoal, ink and water in a safe and relaxed atmosphere will allow us to rediscover the natural wisdom of the body, drop the thinking mind with its preconceived ideas, and reclaim anddeepen our drawing skills. There will be simple movement sessions to loosen up and awaken oursenses. We will focus on what is around us and draw the inspiration from human figure and fromWollombi landscape.We can all draw if we can only learn to open our eyes, relax and actually see, hear and feel what is around us. This workshop is for architects, architecture students and anybody else who feels moved to draw. ~ “…when we lose the ability to draw, we lose a part of our ability to think.” (Glen Murcutt 2002)

 This workshop will attract 5 Formal CPD credit points for architects  

Residential drawing workshop with Rena Czaplinska at Arthur Boyd Education Centre Riversdale Bundanon

• Commences:   Friday 3rd August, 2012 at 4pm
• Concludes:       Sunday 5th August, 2012 at 5pm
• Cost covers:     Accommodation/food/ tuition = $650/$570 student rate (Early bird $600/$520 if fully paid by 8th June 2012)
• inquiries:  mail@rena.net.au;  http://timefordrawing.rena.net.au 
• Registration: Click here to download flyer or contact Rena on 0409 967 411
• Deposit $100 to secure a place. Limited numbers – Don’t miss it!

This drawing weekend is an opportunity to live and draw in the dramatic landscape of Riversdale while supported by Glenn Murcutt’s architecture. We will draw inspiration on what is around us. The gentle placement of the building and the way it embodies the principles of sustainable design will become our ‘life model’. Living on site and early morning movement sessions will relax our bodies, engage our senses and deepen the kinetic experience of the site.

We will be practicing the art of  Seeing through Drawing.
This practice is useful for beginners as well as experienced artists. Drawing and sketching allows us to spend time, to get in touch with what we are looking at. Through drawing we can start to see and understand what we are seeing. The building reveals itself in the process.

We have all been drawing long before we have learned to read and write.
Drawing helps to communicate without words, to visualize ideas, to think, it connects us with our creativity.  It is a fundamental human skill, yet it is often neglected and we forget how liberating, easy and pleasurable it can be.

This workshop will attract 5 formal CPD points for architects

Rena is a practicing architect who teaches design and drawing at the Architecture Faculty of Sydney University and conducts popular weekend drawing workshops. Her teaching method called Embodying Vision integrates sketching mindfulness and movement.

Click here for registration form.

And meeting Prof. Galen Cranz (Berkeley USA), the founder of Body Conscious Design during her visit to Sydney in August 2011.

Green and sustainable design talks about the protection of natural resources, about designing in harmony with nature. We are nature too. Before we start designing we study and observe the natural and built environment. We must not forget to engage our senses and learn to listen with our bodies as well. 

“We need to think with sensations in our muscles” ~ Albert Einstein.

The way we practice architecture today is increasingly based on a virtual reality of computer screen images, which leads us away from a bodily experience. In his book Eyes of the Skin, Juhani Pallasmaa warns that “human behavior and construction have become dangerously detached from their ecological context” and wants us to reawaken our sensory awareness and reignite our architectural design intuition.

Residential drawing weekend with Rena Czaplinska Arthur Boyd Education Centre at Riversdale Bundanon

• Commences: Friday 24th June, 2011 at 5pm
• Concludes: Sunday 26th June, 2011 at 5pm
• Cost covers: Accommodation/food/ tuition = $620/$550 student rate (Early bird $570/$5o0 if fully paid by 9th May 2011) student scholarships may be available
• Registration: Click here to download registration form or contact Rena on 0409 967 411.  Deposit $100 to secure a place. Limited numbers – don’t miss!

This drawing weekend is an opportunity to live and draw in the dramatic landscape of Riversdale while supported by Glenn Murcutt’s architecture. We will draw inspiration on what is around us. The gentle placement of the building and the way it embodies the principles of sustainable design will become our ‘life model’. Living on site and early morning movement sessions will relax our bodies, engage our senses and deepen the kinetic experience of the site.

We will be practicing the art of Seeing through Drawing. This practice is useful for beginners as well as experienced artists. Drawing and sketching allows us to spend time, to get in touch with what we are looking at. Through drawing we can start to see and understand what we are seeing. The building reveals itself in the process.

We have all been drawing long before we have learned to read and write. Drawing helps to communicate without words, to visualize ideas, to think, it connects us with our creativity. It is a fundamental human skill, yet it is often neglected and we forget how liberating, easy and pleasurable it can be.

This workshop will attract 5 formal CPD points for architects

Drawing Breath

5-7th November 2010

2 day residential drawing workshop with Rena Czaplinska in Wollombi Hunter Valley

We often draw with a fixed idea of what we want, we try to be accurate but we miss what is really there—the rhythms, the tones, the harmonies, the very life of a thing. In this workshop, for architects, students and artists at any level of experience, we will explore how to see past what the mind thinks it knows.

Drawing with charcoal, ink and water in a safe and relaxed atmosphere will allow us to rediscover the natural wisdom of the body, drop the thinking mind with its preconceived ideas, and reclaim and deepen our drawing skills. Daily awareness through movement exercises will help us to loosen up, and awaken our senses. We will focus on what is around us and draw the inspiration from human figure and from Wollombi landscape.

Click here to download the a flyer for the Drawing Weekend.

2:30 to 5pm – 21st August to 18th September

Wilkinson Studio, Wilkinson Building. 148 City Road - Faculty of Architecture, Sydney University.

These drawing classes will take the participants on a journey of discovery which will focus on awakening the creative spirit, opening your eyes and refreshing and recharging your drawing talents. Whether you drew before or not these classes are open to all and the results will pleasantly surprise you. Sensory awareness and dynamic drawing exercises are guaranteed to awaken our ability to see and draw and to develop your talent further. Quick sketches, big format slow drawings, gesture studies in charcoal and ink. We will focus on what is around us and draw the inspiration from human figure and from Sydney landscape.

$110 for a series of 5 Classes.

Click here to download pdf flyer.

Residential drawing weekend with Rena Czaplinska Arthur Boyd Education Centre at Riversdale, Bundanon

• Commences: Friday 16th April, 2010 at 5pm
• Concludes: Sunday 18th April, 2010 at 3pm
• Cost covers: Accommodation and food = $550/$460 student rate (Early bird $500/$430 if fully paid by 22/3/10)
• Registration: Click here to download registration form or contact Rena on 0409 967 411

This drawing weekend is an opportunity to live and draw in the dramatic landscape of Riversdale while supported by the calmness of Glenn Murcutt’s architecture. The building and the way it embodies the principles of sustainable design will become our focus and our ‘life model’.

We will be practicing the art of Seeing through Drawing.

This practice is useful for beginners as well as experienced artists. It is a fundamental skill for architects. Drawing and sketching allows us to spend time, to get in touch with what we are looking at. Through drawing we can start to see, feel and understand what we are seeing. The building reveals itself in the process.

“I learned that what I have not drawn I have never really seen” F.Frankc

This workshop will attract 5 formal CPD points for architects

Rena is a practicing architect who teaches design and drawing at the Architecture Faculty of Sydney University and conducts popular weekend drawing workshops. Her teaching method called Embodying Vision integrates sketching mindfulness and movement.