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| 7/19/24 Andika Murandi's workshop, Sketcher Fest |
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| Tough duties for the TA! (Photo by Janet Wang) |
In addition to taking on “as needed” tasks, one of my official volunteer duties during Sketcher Fest was to be a teaching assistant to Andika Murandi for his workshop, “Sketch Your Story – Visual Storytelling.” He uses the tagline “sketch ‘n’ chill,” which describes his philosophy of urban sketching – that it should be enjoyable, relaxing and stress-free. I remember that stress-free feeling from when I was a student in his workshop years ago. As his TA, I benefited again from his chill attitude in that I hardly had anything to do to help him except take photos and carry his sign as we walked to the workshop location! (As a mom-ish TA, I also carried sunscreen in my bag in case any of his students forgot theirs.)
During his demo, he encouraged students to ask three questions just as a journalist would: who, what, where? If we answer those questions with our sketches, we tell a more complete story. I tried to do the same with my reportage sketch of Andika’s excellent workshop.
About that workshop location . . . it happened to be right outside the town’s gelato shop. How convenient for his students when they needed a break (not to mention his TA).
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| Andika before beginning his demo, encouraging everyone to relax |
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| Giving feedback to a student |
I like the "no stress" idea and the questions to help tell the story.
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