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Private Twin Room - Shared Bath Details
Twin beds with bath en suite, room shared with another student. Includes daily breakfast, lunch & 2 dinners. Check-in Sunday, Checkout Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Wi-Fi
- Hair Dryer
- Coffee Maker
- Mini Fridge
- Microwave
- Art by MISA Instructor
- Convient Parking
- Individually Controlled HVAC
Queen Bed Private Room Details
Queen bed, bath en suite – Limited availability. Includes daily breakfast, lunch & 2 dinners. Check-in Sunday, Checkout Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Wi-Fi
- Hair Dryer
- Coffee Maker
- Mini Fridge
- Microwave
- Art by MISA Instructor
- Convient Parking
- Individually Controlled HVAC
Private King Room Details
King bed, bath en suite – Limited availability. Check-in Sunday, Checkout Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Wi-Fi
- Hair Dryer
- Coffee Maker
- Mini Fridge
- Microwave
- Art by MISA Instructor
- Convient Parking
- Individually Controlled HVAC
Shared Twin Room (with another student) Details
Two twin beds, room shared with another student with bath en suite – includes daily breakfast, lunch & 2 dinners (price is per person). Check-in Sunday, Checkout Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Wi-Fi
- Hair Dryer
- Coffee Maker
- Mini Fridge
- Microwave
- Art by MISA Instructor
- Convient Parking
- Individually Controlled HVAC
Day Student Details
Includes daily lunch, onsite parking, 24/7 studio access, and MISA staff.
Meal Plan Details
We offer a gourmet meal plan with all of our on-campus lodging packages. Daily breakfast and lunch, and two on-campus dinners are served in our spacious Barn dining hall. For the other evening meals, enjoy the sights and sounds of Madeline Island at one of the Island restaurants overlooking Lake Superior sunsets.
Our delicious gourmet meals are prepared by master chef Laura DeRam. Her handcrafted meals are filled to the brim with local and organic ingredients. All meals are tailored to your dietary needs, vegetarian and gluten free options are always available.
Unlimited healthy snacks and beverages are always available 24/7 in our dining hall and workshop studios. We take great pride in providing fresh fruits from our famous Bayfield Orchards.
You’ll always find our chocolate chip cookie jars full morning, noon and night.
Genre: Urban Sketching
Powerful Picture-making Urban Sketches that Pack a Punch
Availability: Spaces Available
Instructor:
Workshop Description:
Immerse yourself in life on Madeline Island! In this fast-paced, five-day urban sketching workshop, you’ll explore the essential principles of picture-making to develop dynamic compositions, keen observation, and confidence in capturing people on location. As summer streets come alive, you’ll focus on the ever-changing presence of people and places, translating the energy, gesture, and spirit into compelling visual stories through daily instruction and hands-on exercises.
*Weather permitting, students will be on location each day, capturing the stories of Madeline Island.
MONDAY-COMPOSITION
AM
- IntroTalk about storytelling, picture-making, composition
- What to Embrace, What to Avoid when designing composition
- Exercise: Picture Planes: Foreground, Middle ground, Background
PM
- Thumbnails- seeking out your picture
- Exploring the “Family Tree” of drawing
- Exercise
TUESDAY-LINE
AM
- Line Weight- how line weight drives your story
- Scale- the liberty of drawing your impression of the story
- Exercise: The road map for your viewer to the storyline
PM
- Marks-finding your language
- Exercise: Small drawings- only line, only marks
WEDNESDAY-PEOPLE
AM
- Basic construction of the figure
- Guides for Hands and feet
- Following spine and gesture
- Exercise: Simple construction of the figure- no anatomy knowledge needed!
PM
- Drawing people -let’s get out there!
THURSDAY
AM
- Combining People and Place
- Pushing the dynamic and the story, employing premises of the past three days
PM
- Drawing a crowd- tips
- Exercise: Drawings that incorporate
FRIDAY-MINIMAL COLOR and CRIT
AM
- Spot color- color as line
- Exercise: Layering color
PM
- Critique
Workshop Schedule:
Sunday Night: Welcome Meet and Greet at 6pm
Monday – Friday: 9am – 4pm
*Subject to change*
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