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Learn to draw a map (of a real place)

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Learn the fundamentals of drawing a map of a real place by hand from artist-cartographer Kevin Sheehan.

The workshop will cover the following:

- Planning a map and the stages of drawing
- Transferring real geography onto your map
- Calligraphy of place names
- Adding decorations, e.g. banners, compass roses, flags etc.
- Drawing geography, e.g. towns/buildings, trees, mountains, rivers, shorelines
- Adding a decorative title and decorative border

Ticket cost: £20, suitable for age 12+.

You will be given these supplies to keep:

- 3 black ‘fineliner’ drawing pens of different thicknesses
- 1 black calligraphy pen
- 1 mechanical pencil
- 3 sheets of thick A3-size paper for drawing

Other supplies (rulers, stencils, erasers, etc) will be available to share, and feel free to bring your own drawing supplies too!

IMPORTANT: when you book you will need to state which place you want to draw a map of. Kevin will prepare an OpenSteetMaps map for you to copy at the workshop.

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