Fridays, April 24 – June 19, 2026
10:00 – 12:30pm
9-week Art Clinic with J. Jordan Bruns
A sketchbook is the perfect travel companion—lightweight, flexible, and ideal for capturing inspiration on the go. But deciding what to fill those pages with, or even which mediums to use, can be challenging. In this Experimental Drawing class, we’ll explore a variety of portable, travel-friendly tools like alcohol-based markers, watercolor pens, ballpoint pens, and more. You’ll discover techniques and approaches that make it easy to create art between sightseeing adventures, helping you make the most of your creative time on your next adventure.
Schedule of Classes
Class 1) April 24- Ball Point Pen- We’ll start our class off with one of the most easily accessible mediums. The ball point pen. This tool, with a little elbow grease, can be used to create a lot of space and texture with a built-up line and mark making.
Meeting Location – Glen Echo Park (Outside Stone Tower Studio)
Class 2) May 1 – Grey Scale Copic Markers (or similar) – These markers are my absolute favorite medium to travel with. I just use three markers (the Ciao size) and the white of the paper but find that they give me all the range I need to capture the value and look of a location. They are thicker than a Micron pen and have a brush side and a chisel side.
Meeting Location – Glen Echo Park (Outside Stone Tower Studio)
Class 3 May 8 – Grey Scale Copic Markers (or similar) –
Meeting Location – Glen Echo Park (Outside Stone Tower Studio)
Class 4) May 15– Derwent Intense Pencils
Meeting Location – Meadowbrook Stables – 8200 Meadowbrook Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Class 5) May 22 – Derwent Intense Pencils
Meeting Location – Meadowbrook Stables – 8200 Meadowbrook Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Class 6) May 29 – Derwent Intense Pencils
Meeting Location – Meadowbrook Stables – 8200 Meadowbrook Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Class 7) June 5 – Any media (Chose either Copic Or Derwent, whichever medium you gravitate to)
Meeting Location – The Mansion at Strathmore – 10701 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
Class 8) June 12 – Any media (Chose either Copic Or Derwent, whichever medium you gravitate to)
Meeting Location – The Mansion at Strathmore – 10701 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
Class 9) June 19 – Any media (Chose either Copic Or Derwent, whichever medium you gravitate to)
Meeting Location – The Mansion at Strathmore – 10701 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
Supply List
2H Pencil and eraser
Copic Markers – C3, C5, C7 – I like the “Ciao” size but any size will do. The “C” stands for cool, but if you want “W” warm greys, you can get them instead.
Ball Point Pen- Any true ball point pen. Bic will do fine
Sketchbook – This is a personal thing and I suggest looking at a lot of different sizes, paper qualities and styles. I really like Daler and Rowney spiral bound.
https://www.dickblick.com/products/stillman-birn-beta-series-archival-spiralbound-sketchbooks/
Derwent Inktense Pencils – Set of 24 or 36
Watercolor Brushes – Flat for washes and a round for drawing
Water container
Water brush (optional)