Use your sketchbook to become more alive and more ready to tell your story. Maureen Burdock gives you a bouquet of techniques to explode your visual vocabulary!
Visual Journaling with Maureen Burdock
Visual journals have played a vital role in many successful artists’ practices. They’re a form of autographics (autobiographical graphic narratives)!
In this course, we will look closely at visual journals, notebooks, and illustrated letters by well-known artists. You will have the opportunity to:
· draw inspiration from these celebrated artists’ intimate writings and sketches.
· learn about ideas and experiment with techniques they used to inspire their work.
· play with prompts to start (or deepen!) your own visual journaling practice!
We will read and talk about the journals and notebooks of:
· Leonardo da Vinci
· Remedios Varo
· Frida Kahlo
· Vincent Van Gogh
Four Tuesdays, July 2025
7:00-9:00 PM Eastern /
4:00-6:00 PM Pacific
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22
Price: $229 USD
20% discount to Saw Members enrolled in Comics Flow. Go to the SAW network to learn more…
TWO SESSIONS?
Yes there will be TWO SESSIONS that FOLLOW each other.
One beginning July 1 and the second starting August 5.
You can sign up for one or both at a discount
Session two - Four Tuesdays, August 2025
7:00-9:00 PM Eastern /
4:00-6:00 PM Pacific
August 5
August 12
August 19
August 26
Price: $229 USD
If you want to sign up for both, sign up for session 1 and you will be asked if you want to join session 2 for a discounted price of $179.
Visual journals have played a vital role in many successful artists’ practices. They’re a form of autographics (autobiographical graphic narratives)!
In this course, we will look closely at visual journals, notebooks, and illustrated letters by well-known artists. You will have the opportunity to:
· draw inspiration from these celebrated artists’ intimate writings and sketches.
· learn about ideas and experiment with techniques they used to inspire their work.
· play with prompts to start (or deepen!) your own visual journaling practice!
We will read and talk about the journals and notebooks of:
· Leonardo da Vinci
· Remedios Varo
· Frida Kahlo
· Vincent Van Gogh
Four Tuesdays
7:00-9:00 PM Eastern /
4:00-6:00 PM Pacific,
From July 1, - 2025
Price: $229 USD
20% discount to Saw Members enrolled in Comics Flow. Go to the SAW network to learn more…
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Maureen Burdock
Maureen Burdock was born in the Black Forest, Germany, and grew up on a steady diet of fairy tales and classic children's literature. She moved to the Chicago area with her mother after first grade.
Burdock won her first prize for an illustrated short story about two hot dogs who bravely escape from a frying pan…only to be carried off by a stray dog! The award included a personal meeting with a published children’s book author. Burdock knew then that her destiny was to become a writer and illustrator.
Her work has been exhibited and published widely, and she has taught writing, comics, and humanities courses in academic settings and beyond. Graphic Mundi Press published her graphic memoir, Queen of Snails, in November of 2022.
Her third graphic novel, Sleepless Planet: A Graphic Guide to Healing from Insomnia, is available for pre-order and will be released in November 2025.
Burdock lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her wife and boxer dog.