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Sketching Historic Irvine Park taught Jeanne Kosfeld
September 13, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Looking for Sketching at Palen Regional Park class? We are pivoting as our planned subject, the glorious Chinese Pavillion, is now covered with scaffolding for renovation.
IN PERSON -ON LOCATION AT IRVINE PARK IN ST.PAUL
A playful, no-fear sketching workshop where you’ll rekindle the wonder for drawing that you felt as a child.
I’ll share my love for sketching and show you how I approach a complex scene on location.
You’ll leave with a new friend — your sketchbook, ready to give you hours of enjoyment wherever you are.
GOAL: TO RELAX & HAVE FUN!
Portable stool or beach towel for sitting comfortably.
Become comfortable with basic tools and techniques to enjoy sketching anything anywhere.
Learn to see simple shapes in complex scenes, remembering childlike visual discovery.
Create energy in your drawing with playful line movement.
Gain confidence by working through a sketch from beginning to end and have fun doing it!
SUPPLY LIST
• 8 x 10” sketchbook (or larger)
• Various sizes of pens and pencils
• Color mediums: markers, watercolors, pastels, watercolor pencils, etc.
• Sunhat, sunscreen, water bottle
Classes have a limited space available and some fill quickly. Decisions about whether to cancel a class or add another session are typically made one week prior to the start of a class. If a class you are interested in is full we will have a waiting list and will contact you if a space opens up. If a class is cancelled due to low enrollment (fewer than 4 registrations) all registrations will be promptly refunded.
Ticket Instruction: You must choose a quantity to activate “get tickets”. To pay for a class registration with a Wet Paint gift card, please call 651-698-6431
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Jeanne Kosfeld paints and sketches primarily with waterbased media, but her previous body of work includes
newspaper design, board game design, creating public
sculptures in ice, organic matter, and polymer.
Growing up in a family of artists, Jeanne started working
as a newspaper illustrator. Along the way, she taught at
at the University of Alaska-Anchorage where she also
led the design department. For eighteen years, Jeanne
was the creative director at Ordway Center for the
Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Her work appears in public & private collections. She
has been honored with artist-in-residencies in Arles,
France; Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado; Hot Springs
National Park, Arkansas; St. Croix Watershed Research
Station as the Artist at Pine Needles, Minnesota;
the Western Wisconsin Land Trust at the Pine Creek
Restoration Project, Wisconsin; Whiskeytown National
Recreation Area, California; and Juneau, Alaska at the
Ernest Gruening Historic Site. Jeanne has participated in
International Urban Sketchers Symposiums in Portugal
and the Netherlands.
jeannekosfeld@gmail.com jeannekosfeld.blogspot.com
