Illustration workshop with Johanna & Cristóbal Schmal from 19. – 25.05.2025 in Erlau (Odenwald)
The course
Change is everywhere, it surrounds us and happens within us all the time. Nature shows us how to master it, how to integrate into its ever flowing cycle. And yet we as humans often try to withstand it. Are we afraid or did we unlearn to move in its fluidity? Transformation may be demanding, but is always the chance to take consciously direction of our lives - a field where our creativity can flourish and development is possible.
In this course we want to delve into the topic of change, figuring out our relationship with it, taking into consideration various perspectives and personal experiences.
Drawing and painting will be our language and the format of the zine our playground, that offers us the freedom to tell unconventional stories based on our personal narrations. Through a process-orientated and experimental methodology we will step by step build an authentic imagery - an individual space for reflection on the one hand, while on the other creating a universal connection to one of the biggest challenges and chances we are facing as a collective.
The teachers
Johanna and Cristóbal Schmal is a German-Chilean duo working across illustration, fine art and graphic design. Cristóbal graduated from the University of Valparaiso and between 2001 and 2008 worked as a graphic designer in Barcelona before developing his career as an illustrator and artist when moving to Berlin. His work has widely been published in international newspapers, magazines and books and amongst his clients are The New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Greenpeace, Lufthansa, Taschen a.o. Johanna graduated in architecture and expanded this discipline in 2015 with a specialization in children‘s book illustration at EINA Barcelona. She works across media in drawing, painting, illustration and textile art. Their work has been exhibited in galleries and artspaces in Germany, Portugal and Spain. Some of the topics inherent in their work such as playfulness, materiality, craftsmanship, experimental and holistic processes, place, nature, re-connection and transformation as well as a their personal passion for intercultural exchange, they pass on through their teachings. After a decade in Berlin they live at the countryside south of Frankfurt a.M with their 2 children.
You can see more of their work here:
Cristóbal: www.artnomono.com / @nomonki
Johanna: www.studioschmal.com / @studioschmal
Price
Course fee: 750€
Accommodation, full board catering + yoga: 890€
(limited single bedrooms + 15€ per night)
Total 1.640€ (Student 1.390€)
Registration and booking via email at hello@johannaschmal.com
You can find more information in the detailed description HERE!
