Spring Art Classes
Date: Sunday Feb 19, 2012 - Sunday Apr 15, 2012Community: Nanaimo
Classes Spring 2012SURFACING: An Acrylic Workshop
Sunday, February 19, Saturday, February 25, 10am-4pm
This spring, I’m introducing a new format for this popular class. Several people have expressed interest in learning how to work with plaster. Because this medium takes a few days to set up, I have split the class into a Sunday and the following Saturday.
On the first day (Sunday) we will explore collage and acrylic mediums and learn painting techniques to create rich surfaces. At the end of the day we will prepare a couple of plasters on wood cradles. The following Saturday students will return to work on the dried plasters.
A little more on surface:
One of the challenges of painting with acrylic is to avoid the flat “paint-by-number” look. The key is creating lively surfaces, which draw the eye closer, even when the passage is large (i.e. a sky, a wall). In this popular workshop (appropriate for both beginners and experienced painters) we will work on canvas with simple compositions (still life and abstract), creating interesting surfaces with layering and glazing, resist, and subtle colour transitions.
A little more on plaster:
What attracted me to plaster was the fact that it could be worked after it was dry, something that is difficult to do with acrylic mediums (as wonderful as they are!). Plaster can be sculpted as well as painted; the artist can embed things in it to create negative shapes or to reveal with sanding. The final surface is rich and lustrous, slightly cool to the touch, like ceramic. In short, I love this medium and am anxious to share it with students.
All materials provided. Cost: $200
PAINTING THE LARGE CANVAS
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, March 16,17,18, 10am-4pm
It is challenging to begin, let alone complete a large canvas! This three-day acrylic workshop is designed to help you get past the "I hate this painting" stage (which usually kicks in after about a day) when you might be tempted to start over or shove the painting in a closet. You will learn how to bring the canvas through several layers, working with colour, composition, and surface and surprise yourself by what you can achieve after three consecutive days on the same painting!
You may bring your own image as a starting point for the painting or work from ideas provided by workshop material. The aim is to stray from strict realism into the semi-abstract or abstract.
Students provide their own canvas (choose any dimension between 20x30 to 36x36). Students may bring their own paint and mediums or have them provided for a materials fee of $60.
Cost: $250 *This class has a maximum of 5 students.
KEEPING AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL
Saturday, Sunday March 31, April 1, 10am-4pm
An illustrated journal is a wonderful way to keep a record of day-to-day life as well as travel. A quick illustration can capture a memory in a unique way. In this class we will go over materials (journals, watercolours, pencil crayon, pens), and techniques (basic watercolour and pen and ink). We will learn how to simplify a scene to make a quick sketch, using some basic rules of composition, as well as review specific techniques of landscape painting. Finally we will explore creative ideas to get started on your own illustrated journal. Paper, pencil crayons and pens provided. Each student will also receive a custom bound journal. Students can bring their own watercolours or pay a $10 materials fee for paint.
Cost: $170
THE WATERCOLOUR CLASS
YOU’VE ALWAYS PROMISED YOURSELF YOU’D TAKE
Saturday, Sunday, April 14,15, 10am-4pm
This class is designed for the beginner or painter with a little experience (and a lot of frustration) with watercolour. My goal is to make this medium less scary and MORE FUN! If you are interested in learning more about my approach to watercolour, I have attached a letter I wrote to a student, which sums it up.
In this class we will explore the basic watercolour palette and mixes. We will learn techniques like wash, wet-in-wet, and glazing, and cover both the quick watercolour sketch (useful for studies or journal illustration) and the more finished studio painting. Watercolour paper provided. Students can bring their own artists quality paint or have paint provided for a $15 fee.
Cost: $160
Materials lists will be provided on registration.
This spring I will be teaching Botanical Painting at the
AT THE UBC BOTANICAL GARDEN
Saturday, Sunday, March 3, 4, 10am-4pm
I always enjoy this class, which takes place in the garden pavilion in the middle of he UBC Botanical Garden. The plant material is provided by the garden and it is always fun to see what they bring in from the beautiful and exotic collections.
The class begins with how to work up a sketch and then moves on to transferring it to watercolour paper and beginning the painting. We will review watercolour materials (brushes, paints, and paper) and basic techniques (mixing, glazing, wet-in-wet, masking). Special attention will be given to the concerns of plant painting (greens, whites, darks, stems, leaves, etc.).
check their website http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/courses
for details including cost.
Contact Info:
| Contact Name | Alison Watt Art Classes |
| Phone | 250 755-7306 |
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| Website | Show member page www.alisonwatt.ca |
Location:
23 Hispanola Place, Nanaimo (click here for map)