In this listing of art courses you will find options that are not strictly botanical. You may be interested in trying a new media like print making, coloured pencils, pen and ink or improving your drawing and painting technique. Instructors like Deidre Hierlihy, Anne Armitage, Crystal Beshara or attending workshops that will be at the Ottawa Art School Fair in October. Please visit the website links below for further details and to register.
Deidre Hierlihy
Deidre Hierlihy
Print Making
Workshop
Linocut Printing Workshop
Location TBA:
(Nepean Creative Arts Centre or Nepean Visual Arts Centre)
Monday,
October 5, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Cost: $90,
includes materials and equipment (on loan from instructor)
Maximum Registration: 12 students
Immerse yourself in the delight of lino cut printing. Using a drawing or photograph as a starting point, play with
pattern to transform the image into an effective lino cut design. Develop expressive mark while cutting the block. Print the relief using rollers
in black and in colour, experimenting on a variety of papers. Contact Deidre for
further details and to register at www.deidrehierlihy.com.
Ottawa Art
School Fair – October 31 and November 1
Workshops,
Demos, Lectures, and Shopping
Don’t miss the Ottawa Art
School Fair, Saturday, October 31, and Sunday, November 1, at the Hellenic
Meeting and Reception Centre, 1315 Prince of Wales Drive. This event will include workshops, demos,
lectures and shopping! Here are just a
few of the many events that may interest our members:
·
Everything you Wanted to Know About Paper by Ed
Brickler ($30)
·
Watercolour Markers and Sticks demo by Winsor
Newton ($30)
·
Daniel Smith Watercolours – An Intimate
Conversation with owner John Cogley ($30)
·
Colour Mixing Workshop with Susan Ashbrook
($65)
Anne Armitage
Coloured Pencil Classes
Pencil
Painting for Beginners: Learn basic art
principles of composition and colour with a medium that is inexpensive,
uncomplicated, clean to use and easy to store. This is a five-week course
and each student has a completed pencil-painting ready for framing at the end
of week five. Lesson 1:
materials. Lesson 2: pencil
application and techniques. Lesson 3:
composition theory. Lesson 4: colour
theory. Lesson 5: completion of the
project. This class is available through the Ottawa Catholic School
Boards continuing education program beginning the last week of September. There
are classes available Wednesday afternoons in Kanata and Thursday and
Saturday mornings at Saint Nicholas (Carling and Merivale). To find out about registration and to view
Anne’s work go to http://www.pictureperfectpets.ca.
Crystal Beshara
Watercolour and Drawing Classes
Crystal Beshara offers classes in a variety of
media including watercolour, and pen and ink.
They are they very popular and fill up quickly. The following classes
still have room for more students:
Watercolour: The Magic of the
Mediterranean, September 30 to December 2, Wednesday, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
Watercolour: Wanderlust Greece
II, September 30 to December 2, 2015, Wednesday, 12:45
pm to 3:15 pm
Pencil & Conte: Portraiture,
October 1 – December 3, 2015, Thursday, 12:45 pm to
3:15 pm
Classes run for 10 weeks, each class is 2.5 hours in duration
Prices start at $215 CAD and now includes the cost of reference images
Exact class location will be sent to you upon registration, free parking
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Classes run for 10 weeks, each class is 2.5 hours in duration
Prices start at $215 CAD and now includes the cost of reference images
Exact class location will be sent to you upon registration, free parking
DON'T FORGET TO LOOK AT OUR PREVIOUS POSTING ON COURSES
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