Past-workshops – Page 6

Wednesday March 16, 2022

Lumen Prints: Photography without a Camera

In this workshop, the lumenprint (cameraless photograms) image making process will be explained and demonstrated. There will be an opportunity to participate in the printmaking process beginning with gathering materials, composing images, developing prints and sharing feedback among participants.

* This instructor has generously donated a piece of art, “Chesterman Beach Portrait ”, that will be available to bid on at the Celebration Auction.

Wednesday March 16, 2022

Deep Dive Into Bowls

Beloved by cooks and potters alike, bowls are, on the surface, simple, but full of nuance and complexity when details such as rim, foot, volume, proportion and weight are studied. In this 2 day wheel-throwing workshop, dive deep into bowls. the class will begin by spending time looking at and talking about forms, then move on to wheel throwing exercises designed to improve the students’ consistency and control. Focus on details that express the object’s character.

On day two, students will work with leather-hard forms and explore the possibilities of this stage: stamping, trimming, carving & constructing. Play with bowls as building blocks for larger and more complex objects. They may use this workshop purely for skill building and 3-d sketching, or plan to take home and fire leather-hard to dry pieces.

Monday March 14, 2022

Drawing with a Sewing Machine

Learning to draw with a sewing machine adds another medium to your art toolbox. During this 2-day workshop, you will be introduced to using a basic sewing machine to practice drawing exercises such as contour drawing, gestural studies, and color shading.

You will also learn other drawing methods unique to the sewing machine such as couching and cut-back applique.
A sewing machine is provided and previous drawing experience is not required.

If you know how to operate a basic sewing machine and you are ready to learn more, this workshop is for you.

Sunday March 13, 2022

Creating Unexpected Forms with Slabs

This course will explore a variety of slab building techniques that Sandy uses to create her hollow forms. There will be a focus on taking ideas from two dimensions to three dimensions and using paper templates as a guide. Sandy will share how she creates her templates and how they evolve as she uses them and learns from them. The slab is such an incredible foundation for exploring curves and rounded shapes that when combined and attached together create surprising results. The use of slump and hump molds to shape slabs and add volume is an integral part of the building process. Participants will have the opportunity to create their own simple molds and examine how to use existing objects in the studio and home as foundation for shaping their slabs.

Sandy will demonstrate how she at times leaves her paper templates behind and works intuitively to solve building challenges and follows the clay as it informs her process. She will also discuss and demonstrate how the building process changes as the objects being sculpted change in scale and the solutions she has found for working with midsize and larger work. This class will be a balance between demonstrations and participation as the techniques presented are put into practice as participants explore their own creative ideas.

Sunday March 13, 2022

Poetry: Form and Line

Poetry is more than metaphor, rhythm and rhyme – it is also an exploration of form, of how the poem is broken into lines or phrases of language and how poets use the tools available through formal constraints. In this course students will write in a variety of long and short forms and will focus on lineation and how line in poetry works to expand meaning, metaphor, and impact of the poem. The course will consist of in-class writing, as well as homework to refine poems started in class. We will also read poems from Canadian and World poets to explore how poets work with line and form.

Over the five days students will move from thinking about line and line length to using the stanza as a unit in poetry, to dabbling in form poems such as sonnets and triolets, to considering how space in the line, between stanzas, and leaps in language can create shifts in meaning.

This is a hands-on class involving language, play and form. There will be the opportunity for one-to-one time with the instructor, evening discussions and readings.

Sunday March 13, 2022

Figure to Face

For students just starting to explore the world of painting, this workshop offers an introduction to a simple and effective technique – and expert help in completing two acrylic paintings in just five days.

For accomplished artists, it’s a chance to try a different method, medium or subject matter in the first painting, and to use what they’ve learned to do a portrait of a family member or friend in the second.

Nicholas Pearce has taught hundreds of students to work with a limited palette of four colours plus white, applied with a single 1 1/2 inch house painters’ brush for everything from blocking in to fine details to tonal washes. They learn to mix colours on the canvas, and to feather wet paint onto dry to create subtle colour shifts. The final step is washes to unify lighting effects in some areas, and to set other areas back.

The workshop begins with composition, the basis of all good paintings. Then students choose from figurative photo references provided. The ancient technique of gridding is used to transfer the image to a 30 x 40 inch canvas. For their second painting, students do a portrait of someone close to them.

Throughout the week, Nicholas offers mini-lectures, provides one-on-one help, and paints on his own canvas to show the techniques in action. The goal is to have everyone walk away with two paintings, ready to hang on their walls.

NOTE: This class teaches skills, not creativity. Nicholas believes creativity is inherent, and cannot be taught. Skills, learned in a fun, collegial atmosphere, provide the foundation that allows creativity to emerge.

* This instructor has generously donated a piece of art, “Tania with Fan”, available at the Gala Auction.

Sunday March 13, 2022

Paper Extravaganza

This workshop is an intensive investigation of an everyday and yet so wonderful material: PAPER
We will begin by learning something of the history of this age-old medium and then gather inspiration from contemporary cut paper artists creating innovative work today. Time will be spent experimenting with different papers and tools for cutting. Through cutting, folding, weaving and collage techniques you discover the strength and versatility of paper.

In this workshop you will make different book forms and objects to apply the techniques. For this workshop you do not need drawing experience, it challenges both beginners and advanced. Some templates will be provided.

Sunday March 13, 2022

Layered Stories: Porcelain, Pattern & China Paint

In this workshop, participants will learn about Katriona Drijber’s approach to throwing and decorating with porcelain. The workshop will cover all stages of creating multi-layered, multi-faceted functional ceramic work.

This includes one day covering the particularities of throwing with porcelain and throwing complex and voluminous forms, including teapots, treasure jars, and animal jars; one day of trimming porcelain and developing/conceptualizing pattern for different forms; one day covering different techniques for surface decoration at the greenware stage (carving, slip trailing, underglaze washes and Mishima); one day of china painting the glazed ceramic surface; and on the final day a discussion of work made in the workshop.

In addition to the techniques described above, we will also make time for talking about content within the work – the ‘why’ of what imagery and pattern gets used and how to make that personally relevant and fulfilling to you.

Friday March 11, 2022

Letting it go! Abstract Workshop

Day 1: Eunmi will bring a couple of abstract paintings and use them to demonstrate some basics of composition, value, and colour. After that, you will paint two to three small paintings as an exercise to help you loosen up and let your brush flow freely. She will also cover some basic elements of abstracts. After lunch She will help you individually work towards finding your own voice.

Day 2: You will be painting on a larger canvas which will Let Your Brush Go in a free flow manner and will allow you to express your individual feeling towards your art.

Wednesday March 9, 2022

Abstract Thinking

This is a painting course where students learn Ken Campbell’s signature technique for creating hard-edge abstract compositions.

Students will learn Ken’s 4-step approach to creating abstract painting, including 1) simplified shape
design; 2) story design; 3) value mapping; and 4) colour harmony planning.
These abstract techniques are foundational and immediately applicable to drawing, painting and design
projects in various styles and materials.

The course includes lectures with samples, PowerPoint, step-by-step demos, critiques, one-on-one work
and Q&A. Several classical and contemporary artists’ work will be compared including the work of Pablo
Picasso, S. Neil Fujita and B.C. Binning.

The course is taught in oils. Please inquire if you would like to use another medium.