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"Landscapes in Watercolour"
With JAKE MOL
Spend a day with Jake Mol, immersed in the world of painting in watercolour. Improve your skills. Paint landscapes, snow, water and waterfalls or buildings, any or all of them. The choice is yours. Jake paints all of them. Learn his techniques and approaches to the subject matter, take advantage of the skills he has learned painting plein air in many parts of Canada and how he applies those skills to a new painting.
Jake is an experienced teacher, including at the Haliburton School of Art and Blue Mountain School of Landscape Painting.
Jake will do an introduction, including discussion and a demonstration in watercolour. The rest of the day will be time to paint, with one-on-one guidance and comment from Jake.
Jake is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, signature member of Toronto Watercolour Society and a founding member of Vodka Painters of Canada.
His paintings are in many private and corporate collections throughout the world. He lives in Aurora.
Please Note Date Change:
When: was
Now Saturday February 11, 2012
Time: 10am - 4pm
Where: Victoria Parks Community Centre, Mono Mills
(west side of Airport Road; from Hwy 9 turn south on Airport Road and then turn right at the first street (Calmon Drive) and immediately right onto Victoria Crescent and left into the Centre)
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With JOHN DAVID ANDERSON
Spend a day with John David Anderson, who describes himself as a Canadian contemporary impressionist. To use his words, contemporary because he is alive and impressionist because that is a good description of his paintings. JohnDavid likes to paint alla prima (all in one session), perfect for a workshop, to keep the painting fresh, loose, colourful and gestural.
Experience the character of the light and the compositions that flow from the pathway of light through a space. JohnDavid paints tonally with rich colour and an impressionist character. He is not driven by the subject but by the light. Learn how to convey movement. Learn how to use fluctuating emphasis of light and shadow along with the use of hard and soft edges to enhance movement.
The demonstrations will be conducted using oil paints. However, participants may bring the painting medium of their choice. JohnDavid paints in both oils and acrylics.
JohnDavid is a resident of Stayner and is an award-winning artist and teacher. He conducts many workshops, including teaching in the summer program at the Haliburton campus of Fleming College. He manages a fine arts store in Barrie.
When: Saturday March 10, 2012
Time: 10am - 4pm
Where: Victoria Parks Community Centre, Mono Mills
(west side of Airport Road; from Hwy 9 turn south on Airport Road and then turn right at the first street (Calmon Drive) and immediately right onto Victoria Crescent and left into the Centre)
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with ANNE JORDAN
This is not a workshop for experts and advanced ceramicists, but a beginner's workshop in which we can explore together how to work in clay to create sculptured busts of people. Get the feel of clay, learn how to mould it into shapes. Learn how to form and sculpt a head to make a likeness of someone you know, - or someone you don’t know from a photo or your imagination. This workshop is intended to be a day of fun doing something different, although more experienced potters are welcome.
The day will start with a discussion and a demonstration of clay and how to prepare it, together with a video of an expert who demonstrates sculpting basics. However, most of the day will be spent working with clay.
Anne has been involved in pottery for more than 10 years, and has taken numerous courses at Fusion in Toronto and Canadore College in North Bay. She has a potters wheel and a kiln for firing pottery.
When: Saturday April 14, 2012
Time: 10am - 4pm
Where: Victoria Parks Community Centre, Mono Mills
(west side of Airport Road; from Hwy 9 turn south on Airport Road and then turn right at the first street (Calmon Drive) and immediately right onto Victoria Crescent and left into the Centre)
Please arrive 15 minutes early to allow time for set up. Tea/coffee and snacks will be complimentary but please bring your own lunch (optionally your own coffee cup). More information, registration and map to location
"Plein Air Painting"
With George Perdue
Come and spend a another day painting plein air i.e. in the open air. This
year the location has a garden with trees and flowers. The house has a
turret, front porch and a widows walk; it is a challenge in perspective.
Plein air painting is very different from painting in a studio or using
photographs as references. It is a wonderful way to learn to see and
paint that compliments other forms of life painting practices such
as still life, portraiture and figure work.
George will explain approaches to plein air painting, including how to simplify a scene to obtain the essence of what it was that attracted you i.e. your concept, to lock in the light and dark values, and use of a limited palette. There will be discussion on learning to see and this will include basic concepts of perspective which inhabit all forms of painting.
Nonetheless, the day is primarily directed at giving you time to paint; there will be plenty of time to do one or more paintings. George will be there to offer guidance. He will also provide a value guide, a practical colour wheel, a concept sheet and a short summary handout for plein air painting.
George is an experienced plein air painter and has conducted a number of courses in plein air painting. His previous four workshops for the OAG were very successful; this workshop is at a new location with different challenges, and there is a lot of subject matter to tempt you.
This workshop is open to all media e.g. oil, acrylic, watercolour, pastel, drawing.
When: Sunday 27 May 2012
Time: 10am until 4pm
Place: The gardens/grounds around 12 Faulkner Street, Orangeville. The house is a Victorian with a picket fence at the corner of McCarthy and Faulkner in Orangeville. Faulkner is parallel to and one street west of First Street, and McCarthy is the third street north of Broadway (the house is close to ODSS and the Tony Rose Arena). Parking is on the south side of McCarthy west of Faulkner (there is no parking on Faulkner).
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with MERV RICHARDSON
Watercolour is a wonderful, exciting medium. Merv Richardson likes to express architectural and landscape subjects in a manner which stretches a representational viewpoint by means of a spontaneous, intuitive approach to his work.
The day will begin with an introductory talk on the making of and methods used in painting in watercolour. This will be followed by a step-by-step demonstration. There will be time for you to paint, with individual help and critique from Merv.
We will explore several techniques used to achieve the goals of the workshop. These include working wet in wet (how to control shapes on a slippery surface); building a finished painting upon a splattered abstract background; and using a slick method to paint trees, working with negative shapes.
There will be a demonstration to start both the morning and afternoon sessions, with time set aside for a critique to finish up. Individual help may include personalized mini-demos to reinforce a concept.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own reference photos and sketches. Copies of some of his sketches will also be provided for use in the workshop as well.
Participants in the workshop should have some knowledge of painting with watercolours. Bring all of your regular supplies for painting in watercolour; there is a suggested (not essential) supply list (below).
Merv Richardson has been painting in watercolour since 1977. Merv is a member of The Canadian Society of Painters In Watercolour (CSPWC). He teaches all levels of students and instructs at workshops throughout Ontario. Merv has served frequently as a juror for art shows.
When: Saturday AUGUST 25, 2012
Time: 10am - 4pm
Where: Victoria Parks Community Centre, Mono Mills
(west side of Airport Road; from Hwy 9 turn south on Airport Road and then turn right at the first street (Calmon Drive) and immediately right onto Victoria Crescent and left into the Centre)
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with DOUG PURDON
Doug Purdon is coming back to the OAG again. In this workshop, Doug will break down the creative steps from the original idea for the painting to the finished painting. He will show how to solve basic problems of design, drawing, tone and colour, before work is started on the final painting. All of the essentials for a good painting. This workshop will be full of information that will help you to improve the paintings that you do.
There will be time to put your creative juices to work, with comment and critique from Doug.
The demonstrations will be conducted using oil paints, with a minimal amount of odorless solvent (not turpentine). However, participants may bring the painting medium of their choice. Doug conducts workshops on painting in oil, acrylic and watercolour. He has extensive knowledge on painting in all of these mediums, and there will be many opportunities for questions.
Doug is a full-time artist, teacher and writer, an elected member of both the Society of Canadian Artists and the Ontario Society of Artists. He is Educational Advisor to Winsor & Newton in Canada, and consequentially has extensive knowledge of paints, their characteristics and archival properties. His paintings are in galleries in Canada, USA and the UK. He has done several workshops for the Orangeville Art Group.
When: Saturday September 8, 2012
Time: 10am - 4pm
Where: Victoria Parks Community Centre, Mono Mills
(west side of Airport Road; from Hwy 9 turn south on Airport Road and then turn right at the first street (Calmon Drive) and immediately right onto Victoria Crescent and left into the Centre)
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"Abstracting the Landscape"
with MARIANNE BROOME
Come and learn how to make a different interpretation of a landscape. Accomplished painter Marianne Broome will demonstrate how to simplify and extract the essential information from a reference photo to create an abstracted version of the scene. While working with the elements of design and choice of colour palette, the emphasis will be on composition and value relationships. Texture will be incorporated to provide an interesting foundation and different techniques will be explored for layering, glazing and enhancing the texture.
Participants in the workshop should have some knowledge of painting with acrylics.
Marianne has had a passion for painting all her life. She has won many awards for her paintings in juried shows, including many Best of Show awards. She has had numerous shows, and her work is in private collections and galleries in a number of countries. Marianne’s website is www.naturesedgestudio.ca.
Please note that this is a workshop in acrylics. Please do not bring oil paints: some people attending this workshop have allergies to oil paint.
When: Saturday 17 November 2012
Time: 10am - 4pm
Where: Victoria Parks Community Centre, Mono Mills
(west side of Airport Road; from Hwy 9 turn south on Airport Road and then turn right at the first street (Calmon Drive) and immediately right onto Victoria Crescent and left into the Centre)
More information, registration and map to location