Alternative Process Week – 5 Day Art Retreat w/ 4 Different Instructors – Papermaking with Julie Drew

Julie Drew

Alternative Process Week – 5 Day Art Retreat w/ 4 Different Instructors          Monday, August 18th – Friday, August 22th 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM $495 ($395 + $100 Supply Fee) for Full Week $105 ($80 + $25 Supply Fee) per Workshop Class Limit: 15 Students Summer Week-long Retreat at Artelier! Looking…

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Capturing the Summer Skies: thunderheads – Aug 13

Watercolour Exploration Week – 5 Day Art Retreat w/ 4 Different Instructors  Monday, August 11th – Friday, August 15th 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM $495 ($395 + $100 Supply Fee) $105 ($80 + $25 Supply Fee) per Workshop Class Limit: 15 Students Summer Week-long Retreat at Artelier!   Summer Skies: Thunderheads,  Aug 13  Work on…

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Art retreat in Italy?

Laura Hewitt

  Can you imagine going to Italy to take a weeklong Art Retreat, painting, sketching and enjoying the Italian countryside?  I have an opportunity to teach a retreat in a hotel in Montelparo, Marche, Italy. (Two artists told me about their amazing experience teaching there, and one of their participants said she had a great…

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Northern Lights in Watercolor Workshop

Northern Lights in Watercolor  Workshop  Register at Paintspot.ca Nov 1310 am – 4 pm. $80 Capture the beauty and movement of the Northern Lights using watercolor in this step-by-step workshop. These simple landscapes can be done by beginner to advanced students. Learn to: work with pouring and wet into wet to create movement in a…

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Watercolor Classes

These classes are for all levels of watercolor. There will be some group teaching at the beginning and then each student works on the subject matter they wish to. I will teach the techniques to each one as needed to acheive their goal. We spend a lot of time practicing the same techniques but using…

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Tuesday Bi-monthly Watercolor Classes

This class is for all levels of watercolor. There will be some group teaching at the beginning and then each student works on the subject matter they wish to. I will teach the techniques to each one as needed to acheive their goal. We spend a lot of time practicing the same techniques but using…

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Painting Florals in Watercolour

Saturday, February 11, 2017 10 AM – 4 PM Capturing the beauty of flowers in watercolour is the focus of this class. The instructor will demonstrate painting petals, leaves, and backgrounds using a variety of techniques. Several techniques, colour suggestions, and basic composition strategies will be included. You will complete this class not only with…

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Student Gallery

Jean working on her watercolor painting

The Joy of Teaching This fall, I was privileged to teach a few different classes. It was fun to work with each of my students and watch their progress! My students usually pick their own subject matter and I teach them what they need for each painting or drawing. Some of the students are beginners,…

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En Plein Air – Painting and Sketching Outdoors

Photo by Laura Hewitt

One of the things I like to do in the summertime is to go out sketching and painting “en plein air.” En plein air (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ plɛn ɛːʁ]), or plein air painting, is a phrase borrowed from the French equivalent meaning “open (in full) air”. It is particularly used to describe the act of…

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Art Vocabulary of the Soul Retreat

Art Vocabulary of the Soul Retreat Connecting with God Through the Arts Oct 28-30, 2016   Time : Friday, 6:00 pm to  Sunday, 3 pm     Theme: Saturation – Ephesians 3:16-20 Time : Friday, 6:00 pm to  Sunday, 3 pm Recently, I had the privilege of joining a dozen fine folks at King’s Fold…

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